Follow TV Tropes

Following

History IneffectualSympatheticVillain / WebComics

Go To

OR

Changed: 2307

Removed: 693

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
caliborn was never really this, as he's actually extremely competent despite his bratty nature and a lot of the earlier stuff (the porn stuff) falls under Bait The Dog.


* Clubs Deuce from the Midnight Crew [[SpinOff Interlude]] of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''; the rest of the Midnight Crew are pretty big bumblers too (aside from [[OnlySaneMan Diamonds Droog]]) but can go under FauxAffablyEvil, depending on your personal AlternateCharacterInterpretation. Also amusingly [[NotSoHarmlessVillain subverted]] with Clubs, as [[TheDItz Ditziness]] aside, he has the highest body count of the Midnight Crew. [[CrossesTheLineTwice Mostly by accident]].
** In Act 5 of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', Eridan is a genocidal snob who aspires to kill off all the lower-class, land-dwelling trolls. But none of his schemes ever work, no one takes him seriously, and the [[http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004339 narration itself]] describes him as an IneffectualSympatheticVillain:
---> [Y]our penchant for mass murder notwithstanding, people tend to regard you as a BIT OF A TOOL.
*** It's later revealed that he really doesn't care about killing people, he's just doing it to stay close to his hatecrush. He also very easily ''could'' have triggered mass-genocide if he wanted to, but actually works to keep it from happening because [[PetTheDog Feferi would be upset otherwise]].
*** Eridan becomes a full-on subversion when [[spoiler:he loses both the [[MoralEventHorizon "sympathetic"]] and "ineffectual" parts in Act 5 Act 2. The crush mentioned in the above line? He kills her as he leaps across the MoralEventHorizon.]]
*** Though he switches right back to ineffectual when [[spoiler: Kanaya comes back from the grave as a vampire and effortlessly fells him. Like a tree.]]
** Jack Noir ''[[BaitTheDog starts]]'' as this. Later into the story...he's significantly less ineffectual or sympathetic.
** Likewise Caliborn comes off as too much of a StupidEvil brat to be a true threat. And than we see how he ended changing his name to [[spoiler: [[BigBad Lord English]]...]]

to:

* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'':
**
Clubs Deuce from the Midnight Crew [[SpinOff Interlude]] Intermission is ''really'' bad at being a vicious gangster. His idea of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''; the "roughing someone up" involves lightly drubbing their shins and stealing their hat. The rest of the Midnight Crew are pretty big bumblers too (aside from [[OnlySaneMan Diamonds Droog]]) but can go under FauxAffablyEvil, depending on your personal AlternateCharacterInterpretation. Also amusingly [[NotSoHarmlessVillain subverted]] with Clubs, CD, as [[TheDItz Ditziness]] ditziness aside, he has the highest second-highest body count of the Midnight Crew. [[CrossesTheLineTwice Mostly by accident]].
** In Act 5 of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', 5, Eridan is a genocidal snob who aspires to kill off all the lower-class, land-dwelling trolls. But none of his schemes ever work, no one takes him seriously, and the [[http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004339 narration itself]] describes him as an IneffectualSympatheticVillain:
---> [Y]our penchant for mass murder notwithstanding, people tend to regard you as a BIT OF A TOOL.
*** It's later revealed that
IneffectualSympatheticVillain. In fact, he never really doesn't care about killing people, he's just doing goes through with it to stay close to his hatecrush. He also very easily ''could'' have triggered mass-genocide if he wanted to, but actually works to keep it from happening because [[PetTheDog Feferi would be upset otherwise]].
*** Eridan becomes a full-on subversion when [[spoiler:he
otherwise]]. [[spoiler:Eventually subverted ''HARD'' in Act 5 Act 2, where he loses both the [[MoralEventHorizon "sympathetic"]] "sympathetic" and "ineffectual" parts in Act 5 Act 2. The crush mentioned in the above line? He kills her as he leaps across crosses the MoralEventHorizon.]]
***
MoralEventHorizon, killing Feferi, Kanaya and destroying the hope of reviving the troll race. Though he switches right back to ineffectual when [[spoiler: Kanaya comes back from the grave as a vampire and effortlessly fells him. Like a tree.]]
** Jack Noir ''[[BaitTheDog starts]]'' as this.this, being forced to wear ridiculous clothing at the Black Queen's orders. Later into the story... he's significantly less ineffectual or sympathetic.
** Likewise Caliborn comes off as too much of a StupidEvil brat to be a true threat. And than we see how he ended changing his name to [[spoiler: [[BigBad Lord English]]...]]
sympathetic.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* Cassiel from ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}'' desperately wants to be Rumisiel's nemesis and is constantly plotting his downfall. Too bad she makes the [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Team Rocket]] trio look competent and effective. Then she actually helps the gang on behalf of [[MoralityPet her human friend Eponine]], and Ash thanks her for it... which she has ''no idea'' how to feel about, so she starts trying to "out-nice" Ash.... [[spoiler:The whole thing culminates in Rumisiel realizing that he and his family have been total jerks to her, him trying to make it up to her, and an eventual full on FaceHeel turn when she teams up with the gang to help [[CerebusTurn save the universe]].]]

to:

* Cassiel from ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}'' desperately wants to be Rumisiel's nemesis and is constantly plotting his downfall. Too bad she makes the [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Team Rocket]] trio look competent and effective. Then she actually helps the gang on behalf of [[MoralityPet her human friend Eponine]], and Ash thanks her for it... which she has ''no idea'' how to feel about, so she starts trying to "out-nice" Ash.... [[spoiler:The whole thing culminates in Rumisiel realizing that he and his family have been total jerks to her, him trying to make it up to her, and an eventual full on FaceHeel turn HeelFaceTurn when she teams up with the gang to help [[CerebusTurn save the universe]].]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


*** It's later revealed that he really doesn't care about killing people, he's just doing it to stay close to his [[FoeYay hatecrush]]. He also very easily ''could'' have triggered mass-genocide if he wanted to, but actually works to keep it from happening because [[PetTheDog Feferi would be upset otherwise]].

to:

*** It's later revealed that he really doesn't care about killing people, he's just doing it to stay close to his [[FoeYay hatecrush]].hatecrush. He also very easily ''could'' have triggered mass-genocide if he wanted to, but actually works to keep it from happening because [[PetTheDog Feferi would be upset otherwise]].

Top