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Edited by TheMadCr0w on Apr 21st 2019 at 6:17:41 AM

Man Monster will probably be cracking like the top five of the worst Toku villains at a bare mininum.

Impressive.

Honestly I wonder what other other spider-men villains in media or comics are out there for us to ep?

Heck we have the thousand and brownstone who are in 3 and 4 issues respetivly. So you never know

to Lord Ra, Slenderman and Skia Ek Distazo.

Mir: Honestly after that influx of minor Batman CM's, I'm willing to bet their are potentially hundreds of CM's in Marvel and DC that we haven't found yet. So their is probably a few more minor antagonists the webslinger tangled with who were especially nasty.

Happy Easter Everyone.

Okay as no one objected, here Season Two of the The Tick (2016).

Following defeating the Terror, Arthur and the Tick are firmly on the path of Super heroism. However, the aftermath of their victory sends shockwaves through the City. A.G.E.I.S., the government agency set up to assist Superheroes has decided to reopen their branch in the city, and even planning to form a new version of the Flag Five, attracting new heroes to the city, with Arthur and the Tick in the running.

Meanwhile Overkill gets in contact with his former commander Tyrannosaurus Rathbone, who reveals there are rumours that his old enemy the Duke, a Mad Scientist weapons dealer, has resurfaced despite Overkill being sure he decapitated him years ago, and offers him a chance to prove he’s not the traitor.

Dot who’s sick of being forced to watch things go wrong rather than do something, quits her job and becomes his apprentice, in doing so learns she’s not as normal as she believed. And Ms. Lint proves to everyone what’s she’s capable of when not being held back by mediocre men, posing as a new hero called Joan of Arc, enabling her to wipe out all her crime boss rivals with complete immunity and praise.

Now as an update the Terror does not reappear, inverse he has been transported to the international court to be tried for nearly a century of crimes against humanity, and there is a massive inverse debate about whether to unfreeze him for the trial or not.

However, the return of A.G.E.I.S. brings with it a new terror of its own.

Who is He:

Agent Doctor Hobbes is A.G.E.I.S. chief scientist on the surface he seems to be a bland, dull, unremarkable but friendly if slightly eccentric guy. However, secretly he is a vicious human supremacist and anti-category bigot.

Also, he is the Duke.

What Does He Do:

Hobbes has worked for A.G.E.I.S. for decades rising through the ranks. Following the Terror killing the Flag Five, and blinding and crippling Straight Shooter, it was Hobbes who built him his cybernetic eyes and arms, leading to his transformation into Overkill.

However, Commander Rathbone took Overkill under his wing, retraining him to be an A.G.E.I.S. agent and the leader of the elite Phoenix Squadron. This angered Hobbes who saw A.G.E.I.S. as a “proud human organisation” set up to police the “genetic chaos” that he considered super humans.

As such he set up a secret underground high tech black market, and created the Duke, hiring a mercenary called Gary to act as his physical stand in. When Phoenix Squadron was deployed to put an end to the Duke’s activities, Hobbes ensured the guards were waiting for them. The entire Squadron was killed, Overkill being the only survivor, who had just the time decapitate who he believed was the Duke.

Due to Hurricane Ivan hitting Florida and Hobbes actives, A.G.E.I.S. was left believing that Overkill was a traitor forcing him into hiding.

In the present we’re introduced to Doctor Hobbes watching the A.G.E.I.S. introduction video with the Tick and Arthur. He shows them around the building, and conducts the tests on both to determine which Category they belong to. Throughout the series Hobbes seems to just be Commander Rathbone’s eccentric but loyal scientist. However, behind the scenes Hobbes resurrected the Duke identity and the Black Market, this time with a whole new produce to be sold to the elite, human furniture.

Using his experimental mind control chips, which Rathbone ordered shut down believing it went against everything A.G.E.I.S. stood for, Hobbes has dozens of people kidnapped and implanted with the chips, leaving them conscious but unable to move or speak.

Dot and Overkill break into one of his warehouses, were his underling is in the middle of arranging a sale and manages to free everyone; however, the underling commits suicide via cyanide.

