Even Evil Has Standards/Web Comics: Difference between revisions

** [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0718.html This is the "Empire of Blood", not the "Empire of Blood All Over Our New Carpets".]

** Belkar may be a [[Heroic Comedic Sociopath]], but even he feels that {{spoiler|[[Involuntary Battle to the Death|forcing two best friends to fight each other to the death]]}} is [[Moral Event Horizon|crossing the line]]. Later, he [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0969.html refuses an opportunity to date a gnome right after scamming her].

{{quote|'''Chilus:''' You know humans! They're a bit late for school!

'''Skip:''' "A bit late for school?"

'''Skip:''' Fine. We're demons. We're evil. Can't you have a little class?

'''Chilus:''' You're a little ''late'' for class. }}

** Parodied again [http://www.hello-cthulhu.com/?date=2003-12-15 not too many strips later] when Dagon says that even his kind has higher standards than making unholy offspring half-breeds from Sanrio characters.

* Hunter Ravenwood of ''[[Suicide for Hire]]'' [[Wouldn't Hit a Girl]], though that doesn't stop him from killing women who pay him to do so. Evidence suggests he doesn't like to think of the clients as people at all. The rules of the titular business also include "Suicides may not result in the death of a third party" and "Children under the age of sixteen will not be allowed to kill themselves". A pregnant client is rejected for this reason, as they consider her foetus to be a third party and object to helping her escape responsibility for it.

** Later, when confronted with a severely battered woman, he first wants to help her kill her abusive husband. {{spoiler|Only when she can't go through with the act, despite getting ''clear instructions'' via two-way radio, does he help her kill herself. Later, the husband comes to SFH... and his death is not at all pretty.}} Unusually, Arcturus is as enthusiastic about this job as Hunter.

* Even ''[[Penny Arcade]]'' [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/8/16/ has standards.]

* Axel of ''[[Ansem Retort]]'' is a homicidal evil Buddhist god that can kill you with freaking sweet mind bullets (and in the ''very first comic'' torched an orphanage). Yet he yells "WHAT?" at the idea that he'd abuse his wife, Aerith. He's also shown to be disturbed by Larxene carrying around a human skull.

** Zexion is a governor that invaded New Jersey, stole tax dollars just to prove he could, and would rather spend the state budget on blowjobs and Doritoes... but he really hates racist pancakes. [[It Makes Sense in Context]].

{{quote|'''Thief''': That... may be the worst thing you've ever said.}}

* During the [[Christmas Carol]] arc of ''[[Brawl in the Family]]'', as Mario saves Peach, he asks if she's fine and she says that Bowser never laid a hand on her. Bowser chimes in, "Well, I'm not a monster."

** He's proposed roasting a sentient rabbit if she doesn't meet with his expectations. Definitely '''NOT''' a case of [[Inverted Trope|inverted]] [[Carnivore Confusion]].

** But it's a subversion, as Filaire decides she will "eat rabbit" if it means vengeance on the current fox king, as seen a few strips beyond the link above.

* Minmax in [[Goblins]] may be a [[Fantastic Racism|Fantastic Racist]] who struggles to comprehend the idea that monsters exist for reasons other than to be slaughtered by adventurers, but when he learns that [[Complete Monster|Dellyn]] [[Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil|rapes and beats his Yuan-Ti slave]], his attiude shifts from hero worship to revulsion almost immediately, and he [[Destination Defenestration|throws Dellyn through a window]].

* In the ''[[The Beast Legion]]'' , The shadow Nexus second in command stampede is Ruthless when it comes to battle but carries a great sense of honor & loyalty unlike his master.

* [[Head Trip|Shinga]] gleefully makes jokes about selling coat hangers to pregnant women, but feels [http://headtripcomics.comicgenesis.com/d/20071212.html that her soul is being ripped out by making her characters be in Reality TV.]

* [[Questionable Content]] does this to a lesser degree. Marigold is willing to guilt-trip her roommate into making out with her. But she is a [[World of Warcraft|Horde]] woman to the end, [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1680 even in real-life.]

* The [[All Trolls Are Different|Trolls]] of ''[[Homestuck]]'' may be a race almost entirely composed of violent [[Jerkass|Jerk Asses]], but most of them are still disgusted with [[Smug Snake|Vriska's]] [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]].

** Of course, with their [[Blue and Orange Morality]], what is evil and what is not can at times be hard to judge. Karkat's [["The Reason You Suck" Speech|explanation as to why she's despised]] seems to call her out more for being [[Stupid Evil]] than anything, and the fact that her vicious streak could be used to actually do something ''productive'' rather than just [[Kick the Dog|punting puppies left and right.]]

* ''[[Vexxarr]]'' before leaving Earth had to [http://www.vexxarr.com/archive.php?seldate=121905 thank] [[Mega Corp|Sony]]... for [[Eviler Than Thou|unburdening his conscience]].

* [http://choppingblock.keenspot.com/d/20020815.html This] ''[[Chopping Block]]'' comic.

** Also, during ''Painted Black'', Hedge did everything in his power ''not'' to bring women back to Damien, knowing that he only wanted them for breeding. Once Damien was no longer around to control them, all of Grace's brothers surrendered without a fight.

* Mike from [[Shortpacked]]. He may be a [[Jerkass]] who has engaged in cruelty that [[Crosses the Line Twice|crosses the line]] [[Beyond the Impossible|seven times]], but at least he cops to it. Then he meets the aptly named [http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/comic/book-13/01-daddy-issues/asshole-2/ Asshole Guy].

{{quote|'''Mike:''' Hey, are you the asshole?

{{quote|'''Professor Pau:''' You don't think I'd hang people from the ceiling, bloat them with chemicals, harvest their blistered hides, and then '''leave them miserable,''' do you?

'''Ennesby:''' [[Sarcasm Mode|Sorry. Our bad. We'll get your sainthood application processed right away.]] }}

* Kolonel Haken in ''[[Irregular Webcomic]]'' may be a card-carrying Nazi, but he ''will not'' stand for genocide - he's an archaeologist, not a mass murderer. {{spoiler|Eventually, he assassinates Hitler by stuffing a very large frog down his throat. Only in one webcomic could you find a sentence like that, folks.}}

 

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