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.
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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.
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Edited by GastonRabbit on Aug 31st 2023 at 4:14:10 AM
I found this on the character page for Viktor from Knack. Is anybody familiar with the game here that can comment on this?
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: He is devastated when he sees Katrina falling into the volcano, although he doesn't know she survives. He is clearly furious about it when Vargas & co meets him onboard his airship.
What about Grimmel the Grisly from How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Actually, Had something to say on Grimmel after having seen the film myself.
The main thing I saw during discussion was that he has Oppurtinities to be worse but dosent take them compared to Drago.
However I should point out its a Differant case from Drago, When he did Sadistic stuff he had nothing to gain but he ALSO had nothing to lose.
Grimmel is a Differant story, Him not directly attacking Berk was becuase them leaving under his Threat was part of the plan. And Had he shot the Light fury he would have lost a Hostage and Toothless would have called the Dragons on him.
Also
to Carney.
Edited by Kylotrope on May 5th 2019 at 8:52:03 AM
Things are really about to get Fun around hereKylo, we're not reviving this discussion. Everyone pitched in an opinion over an EP in a debate that lasted pages. Consensus decreed Pragmatic Villainy is not as heinous compared to a guy who takes literally every opportunity he's onscreen to go as far as he can and then further—that's all there is to it.
Edited by Scraggle on May 5th 2019 at 8:45:59 AM
Does anyone else think that these two can be combined?
- MadWorld: Bloody Hilarious and line-crossing as the game may be, these two manage to stand out as being completely greedy monsters.
- Noa is the CEO of DeathWatch, and Leo Fallmont's second-in-command. Cutting off all access to roads and technology in Jefferson Island, Noa unleashes a deadly virus that will kill everyone within 24 hours, promising a vaccine to those who kill— even suggesting starting with family members and neighbors—with the last one standing winning $100 million. Turning the DeathWatch games—having previously been created for nations to engage in less bloody wars—into a violent reality show where the wealthy bid on contestants, Noa reaps most of the profits for himself, doing whatever he can to keep sponsors funding the games.
- Leonardo "Leo" Fallmont, first seen as a random survivor, is the true villain of the game, the creator of the deadly virus, and the aforementioned Noa's boss. Following his father's pharmaceutical company going bankrupt after the last presidential election, he and his father decide to create a virus in order to sell a vaccine. Partnering with Noa to spread the virus across Jefferson Island, he plans on using DeathWatch as a way to spread publicity about the vaccine, blackmailing various countries with his virus unless they buy it, while also participating in the games for the thrill of killing.
Edited by papyru30 on May 5th 2019 at 10:14:15 AM
Okay okay sorry. I felt the fact he couldn't be worse without Being Stupid Evil was something not discussed before and I don't recall anything like that being Brougt up, but I guess it dosent matter.
Again, sorry.
Edited by Kylotrope on May 5th 2019 at 9:05:50 AM
Things are really about to get Fun around here

William Carney
Watch me destroying my country