The Pillars of the Earth/YMMV

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  • Complete Monster: William.
  • Memetic Molester: William. Not played for laughs, though.
  • Moral Event Horizon:
    • Alfred is a sadistic jerk towards Jack from the beginning. He crosses the line when he starts beating Aliena. Poor girl.
    • William starts out as a jerkass and a doofus, nearly running over Tom's daughter and later being a pig to Aliena. His sack of the castle is just politics, but he really crosses the line into mustache-twirling villainy when he rapes Aliena in front of her brother.
  • Tear Jerker
  • The Woobie: See the Moral Event Horizon entry. At some point you just want to hug poor Aliena until she stops crying.