Meanwhile back at A.G.E.I.S., Hobbes gives a hint at his true nature, having a soldier electrocute the captured creature known as “Lobstercules”, happy by the results he orders the agent to schedule her to be transferred to his lab for experimentation by the end of the day. Meeting with the heroes when they need his signature for a form to talk to her, he openly dismisses Arthur’s claims he heard her talk to him, believing Lobstercules is just an animal.

Thankfully the Tick and Arthur convince her to prove them wrong.

Having managed to extract a mind control chip from one victim called Ted, Overkill manages to track the signal despite Black Market Bob warning him that it’s probably a trap. Hobbes meets Dot when she goes to A.G.E.I.S. open house, despite Dot giving a false name he recognises her from her file.

Overkill and Dot storm the abandoned lair, however, Hobbes hacks Overkills cybernetic eyes blinding him, then trapping him in an extraction pod kidnaps him and blows up the entire complex trying to kill Dot.

Finishing the meeting with the new Flag Five, Hobbes takes a large piece of the celebratory cake down to his lab, where he has had Overkill strapped to table. Rebooting his eyes he reveals that he is the Duke. He then reveals to Overkill that the human furniture was entirely a “crude beta test” to perfect his mind control chips. When Overkill vows to kill him, Hobbes tells him it’s not him he’ll kill then mockingly adds that this will hurt before inserting the mind control chip in Overkills brain.

Arthur, the Tick, Dot and Walter (really an undercover A.G.E.I.S. agent called John Wu) bring the evidence to Commander Rathbone, who realises that Hobbes is the mole. That night he calls him into his office to deal with him, however, Hobbes is a step ahead of him and has Overkill snipe Commander Rathbone dead. He immediately assumes the position of acting commander assembles the new Flag Five to inform them and sets out a massive manhunt for Overkill. He then calls Arthur into his new office to try trick him into bringing Dot to him. However, his casualness to sitting in the same spot that Rathbone was shot, whilst Overkill is still at large, tips Arthur off that he is the mole. With the help of another hero, the Tick and Arthur escape A.G.E.I.S.

Realising their gone, as in an attempt to help Lobstercules case they revealed the existence of her babies, Hobbes assembles a strike team to kill them and anyone with them (who happens to be Arthur and Dot’s mother Joan, Tinfoil Kevin and Walter) who could know his secret. He also meets up with Ms. Lint, who quickly figures he killed Rathbone to assume his job. He offers to make her the new leader of the Flag Five, giving her ultimate access to A.G.E.I.S., in exchange for her making certain people disappear for him.

Hobbes also inserts another chip in Lobstercules. Then momentarily releases Overkill, long enough for him to make a call so the others can track his location, to lure them out. When Dot, Arthur and the Tick arrive, he sets Lobstercules on the Trick and has Lint hold the other two off. Planning to keep one of them alive long enough to tell anyone else who may know his secret, so he can kill them to.

Hobbes dismisses the suggestion he’s a villain, claiming he’s just a dedicated government employee finally fulling A.G.E.I.S. true mission. He plans to mind control every single category in the entire world, thus ensuring they entirely under control.

However, Lint reveals she’s been playing him, whilst he’s here and all the other A.G.E.I.S. agents are out her gang has gotten into A.G.E.I.S. base thanks to ultimate access he gave her and have looted everything that isn’t nailed down. Getting the signal the last truck has finished loading she flies off abandoning Hobbes.

Surprised Hobbes tries to reason with Arthur, arguing their both human. Arthur throws back he doesn’t care as Hobbes is evil. Hobbes then orders Overkill to shoot them both, and Lobstercules to kill the Tick, who refuses to fight back knowing she’s not in control.

However, Dot manages to distract Overkill long enough for Arthur to jump Hobbes, smashing the mind control remote. Freed, Lobsterules overpowers Hobbes who is arrested for his many crimes.

And Commander Rathbone is resurrected by Thrakkorzog for reasons presently unclear.

Freudian Excuse or Redeeming traits:

Throughout the majority of series Hobbes comes across as a friendly, but bland individual and a seemingly loyal follower of A.G.E.I.S. However, whilst his eccentric, dull and slightly creepy personality is genuine his nice side is entirely an act. He never drops his politeness, but in the scenes when he displays his true colours it doesn’t even feel Faux Affably Evil, just flat out Soft-Spoken Sadist.

