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ROUND 1 — Match 17 of 138

Billy Loomis (Scream)

Problematic because: "He and Stu murdered Sidney’s mother Maureen a year before the first film, framed Cotton Weary for it, and then Billy kept dating Sidney while secretly blaming her family for his mother leaving. The 1996 killing spree is basically his revenge plan - kill Casey and Steve, terrorise Sidney, kill more people around her, then frame Sidney’s father Neil as the killer so Billy and Stu can look like the final surviving victims. The exact split of who physically does every Ghostface attack gets debated, but Billy is the planner/emotional centre of the whole thing, and his reveal makes the boyfriend behaviour beforehand so much nastier - the “trust me” guilt-tripping, the fake hurt feelings, sleeping with Sidney right before the reveal, all while planning to destroy her life." Propaganda: 1. "He's such a good slasher villain because he’s scary in two completely different ways. Ghostface is the obvious part - the calls, the knife, the costume, the horror trivia, the whole theatrical murder-game setup. But Billy himself is the more personal horror. He’s Sidney’s boyfriend. He’s in her bedroom. He’s the person acting wounded when she doesn’t trust him enough, while he knows exactly why she shouldn’t. He isn’t just killing random people for fun, even though he’s clearly enjoying parts of it. He takes a real piece of pain - his mother leaving after his father’s affair with Maureen - and turns it into this insanely entitled revenge fantasy where Sidney has to pay for what the adults did. He’s manipulative, self-pitying, cruel, and way too good at looking like the brooding boyfriend instead of the guy writing the final act in his head. Terrible man. Perfect Ghostface." 2. "He’s so good because he’s not even subtle once you rewatch. The dramatic hair, the wounded stares, the way he keeps making Sidney’s trauma about whether HE feels trusted enough. Sir, she is being stalked by a masked killer and you are actively the masked killer. Maybe give her a minute. And the motive is such a perfect mix of sad and pathetic. His family blew up because of his dad and Maureen, and instead of blaming the grown man who actually cheated, Billy decides Sidney’s mother deserves to die and Sidney deserves to be psychologically destroyed. It’s teenage-boy rage taken to slasher extremes, with Stu along for the ride"

vs. Yazoo (Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children)

Problematic because: "Yazoo is one of the three Remnants of Sephiroth, along with Kadaj and Loz. He helps search for Jenova’s remains so Sephiroth can return, fights Cloud and the Turks, and takes part in gathering children with Geostigma by promising them a cure/reunion with “Mother.” Those children are already sick and vulnerable, and Yazoo helps use them as tools to find Jenova. He also helps attack Edge after the children lead the Remnants back there, and near the end, he and Loz confront Cloud and set off the explosion that almost kills him after Sephiroth is defeated." Propaganda: "He has such a distinct presence despite being the quietest of the three Remnants. Kadaj gets the main emotional arc, Loz gets the more obvious physical/emotional contrast, and Yazoo is colder and more controlled. He doesn’t need to do as much to stand out. He adds balance to the trio. He’s calm, stylish, sharp, and a little detached, which makes him work well next to Kadaj’s intensity and Loz’s more childish reactions. He isn’t the deepest FFVII character, but he has a very clear visual and tonal role."

ROUND 1 — Match 47 of 138

Yuuya Kizami (Corpse Party)

Problematic because: "oh great, the haunted murder school also has a normal human murderer in it. he’s trapped in heavenly host like everyone else, but instead of just trying to survive, he starts killing his classmates himself and basically decides it doesn’t matter because the school was probably going to kill them anyway. he tricks yuka, who is much younger and just trying to find her brother, into trusting him, gets weirdly fixated on her as a “little sister,” and then eventually chases her down with a knife. he kills kensuke (his childhood friend), attacks other classmates across different routes/chapters, has a history of harming animals, and generally treats the whole situation like permission to finally stop pretending he’s normal. terrible boy. great horror character." Propaganda: "imagine being trapped in a cursed school full of ghosts and somehow still being one of the biggest red flags in the building. that takes talent. everyone else is crying, panicking, trying to find their friends, and he’s apparently treating it like his villain audition finally opened. horrible vibes, deeply unsafe, should not be left unsupervised with a butter knife, but absolutely memorable. corpse party needed a human nightmare and unfortunately he clocked in for the shift."

