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:
Please see the Frequently Asked Questions and Common Requests List before suggesting any new entries for this trope.
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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?
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Final Verdict?
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Edited by GastonRabbit on Aug 31st 2023 at 4:14:10 AM
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.....He literally had his evil sucked out. How would that be mitigating for cm considering that's not a conscious choice on his part to be good.
Edited by miraculous on Nov 17th 2020 at 4:43:18 AM
"That's right mortal. By channeling my divine rage into power, I have forged a new instrument in which to destroy you."
Denise
Jack
King Runeard, which I just have to nice given how he used to be a posterboy for Offscreen Villainy preventing a otherwise easy keeper from qualifying
Edited by KazuyaProta on Nov 17th 2020 at 8:20:17 AM
Watch me destroying my countryHas anyone seen the action film The 2nd (2020)? I think there's a candidate from there but I'd like a second (pun not intended) opinion.
"I'll show you the Dark Side." CM actors and kills
Berserk Button: misusing Berserk Button
Its alright, it’s just like a writeup for any episodic work.
Speaking of writeups, I trimmed the Runeard one somewhat:
- Frozen II: Dangerous Secrets: King Runeard's crimes are fleshed out much more in the book. Runeard, former king of Arendelle, was the father of Angarr and the grandfather of Anna and Elsa. He was horribly abusive towards his wife and child, eventually causing the former to leave him, with Runeard blaming it on an 'evil spirit'. He eventually encountered the Northundra tribe and feared them for their use of magic which could threaten his power, so he built a dam seemingly as a peace offering but really to drain their resources and force their submission. When the Northundran leader showed concern, Runeard killed him in cold blood and waged battle on the Northundras, killing many on both sides. Even after his death, his actions would continue to haunt all involved. In the end, Runeard showed himself to be nothing more than a merciless tyrant who would gladly murder anyone who got in his way to keep his power.
Cut a few unnecessary details, like the way he died, which is not relevant to his evil actions.
One of these days, all of you will accept me as your supreme overlord.I wrote the EP for the Headmaster, but I didn’t get to rewatch the movie yet and am beginning to not feel very confident in him at all. Should I just post it now so he can get written off quickly or maybe see what happens after the rewatch?
If not, it can wait.
Edited by futuremoviewriter on Nov 17th 2020 at 7:49:16 AM
Can I ask a question? On Whoniverse, why is the The "Decayed" Master's crimes listed in "UNIT Years" one's write up? It's been awhile since I have watched his episodes. So I don't really remember it that well. But is he the same incarnation? Like officially, because I remember it being more ambiguous.
Edited by Bullman on Nov 17th 2020 at 12:32:07 PM
Fan-Preferred Couple cleanup threadI'm going to try and step out of my comfort zone and respond to E Ps even if I haven't watched/read/played the media.
for Renard (want to read), Jack and Denise Daniels (played).
Edited by TellAll111 on Nov 18th 2020 at 12:31:31 PM

Question: Things like Heel–Face Brainwashing don't count toward negating a character's CM status, right? (I'm specifically thinking of recent events in the Spider-Man comic where Norman Osborn is "cleansed" of his evil by Sin-Eater)