Now he does follow through with A.G.E.I.S. procedure, but that’s entirely part of his act of not letting anyone know he’s a traitor.

Hobbes claims he is a dedicated government employee who is simply fulling his job, however, from everything we see, despite Tinfoil Kevin’s concerns, his attitude and interpretation of their mission is not shared by anyone else in A.G.E.I.S.

He claims that super humans are a threat to regular humanity and that he just wants to ensure mankind’s survival. However, despite his claims Hobbes shows absolutely no regard for human life, casually killing numerous dedicated A.G.E.I.S. agents to frame Overkill out of contempt for a category getting to be member of A.G.E.I.S and experimenting on and dooming literally dozens of innocent people to a fate worse than death, simply to perfect his mind control technology.

Likewise his fears are hopelessly out of proportion with anything we’ve seen in the series. The Tick flat out calls him nothing more than scared little man who’s “truth is fear”, to which Hobbes can only respond “my truth is control”.

Hobbes makes it very clear that he considers everything that is even a little different “subhuman” and effectively lab rats as standard. He has Rathbone murdered, because he was disgusted by him letting categories join A.G.E.I.S. The series also makes it clear that the majority of categories aren’t really superhuman, just a little bit stronger or faster than ordinary people.

Now there is a slight humorous factor played towards his human furniture plan, it towing the line between Nightmare Fuel and Crosses the Line Twice, however, like the Terror in season one, this humorous side is entirely for the audience, all the characters inverse treat it as utterly disgusting and horrific, one of the victims gives a chilling monologue of being unable to move or talk, only constantly thinking he’s a lamp “for months and months”.

That he killed the Phoenix Squadron is off-screen as the event happened years ago, and it’s never made clear how many people exactly it amounted to. However, it’s a large part of Overkills backstory, and the details are repeated by Overkill, Rathbone and Hobbes himself.

Heinous Standard:

The Tick is a humorous and parodic show however, this is less of an issue for Hobbes than it was for the Terror. Whilst the Terror was himself a slight parodic villain Archetype, Hobbes lacks any of his Evil Is Hammy or Laughably Evil, being a cold, calm, cruelly serious figure. Any humour derived from him, is more the by-product of his creepiness and inappropriate fascinations, with himself rarely making any actual jokes.

Hobbes does cause less damage than the Terror and aims for a much lower bodycount however, he has substantially less resources to work with. The Terror was a century spanning Diabolical Mastermind, with an army of followers and massive amounts of advanced weaponry. Hobbes spends most the series with more less just himself and his brilliant intellect. He does have a few minions for his Duke persona, but that just about it.

Likewise as Kylo pointed he is the opposite extreme of evil from the Terror. Whereas the Terror wants utter Chaos he is an Order Obsessed villain. Who's goal is uniquely screwed up, thus his plans meet the "Uniquely bad" crime Rule.

He never comes close to fruition for his long term plan, but he pretty much only started step two in the last episode and is defeated by three quarters through the episode.

Nevertheless for what he has, he’s really punches above his weight class.

Other than him, the only other Villains are Ms. Lint who only kills a few of her rival crime bosses, zaps a few other people and steals A.G.E.I.S. everything at the end of the season, and easily doesn’t count.

And the Donahue brothers led by Donny, four fishermen who kidnapped Lobstercules babies after she rescued them from drowning, and forced her to rob banks for them. Now they do try to eat her children when it becomes clear the game is up, but that’s their only stand out crime so they don’t count either.

Conclusion:

I think Hobbes is a keeper. Sure he's not a chaos loving mad man like the Terror, but for a creepy bigoted Mad Scientist I think he leaves his mark.

Still what do you think?

Edited by MGD107 on Apr 21st 2019 at 4:08:39 AM

I think we've PROBABLY covered everyone from the franchise. Then again, there could be some uber-obscure villain, so who knows? Though the Venom sequel could have someone.

Hobbes still seems like he could be a WIE.

Edited by ACW on Apr 21st 2019 at 5:36:38 AM

Sure to candidates I missed. Need to think on Hobbes

ACW: I honestly disagree, season two carries a slight Humans Are the Real Monsters theme, Hobbes makes it clear he doesn't consider categories human and this all started cause he was furious at them being allowed to work at A.E.G.I.S.

