It Amused Me: Difference between revisions

As you may have noticed, the line dividing [[For the Evulz]] and '''It Amused Me''' is something of an academic distinction. It is often hard to tell from a single act whether a character enjoys evil actions solely for the amusement value of the acts ('''It Amused Me''') or whether they also/mostly enjoy the thrill of acting evilly ([[For the Evulz]]). Generally, a character who truly does things [[For the Evulz]] will do things that aren't fun or interesting in the name of evil, which they seek at every opportunity—a character who does things because It Amused Them wouldn't bother because if it's not fun or interesting, why do it? '''It Amused Me'''—motivatedMe—motivated characters are not necessarily without a sense of morality, as they have been known to minimize the collateral damage of their schemes, for example, or even to ''stop'' what they're doing if they think they're harming the 'wrong' person or people. Someone motivated by [[For the Evulz]] would never do this, unless it hindered their ability to commit further acts of evil -- [[Stupid Evil|and sometimes]] [[Chaotic Stupid|not even then]].

* ''[[Mana Khemia]]'': Flay's motivation for [[Crazy Awesome|everything he does]], from forming the [[True Companions|workshop]] in the first place to founding an Evil Syndicate and taking over half the world before being stopped by Alchemy Man, [[JustAll AsAccording Plannedto Plan]]. In the sequel, he does things like launching a traditional Berserker raid on the office of a fellow faculty members and implanting chips in people's brains. Flay would be [[Wrong Genre Savvy]] for treating a JRPG like [[James Bond]] meets [[Sentai]] with ninjas, except he's very good at [[Magnificent Bastard|beating the genre into submission]].