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** An even further baiting: ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'' author Rich Burlew has occasionally written little essays on how D&D is played and storylines are formed on his website. In particular he talks about things like how evil people can have friends, [[Even Evil Has Loved Ones]], and two villains working together aren't always just looking to turn on each other at the first opportunity. Combine that with scenes of [[Big Bad|Xykon]] and [[The Dragon|Redcloak]] joking together, snarking each other, and commiserating when their cause seemed to be lost, and it seemed like might be such friends. Then [[Hannibal Lecture|Start]] [[Eviler Than Thou|of]] [[Moral Event Horizon|Darkness]] came out and kicked that theory right in the nuts. Well played, [[Magnificent Bastard|Mr. Burlew]], well played.

** When General Tarquin was introduced he got a lot of fans for affability, [[Genre Savvy|savvy]], and style. And of course {{spoiler|he's Elan's father.}} It's since become apparent that {{spoiler|he uses his position as de facto ruler of the Empire of Blood to force any woman he takes a fancy to to marry him, then kills them when he gets tired of them. Which makes him ''rather less'' likable. Not to mention burning 30 slaves (possibly alive) to spell Elan's name out in lights- even [[Cloudcuckoolander|Elan]] finally realizes it at that point.}}

* The Jagermonsters in ''[[Girl Genius]]'' often come across as goofy eccentrics who like drinking and fighting a bit more than normal guys...so sometimes it's easy to forget that they're hyperefficient killing machines who are only as moral as their master (so it's okay to root for them now, but you'd better hope Agatha's kids are more like their grandparents than their great grandparents).

** Jagerkin are borderline example, as they're still likeable—extremely dangerous, but honorable [[Blood Knight]] bunch. [[Boisterous Bruiser|Loud]], love fighting, but not malicious at all—they [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20060703 readily admire] foes who bested them and tend to ignore non-combatants altogether. And are loyal above all else.