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
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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
Lizzid people!
Maugrim.
Maugrim. Seems a bit of Stupid Evil though: If he hadn't've raped Jenifer, he wouldn't've had a son.
@Ravok: Honestly I think your write-up is perfect. You got it way shorter without losing any vital information. Excellent work.
@Largo Quagmire: Pretty much exactly what Nithael said. We can't add anything that Moriarity didn't intend to happen against him. We can revisit him, if he survived or planned on evil deeds being carried on in his name after his death. Personal theory is that he arranged some nastiness to be done after his death by employees. Looking at you Sebastian Moran, who may or may not exist in this universe.
@Lightysnake: Very easy yes to Maugrim.
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"I didn't really post this for the literary criticism."
Yeah, hence my "Boy I am really overthinking it." Seriously though, how is the trilogy? Worth adding to my to-read list?
But yeah, he's an easy
. The actual rape is bad enough, but the Mind Rape on top of it? Plus the other acts? Yeesh. BTW, is Maugrim supposed to be reminiscent of Morgoth? The names sound alike, and both seem like utterly evil bastards.
edited 7th Jan '16 11:58:05 AM by ACW
Maugrim.
Ms. Bathory
I'd still give Injurin' Joe a
but then again, I'd give the same to the Tom And Huck version of Injun Joe. Both versions are alarmingly more vicious than the book character and Knight of Cerebus is in full effect with them in contrast to their films' default tones.
to Maugrim.
As for Injurin' Joe, I'd vote to cut as well. I was actually recently wondering if he counted or not.
Also (and I've been thinking of this for some time), I do think there should be some standards when it comes to kids shows and films. I'd always felt that villains were easier to qualify in kids media due to the lower heinous standard. So, a villain doing something in a kids film would be seen as worse than if he had done it in a more mature film, such as murder.
I think that gap should be closed a little bit. While the heinous standard is still lower in a kids film, there's still a standard. Killing one person and a few other choice actions wouldn't usually count in, say, a PG-13 to R-Rated film, so it shouldn't be enough to qualify you in a kids film, unless that murder was very brutal, of course. If the character wouldn't have ANY chance of qualifying in a media aimed at older audiences, they shouldn't necessarily count in one aimed at younger audiences. Simply being a slightly darker-than-average villain and doing something most kids villains don't do, like murder, doesn't equal Complete Monster.
edited 7th Jan '16 4:07:49 PM by Clown-Face
Why so serious?
to Jim Beckett and Rakoth Maugrim.
To Ms. Bathory; she seems like more of a history joke than a serious villain.
@Ravok, your write-ups are all awesome. You have a real talent there.
@Lightysnake, is that effortpost for Connery/Lazenby era Blofeld forthcoming? I'm interested in reading it and seeing how people respond.
Thanks Ravok. I'll hopefully work on that tomorrow and submit the rewrites Saturday or Sunday. I got one more for you if you're up to it: Book!Gregor It won't be easy
edited 7th Jan '16 1:04:57 PM by ACW
I actually don't keep up with Game of Thrones or ASOIAF (Yeah, yeah, let the hate flow), so I doubt I'm really the best one to try to re-write it, unless you really want me to.
Though, what
said is also something to consider.
edited 7th Jan '16 1:13:44 PM by Ravok
No! That is NOT Solid Snake! Stop impersonating him!
