During the investigation of recent hollers in the Complete Monster thread, it's become apparent to the staff that an insular, unfriendly culture has evolved in the Complete Monster and Magnificent Bastard threads that is causing problems.
Specific issues include:
- Overzealous hollers on tropers who come into the threads without being familiar with all the rules and traditions of the tropes. And when they are familiar with said rules and traditions, they get accused (with little evidence) of being ban evaders.
- A few tropers in the thread habitually engage in snotty, impolite mini-modding. There are also regular complaints about excessive, offtopic "socializing" posts.
- Many many thread regulars barely post/edit anywhere else, making the threads look like they are divorced from the rest of TV Tropes.
- Following that, there are often complaints about the threads and their regulars violating wiki rules, such as on indexing, crosswicking, example context and example categorization. Some folks are working on resolving the issues, but...
- Often moderator action against thread regulars leads to a lot of participants suddenly showing up in the moderation threads to protest and speak on their behalf, like a clique.
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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What is the Work
Here you briefly describe the work in question and explain any important setting details. Don't assume that everyone is familiar with the work in question.
Who is the Candidate and What have they Done?
This will be the main portion of the Effort Post. Here you list all of the crimes committed by the candidate. For candidates with longer rap sheets, keep the list to their most important and heinous crimes, we don't need to hear about every time they decide to do something minor or petty.
Do they have any Mitigating Factors or Freudian Excuse?
Here you discuss any potential redeeming or sympathetic features the character has, the character's Freudian Excuse if they have one, as well as any other potential mitigating factors like Offscreen Villainy or questions of moral agency. Try to present these as objectively as possible by presenting any evidence that may support or refute the mitigating factors.
Do they meet the Heinousness Standard?
Here you compare the actions of the Candidate to other character actions in the story in order to determine if they stand out or not. Remember that all characters, not just other villains, contribute to the Heinousness Standard
Final Verdict?
Simply state whether or not you think the character counts or not.
Edited by GastonRabbit on Aug 31st 2023 at 4:14:10 AM
Darcy
Depends. Are they distinct individuals with their own persinality or just direct copies?
I hate to ask again, but anymore opinions on this
. I don't mind the pothole, but it's past our limit rules and it was not approved by the thread.
Edited by Bullman on May 4th 2021 at 3:01:56 AM
Fan-Preferred Couple cleanup threadGot another candidate from the Zack Snyder Cut of Justice League whom I was thinking about for a bit if he could count but after asking Lighty Snake about it I think he might be worth a shot.
Who Is The Black Clad Alpha?
The nameless leader of the self-proclaimed reactionary group known as Black Clad is a terrorist wanting to send England and the rest of humanity back to the dark ages, thinking it's "man's best hope"... Somehow.
To this end, he infiltrates the Old Bailey Central Criminal Court of England, gunning down any guards in their way. He and his group hold hostages within the building, most of the hostages happen to be school children judging from their uniforms, threatening the police that he'll kill the hostages. He plans to set up a bomb to blow up four city blocks, potentially gonna kill many in the explosion including the hostages.
Wonder Woman comes to the rescue, and defeated most of the terrorists, and stops the explosion by throwing it high enough into the sky. The Alpha decided to gun down the hostages himself, taking one of his henchman's guns and tries to kill everyone, including the children inside. However, Wonder Man defeats the leader by utterly obliterating him, thus saving the hostage.
Mitigating Factor?
He's not brimming with personality or complexity, he's a delusional fanatic wanting to send humanity back to the dark ages "in the safety of Holy Fear" thinking it could save them somehow. He has some personality to avoid being a Generic Dooms Day Villain, he has a goal, and is a stoic yet cold and ruthless leader who under his gentleman-like persona is a delusional fundamentalist. Oh, and he's not above killing children as well.
Heinous Standards
He is simply a minor villain with little resources, only leading a small group of terrorists and no high-tech weaponry or powers. He isn't an alien warlord like Steppenwolf or an evil deity like Darkseid, just a mere human being. He also does enough in his small screen time, willing to murder a group of school children, trying to bomb four city blocks, and murdering a few security guards in his way.
Note: I'm doing only Snyder Cut since the film is non-canon to the DCEU therefore I think there are no issues with the heinous standards.
Final Verdict
I'll leave it up to you.
Edited by Powermaster201 on May 4th 2021 at 4:29:31 AM
I'm leaning to a
, mainly because both Steppenwolf and Darkseid raise the heinousness standard a wee bit too much. Would like to hear others' opinions, tho
Sure to Black Clad Alpha, barely but sure. I feel like comparing him to god-like beings is unfair. He's just one human guy with a small group of men.
Edited by Bullman on May 4th 2021 at 3:41:40 AM
Fan-Preferred Couple cleanup threadI was thinking about him actually
To Alpha
Got Absolute Dick for recources, with it being him and some Goons. And tries to blow up 4 city block's, in addition to killing the Guards and spitefully trying to murder all the hostages.
For a dude he's onscreen for like 10 minutes, that's kind of impressive.
Bow to the Prototype