On paper Hobbes fears could make sense, but inverse he comes across as a smug, hate filled paranoiac.

I'll switch to abstain. His character page needs work then. Huh, didn't think I'd ever see John Hodgman playing a CM candidate.

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  • Professor Monster is the alien leader of the Iron Cross Army, leading them on a crusade of death and terror throughout the galaxy that led to the destruction of Planet Spider and all the misery in the show that follows in his subsequent schemes to take over Earth. Monster creates Machine BEMs by having innocents kidnapped and transformed into monsters which kill dozens, even unleashing some on their loved ones, while enforcing a no-witness policy that kills dozens more, Takuya Yamashiro's father included. Throughout the series, Monster attempts to create an army of modified humans by subjecting countless people to torturous experiments, resurrecting those who die numerous times; attempts to annihilate all the major cities in Japan with missiles, and separately attempts to annihilate Tokyo simply as his four-hundredth "anniversary" on Earth; reveals he maintains his immortality by harvesting and drinking the blood of countless people; attempts to unleash a lethal nerve gas on the Interpol building, having it tested on people the Iron Cross has trapped in debt slavery; tortures and abuses his minions, even sacrificing a base full of them; and finally attempts to wipe out every major city in the world to take over whatever remains, even murdering his commander Amazoness for having failed him.
  • The aforementioned Amazoness is the savage right hand of Professor Monster and a brutal, unforgiving woman who embodies a Child Hater killer. Carrying out Professor Monster's wicked demands, Amazoness leads attacks to kill countless civilians and murder the innocent while setting up a cult to sacrifice others to Professor Monster. When Takuya begins getting involved with helping children, Amazoness is always there to try to murder them, starting with her attempt to gouge out a little girl's eyes, attempting to use nerve gas on a little boy after practicing its use on adults, trying to burn a child alive, and trying to blow up a packed amusement park and leading terrorist attacks through Tokyo while gloating one targeted building has eight thousand people in it. Amazoness is also fond of torture on captives, while later capturing martial artists to fight death matches to determine who will be turned into Professor Monster's machine slaves, with her greatest ambition being to assist in utterly annihilating humanity for the Iron Cross army to rule the remainder.
• Exiles: King Hyperion, real name Marcus Milton, is a vicious superhuman from a world that he tried to conquer, resulting in a massive nuclear suicide that left him the only being alive. Later attempting to conquer a new world, he instead allows it to die thanks to that world's Magneto's actions, betraying heroes and slipping through new worlds where he kills countless beings to conquer their lands. Arriving in a parallel New York, he tries to kill one hundred hostages after murdering all the heroes therein, betraying and slaughtering his own if it suits him. Returning at the Timebreakers' headquarters, Hyperion plans to conquer the multiverse, no matter how many he has to kill along the way.
• Squadron Supreme: John M'Butu, from the June and July 2006 issues by J. Michael Straczynski, is a metahuman general in Uganda who leads brutal purges of civilian populations, with rape and murder all too common. Allying with foreign interests to keep a civil war going, M'Butu initiates a genocide of rival tribes to strengthen himself and uses his Compelling Voice to control others, boasting he can use it to rape women or force men to die for him in the process.
• Controller Emck, from the season 5 premiere "Night", is a freighter captain for the Malon, an alien species that has technology comparable to the Federation, but also produces a large amount of toxic waste. While other Malon Controllers dump their toxic waste in uninhabited areas of space, Emck has found a vortex that leads to the void, a patch of space with no stars far away from Malon Prime. When Emck begins to release toxic gas into the void, the Night Aliens, who are native to the void, beg him to stop, but Emck refuses, caring more about his profit margins than the innocent beings he is killing. Emck's superior technology is too much for the Night Aliens to defeat, and Emck plans to continue to use their space as a dumping ground as long he can, not caring if all the Night Aliens die in the process. When the Night Aliens ask for Voyager to help, Voyager offers to give Emck tech that will get rid of the Malon's toxic waste by-product, but Emck refuses to accept it, saying it would put him out of business.
• Megatron is the cruel, ruthless leader of the Decepticons and the Autobots' worst enemy. A megalomaniac who overthrew the generally peaceful leader of the Decepticons to make them his own, Megatron spurred them into all-out war against the Autobots, leading to heavy casualties on both sides. Megatron utilized chemical weapons that wiped out entire battlefields—even his own men—and air bombings on civilians during the Great War. After resurrecting himself on Earth, having caused much destruction to regain his body, Megatron makes several attempts to invade Cybertron, culminating in him ordering Decepticon attacks on several Autobot bases throughout the cosmos while he personally invades Cybertron and destroys its Autobot leaders, planning to test his new Omega Supreme clones by first annihilating Detroit.
