Special:Badtitle/NS90:User talk:DocColress/The great big examples suggestion topic!/reply (7)

Yes, pretty much. To me, it really comes down to how she treats animals and people, and the severity of her treatment and actions. In the animated version, she was only a threat to animals but just a petty Jerkass to all the human characters (Roger, Anita, Horace and Jasper), and while trying to make a coat out of 99 puppies is sick and wrong, it's ultimately still standard cartoon villainy as opposed to truly heinous. Live Action Cruella uses, abuses, and inconveniences humans and animals in pretty big ways, and the deeds coupled with the performance really sells what a loathsome piece of work she is. I'm reminded of another character listed here as a Complete Monster despite having no body count: Mr. Potter of It's A Wonderful Life. He managed to be a CM purely by being in the business of inconveniencing or flat out ruining the lives of others and being a despicable human being to every single person he interacted with, and this was reflected in the actor's performance that made him truly seem like The Devil incarnate. Same case with Glenn Close as Cruella. Of course TV Tropes would veto her because they associate Cruella in general with Laughably Evil standard villainy, but here she matches the criteria. Also, the main female human in the sequel pretty much takes the stance that some people are incapable of changing because she never buys Cruella's rehabilitation, saying that someone capable of doing the things she did is just rotten to the core beyond salvation. And this proves to be true, so yeah, she counts.

No, lengthy write-ups are good at describing the vileness and heinous nature of the villain! I'll proofread it and if you haven't put it up yet, I will. As for Cruella, I'll do that write-up!