vs. Lady Macbeth (Macbeth)

Problematic because: "murder regicide treason etc etc" Propaganda: "this is the Lady Macbeth website, I don't think I gotta justify this"

ROUND 1 — Match 72 of 138

Nana Hiiragi (Munou na Nana)

Problematic because: "killed so many innocent people. some guilty people too, but only incidentally" Propaganda: "she's really smart about how she kills people. her whole shtick is that she's an ordinary person who assassinates people who have supernatural abilities. if it were me I wouldn't be able to figure out how to kill someone who could time travel. or someone who could see the future. if I were her and I'd see that my next target can literally See The Future I'd be like nope I'm out. because how do you kill that guy??? but my beloved brilliant queen finds a way <333"

vs. The Postal Dude (Postal 2)

Problematic because: "The games tagline is "it's only as violent as you are" sooo he can do a LOT of stuff (examples: shooting civilians, lighting people on fire, using cats as gun silencers, peeing on people, play soccer with severed heads, sever all of someone's limbs and MORE!) but the voice lines indicate he'd already be doing all of this anyways without the player." Propaganda: "Maybe not compelling but I just love the absurdity of his character and the game he's from, especially since the comedic tone of Postal 2 is a harsh change from the grittier horror focused tone of the original. Like what do you MEAN they went from "you play as a paranoid schizophrenic who thinks the whole world is infected and he's the only one left and that's why he commits atrocities" to "you can pee on people as a core mechanic of the game, you can also kill people if you just don't want to wait in line""

ROUND 1 — Match 80 of 138

Russell Adler (Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War)

Problematic because: "he kidnapped, tortured, brainwashed, and implanted false memories into a person working for his enemy, then used them as a personal soldier, before assassinating them for "knowing too much"" Propaganda: "The way he's written really shows what lengths people will go to in order to defeat their enemies, and how remorseless they can be throughout the process"

vs. Ashley Graves (The Coffin of Andy and Leyley)

Problematic because: "She helps butcher and eat the cultist neighbour after the demon takes his soul. During the escape from the apartment, Andrew kills one guard while Ashley sacrifices the other guard’s soul to the demon. In Episode 2, she pushes Andrew toward killing their parents so they can’t reveal the siblings are alive, helps sacrifice their parents’ souls, kills their bodies afterward, disposes of the remains, and cooks some of their meat into soup for herself and Andrew to eat. In Episode 3A, she and Andrew can sacrifice a family of campers to recharge the trinket. Ashley is possessive, manipulative, jealous of anyone who might pull Andrew away from her, and the story explicitly gets incestuous. In the Burial route, they receive a premonition of themselves entering an sexual relationship, and Episode 3A also includes Andrew being forced to confront suppressed sexual feelings toward Ashley, and some route outcomes push the siblings further into a romantic/sexual dynamic." Propaganda: 1. "I like her because she drives the story forward. Andrew hesitates, rationalises, and tries to act like he’s above it, and Ashley is usually the one saying the ugly part out loud. She’s selfish, clingy, jealous, and often the reason things get worse, but she’s also the reason the game has so much bite." 2. "she’s fun because she’s so openly terrible. she doesn’t have andrew’s whole “i’m the reasonable one” routine. ashley wants what she wants, usually andrew, safety, control, attention, or a way out, and she’ll push until she gets it. that makes her horrible, but it also makes her extremely watchable." 3. "She’s an incredibly fleshed out character. The entire game is her codependent relationship with her brother Andrew, and their struggles not only to survive the horrors being done to them, but to fully understand and connect with each other too. They are so beautifully toxic yet simultaneously adorable. They genuinely love each other more than anything, but so much traumatic baggage and bullshit keeps getting in the way of that. Also she turns her abusive parents into soup. An icon, truly."