• Danmachi: Memoria Freese: In the Date A Live crossover campaign Ais Catastrophe, the false Kaguya Yamai, obsessed with Isaac Westcott, merged with his persona on her own free will. After entering the world of Orario alongside Shido and several of his spirit friends, she feigns being worried about the missing Yuzuru Yamai while also impersonating Kurumi to instill discord between Shido's spirit friends and the Loki Familia, leading to Bete of the latter being paranoid towards the former group and Ais/Aiz Wallenstein attacking Tohka/Touka, leading to Ais getting turned into an Inverse Spirit by a Sephira Crystal the false Kaguya implanted in her in the middle of the fight, all to ensure Ais would carry out the false Kaguya's goal of destroying Orario. When her plan of having Ais destroy Orario fails, the false Kaguya takes back the Sephira Crystal and makes plans to destroy Orario with spacequakes herself. Besting Westcott in sadism, the false Kaguya manages to be one of the most vile foes Bell and Shido faced.
• Four Kingdoms & Four Kingdoms, Continued: Karju, the Head Boar of the Scrofa tribe, is introduced torturing an adulterous woman by shoving a hot rod into her womb before throwing her into the wilderness, where she dies. When Jabali, his then-fiancée, calls him out on this, he intimidates her before eventually beating her to force her to submit to his will until she runs away, with him giving chase. He proceeds to kill anyone who gets in his way and even stages an invasion of the Aves' city, killing even more people. He eventually has Jabali captured and brought to him, at which point he beats and rapes her. He does this again the next two days; on the third day, he grows tired of her continued "disobedience", and takes a branding iron and brands her like a wild pig. When Jabali's husband, Cal, tries to rescue her, Karju fights him, taunting and toying with him all the while, nearly killing him before Cal's horse, Xanthus, steps in trying to protect Cal only to get himself killed by Karju.
• Bob Morane:
  • Doctor Joseph-Athanase Xhatan weaponized sunlight and seeks world domination by mass murder. In "Operation Wolf", Xhatan steals a device from a benevolent professor and attempts to use it to turn water into radioactive material. Returning in "The Mysterious Dr. Xhatan", he enslaves tribesman and make them unable to breathe outside the atmosphere of his lair. After abducting heiress Jane Sotesby for a ransom, he reveals that he engineered the death of her parents and that he plans to use a diamond to power his laser light cannon enough to destroy all capitals of the world. In "Xhatan, Master of Light", Xhatan throws Bob and Bill in a Drowning Pit, locks Sophia in a machine which slowly drains her life; and creates an artificial sun to blow up the planet, all in order to fulfill a prophecy that will grant him godhood.
  • Prince Zelgung, from "The Towers of Crystal", angered over losing the throne of Mu to his sister Taima, proceeds to destroy his own civilization by launching a nuke on the city, causing the population to die from the blast or painfully succumb from the radiation. Despite himself and his loyalists getting caught by those radiations, Zelgung displays no remorse and repeatedly attempts to slaughter the survivors lead by Taima. When they leave the continent on a time traveling ship, he tries to launch a missile at it.
  • Emperor Hang and his chancellor Golo, from "The Angels of Ananke", are tyrannical leaders of the city of angels, with any man who trespasses on their territory ending up enslaved. When Bob defeats the champion Korto in combat, Hang forces the hero to train his army, threatening his friends Bill and Sophia if he refuses. Golo at one point threatens a group of slaves who tries to take a break, while Hang tries to have Korto executed for his failure and gets rid of a servant for spilling wine. It's finally revealed that Hang and Golo regularly abduct humans and angels and hook them in pods that drain their mental energy to power the anti-gravity field. When Bob and Korto discover their scheme, they put the latter in the battery and attempt to have the former publicly executed.
• Theseus's six labors on his way to Athens included these miscreants, notable for their methods:
  • Sinis was a bandit. One of the most infamous of his kind in Greek mythology and a violator of hospitality with a great number of victims, he tied travelers between pine trees to have them ripped apart.
  • Sciron was another notorious bandit and violator of hospitality with a huge number of victims. He lured travelers into washing his feet, at which point he kicked them into the sea, where they were Eaten Alive by a giant turtle lurking below the rocks.
  • Procrustes was not only a brutal killer—and possibly a bandit—but also a grave violator of xenia. A blacksmith, Procrustes invited travelers into his inn. While it's unclear if he had 1 or 2 beds, either way, Procrustes-possibly using his hammer-would stretch his guests if they were too short for the bed; if they were too tall, Procrustes would cut off their limbs.
• Sumerian myth: Lamashtu is the daughter of the benevolent god Anu. A savage monster who rejects all goodness, Lamashtu causes famines and droughts, spreading pestilence and disease in the process. Not content with this, Lamashtu induces miscarriages and will steal infants to murder them while also murdering pregnant women and innocent young mortals, rending them apart to eat them herself. So vile is Lamashtu that even another demon like Pazuzu may be invoked against her, being the most terrifying and remorseless monster in the entire pantheon.

