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It is not a super high level problem, but it has been going on for years and we cannot ignore it any longer. There will be a thread in Wiki Talk
to discuss the problem; in the meantime there is a moratorium on further Complete Monster and Magnificent Bastard example discussion until we have gotten this sorted out.
Update: The new threads have been made and can be found here:
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Edited by GastonRabbit on Aug 31st 2023 at 4:14:10 AM
It seems he cares more about the ring than his dad. Tentative yes to him.
J’m’arrête pas tant qu’j’vois pas des lignes sur les moniteurs (Not stoppin 'til I see Flatlines)I thought the ring thing might cause some hesitance (it did with me at first) so here's the whole speech, if it helps (probably should have included it in the initail write-up, but oh well):
When he tries to take off, he gets whacked with a board by Jane, which makes him lose the ring. He lunges for it, but it falls into the pit, which he also nearly falls into (the edge start giving way) before being saved by Tarzan.
Switching to abstain then. Judging by the quote, he seems to have some modicum of care about his dad.
J’m’arrête pas tant qu’j’vois pas des lignes sur les moniteurs (Not stoppin 'til I see Flatlines)Sounds like a "Well Done, Son" Guy relationship. I will cement my no vote, if ever so slightly. If there was a 99% evil trope than he would be it.
Hm.....for me personally?
It sounds like it's more about his own Insecurities involving the ring being the only thing His father gave him eat her then some sort of Tragic Keepsake situation.(Him saying "Fool of a father" Probbaly helps that) but I'm slightly concerned on if that FE is focused on beside that?
Things are really about to get Fun around hereNope, the bit in the mine is the only time that he brings up Ethan Greystoke.
Green Lady
Clayton
As for Tengu... I still don't see how Hell on Earth isn't bad enough. He doesn't try planetary genocide because he has a different goal.
I'm dropping Fantasy Island due to the fact that I'm not gonna even be going to the movies during the month without TV. I added it to my To-Do List though so I can still do it later if that's alright.
EDIT: Never mind. I still plan to see it and keep my name on it.
Edited by futuremoviewriter on Feb 12th 2020 at 6:33:20 AM
I've got another Lovecraftian candidate courtesy of Mir. This is from ‘’A True Telling of the Terror at Red Hook’’. This cleans up the unfortunate racism in the original by telling the story instead from the perspective of Red Hook’s own colored denizens, instead of the Irish detective Malone in the original. Our candidate is the “Dutchman.”
Who is the Dutchman? What has he done?
The Dutchman is the moniker of Robert Suydam, only called sparingly by his last name here. Suydam, or the Dutchman, is an old recluse rumored to be an occultist. Suydam is known for his strange purchases and practices behind closed doors in his old Dutch church, among the the recurrent Greek pledges to “Gorgo, Mormo, thousand-faced moon” but the true creepy extent of his evil isn't revealed until Sudyam reveals designs for a wife. Suydam ends up with a young noble lady many years his junior, Miss Cornelia Gerritsen of Bayside. Suydam needs less a wife and more what's inside of her. Suydam gruesomely murders Cornelia to get at her organs. Our protagonists walk in to see Suydam over Cornelia’s flayed skin, her organs in a series of jars and Suydam’s hand transformed into a slimy, eldritch claw.
Suydam is finally revealed to be responsible for a series of child sacrifices to his dark gods for wicked power. The protagonists first find a child's shoe bereft of its owner, and finally a cellar riddled with the remnants of his countless victims, before they blow Suydam and his dark lair up with a series of bombs:
Any mitigating factors?
Nope. We get enough personality, and this doesn't need to share a standard with the vanilla Mythos. Suydam's serial child murder sets him up well and what he does to his wife clinches him.
Conclusion?
Keeper.
Edited by Scraggle on Feb 12th 2020 at 10:41:00 AM
Suydam
Would suydam count in the ballad of black tom by Victor La Valle. It's also an adaption of red hook.
"That's right mortal. By channeling my divine rage into power, I have forged a new instrument in which to destroy you."

Also abstaining on Clayton.