Thread:Mesektet/@comment-3581997-20160615160106/@comment-3581997-20160616135229

I would advise you focus entirely on motivation for this trope, it leads to a clearer picture. There are mass murderers who aren't CMs but folks who have no body-counts at all but still show less redeeming qualities. Complete Monster means no redeeming qualities. Keep in mind there is a difference between no virtues and no redeeming qualities. This gets harder when there is only one villain in a setting and no point of comparison for them but even with those I would advise not to give it out. Complete Monster needs to stand up to the test of scrutiny, an over the top Evil with a capital E. Not every villain will have this, and the ones that do, can't look ok compared to that other guy/gal/thing.