• 2009 film: The wicked Lord Henry Blackwood murders five women in occult rituals and is stopped from a sixth, though it is later revealed he has butchered far more. Supposedly returning from the dead, Blackwood begins purging his former Temple of the Four Orders organization of those insufficiently loyal; cruelly killing his own father; and burning another man alive. Intending on starting a massive war to strengthen Britain and reclaim America, Blackwood intends on injecting cyanide gas into Parliament to kill all those there, except for his most loyal followers, standing as one of the most sinister and vile foes Sherlock Holmes ever encountered.
• A Game of Shadows: Professor James Moriarty, dubbed "The Napoleon of Crime" by Sherlock Holmes, is a heartless criminal mastermind, as well as Holmes's equal and opposite in terms of intellect. After fatally poisoning Irene Adler to remove her from his employ, Moriarty makes it clear that he has no intention of sparing Holmes's best friend Dr. John Watson or Watson's wife Mary if Holmes continues to interfere with his plans. True to his word, Moriarty tries to have Watson and Mary killed, destroying the train they were travelling on in the process. Engineering a plot to jumpstart World War I so that he can profit from the bloodshed through the sale of munitions, Moriarty enacts this plot through manipulation and murder, staging a series of bombings to increase tensions between nations, driving a French revolutionary to suicide, and having his henchman, Sebastian Moran, assassinate a businessman so Moriarty can acquire his company, killing many others in an explosion to conceal the murder. After capturing Holmes, Moriarty brutally tortures him with a meat hook, calmly singing Schubert as he does, going on to massacre many of Madame Simza Heron's Gypsy tribe when they rescue Holmes. Having forced Simza's brother to act as an assassin, Moriarty plans to kill a dignitary at a peace summit to incite war. After this plan is thwarted and his assets are seized by the police, Moriarty intends to kill Holmes and his friends in revenge, only being stopped when Holmes throws them both over a waterfall. Ruthless, sadistic, callous, and cruel, Moriarty stands out as the most dangerous criminal Holmes has ever encountered.

Edited by ACW on Apr 23rd 2019 at 5:54:50 AM

Drox

Also, it looks like my candidate Eric Fraser has alot of upvotes so far so why not prepare a good entry shall we?

• Eric Fraser from the novel ’’Forty Words for Sorrow’’ is a Serial Killer who, along with some help from his girlfriend and partner-in-crime Edie Soames, kidnaps, tortures and outright murders teenagers of all ages. His first victim was the thirteen-year-old Katie Pine whom he ditched in a mineshaft after he tortured her till death. His second victim on Todd Curry was filmed on a video-tape that showed Eric hitting Todd in the head with a hammer till he died. His third and last murder that followed his MO pattern was Billy La Belle whom was burried alive. One day when the eighteen-year-old Keith London visits town he meets up with the seemingly nice couple Eric and Edie whom invites him home where Eric drugs him down and ties him up, and later plans to find a place where he can film his death. One night when a burglar called Woody breaks into their house and tries to tie Keith loose, Eric arrives and shoots Woody dead. Eric pretends to love the poor self-esteemed Edie and even describes her as nothing more than a ”reptile pet” that can help him with his murderous schemes. When Keith tries to break loose and holds Edie hostage, Eric has no qualms with knocking her down with a crowbar in order to catch Keith. When he finds a place to kill Keith he gets stopped by the police and aims at several vops before drowning to death.

