Pragmatic Villainy: Difference between revisions

* In ''[[Portal 2]]'', {{spoiler|1=GLaDOS}} ends up thinking like this at the end of the single-player campaign.

{{quote|The best solution to a problem is usually the easiest one. And I'll be honest. {{spoiler|Killing you? Is hard.}}}}

** Though {{spoiler|1=the return of the ''[[Not Quite Dead|original]]'' [[Companion Cube]] and 'Want You Gone'}} present [[Alternative Character Interpretation|another possibility]]: {{spoiler|1=GLaDOS lied about deleting Caroline, and [[Invoked Trope|invokes]] this trope to [[Tsundere|hide her true affection for Chell]].}} <ref>The {{spoiler|1=[[Ignored Epiphany]]}} page says that word of god goes against this possibility. The song {{spoiler|1=Want You Gone}} does support it though</ref>

* In the ''[[Deus Ex: Human Revolution|Deus Ex Human Revolution]]'' "The Missing Link" DLC, {{spoiler|you can find an email from the evil base commander where he claims he was informed that his subordinates are raping their female prisoners and demands that they stop or face harsh punishment...because this decreases the chance that they survive the [[Body Horror|horrific surgical procedure]] that turns them into [[And I Must Scream|Hyron Drones]].}}

* Flameth in [[Dragon Age]], especially [[Dragon Age 2]]. Kidnapping and eating children? Like I don't have anything better to do with my time.

* Not so much a matter of avoiding morally reprehensible actions, but Agatio parts with his dignity in ''[[Golden Sun]]: The Lost Age'' and consciously plays the part of a [[Dumb Muscle|dumb]] [[The Brute|brute]] [[Unwitting Pawn|being manipulated]] by Alex because he knows that will ''get the job done'', though he makes it clear that he's actually a [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]] [[Genius Bruiser]] and [[Teeth-Clenched Teamwork|not fond]] of Alex's [[Smug Snake|attitude]].