Designated Villain: Difference between revisions

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''And hate the idle pleasures of these days."''|'''[[William Shakespeare]]''', ''[[Richard III]]'', Act I, Sc. i.}}

 

** Max Powers. Even though he seems to be a nice, cheery, and outgoing person to everyone around him, the entire magazine crew seems to hate him, especially Cole, constantly saying how "evil" he is even though we have almost never seen him do anything objectionable. When the website [http://www.websnark.com/archives/2004/10/because_i_keep.html Websnark] did its analysis of Powers, it came to the same conclusions. Kurtz himself admitted that this was close to the truth. Max [[Sitcom Arch Nemesis|isn't supposed to be an actual villain, but instead, one of those guys who is so nice and perfect and successful that it inspires jealous hatred]]. The closest he comes to "evil" is that he can't see Skull, and only "innocents" can see him. That said, he managed to motivate [[Those Two Guys|Roby and Jase]] into becoming physically fit and productive people. [[Status Quo Is God|It may not have lasted]], but it was a fairly beneficial change [[Pygmalion Snapback|without nasty consequences]].

** Recently addressed in the comic after a [[Mistaken for Gay]] brief storyline:

'''Cole:''' It's true. I'm petty, selfish, jealous, and small. You're none of those things, Max. You never have been. You're a big reminder of just how flawed I am, and how very little I've grown. Sometimes that's hard to be around. But I'd like to try, Max. I'd really like to try. }}

* ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' has an in-universe example as part of a ''[[Harry Potter]]'' parody. Gandledorf (a [[Captain Ersatz]] of Dumbledore) explains why House Wunnybun (the [[Captain Ersatz|Ersatz]] Slytherin) must always be treated like scum:

* If the heroes of ''[[Sonichu]]'' are the definitions of [[Designated Hero]], then many of the villains are easily in the [[Designated Villain]] spot. Due to a massive case of [[Life Embellish]], the author paints various characters this way. The worst case of this is the entirety of issue 10 which has the main characters murder people who amount to nothing more than simple Internet [[Troll|Trolls]].