Is it ok so far or is it too detailed or something?

Oh, late Happy Easter BTW!

EM: Please add here and I'll add it to NEXT week's batch if that's okay.

I'd make it "in order to catch Keith to kill him" and then cut the last sentence.

Edited by ACW on Apr 21st 2019 at 5:54:49 AM

Sure

I actually said I was going to do Hobbes awhile ago. The Reason I never did was I needed to rewatch the season itself and never found the time. But yeah having seen it myself he came off as a Not-So-Well-Intentioned Extremist.

So while I wish I could have done it myself to Hobbes.

Oh I'm terribly sorry Kylo, I asked twice if anyone minded if I took over the season two discussion as it didn't seem anyone was going to do it, and no one replied.

I must have missed your post.

I can delete it if you want so you can propose him?

Edited by MGD107 on Apr 21st 2019 at 3:14:34 AM

Everybody from Eric to here.

Hobbes

I swear theres another villain listed with that name

@MDG Oh don't worry, Its a little late. I've been told that deleting E Ps is bad as it removes the context of the conversation. Plus I can take a while at the "What does he do?" Section So you probably saved me some work. At most I would have liked if I could add on details to the other stuff. Such as listing in the Heinous standard stuff how his plans meet the "Uniquely bad" crime Rule. As he is the opposite extreme of evil from the terror. Whereas the terror wants utter Chaos he is an Order Obsessed villain. Who's goal is uniquely screwed up.

Anyways apology accepted. It isn't your fault you didn't see my post.

Edited by Kylotrope on Apr 21st 2019 at 3:25:51 AM

I was able to get this done:

• Forty Words for Sorrows: Eric Fraser, with the help of his girlfriend and partner-in-crime Edie Soames, kidnaps, tortures and outright murders teenagers. His first victim was the thirteen-year-old Katie Pine, whom he ditched in a mine shaft after he fatally tortured her. His second victim, Todd Curry was filmed on a videotape that showed Eric hitting Todd in the head with a hammer until Todd's death. His third and final murder was Billy La Belle, who was Buried Alive. One day, when eighteen-year-old Keith London visits town, he meets up with the seemingly-nice couple Eric and Edie, who invite him to their home, where Eric drugs him and ties him up, planning to find a place where he can film his death. One night, when a burglar called Woody, breaks into their house and tries to free Keith, Eric arrives and shoots Woody dead. Eric only pretends to love the low-self-esteem Edie and even describes her as nothing more than a "reptile pet" to help him with his murderous schemes. When Keith tries to break loose and holds Edie hostage, Eric has no qualms with knocking her down with a crowbar in order to catch Keith and kill him.

Edited by ACW on Apr 21st 2019 at 6:25:32 AM

Kylo: Thank you for being so understanding. Still I feel a bit bad stealing it, even if it was unknowingly. At the very least if Hobbes does get voted up, do you want to do his write up?

I just hope season three ends up having someone to talk about so you can have that discussion.

I didn't consider it like that but yeah your right he is the exact opposite villain. Oh well I can still add that to the effort post (and any other details I missed) if you like?

Edited by MGD107 on Apr 21st 2019 at 3:34:29 AM

42 this week.

And yeah, wow, Monster could put some of the Sentai and Kamen baddies to shame; Giantess meanwhile stacks up in terms of Would Hurt a Child.

@MDG Oh that would be Great. On both adding those details and doing the Write up. Thankyou!

I really hope season 3 has someone as well.

Edited by Kylotrope on Apr 21st 2019 at 3:34:15 AM

Kylo: Great. Its the least I can do. Okay just message me if their are any other details you would like me to add to the effort post, so we don't completely derail this forum.

Edited by MGD107 on Apr 21st 2019 at 3:37:15 AM

Really for such an early era villain dude blows away guys who come decades later.

Its honestly kinda amazing.

to Hobbes.

Skia Ek Distazo

Hobbes

Sure to Hobbes.