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I want to see if we can fill out the moral spectrum for Mother characters on the Moral Ranking Wiki
Here's the characters already decided by the wikis:
Pure Good:
Ness (The Ultimate Good)
Lucas (The Ultimate Good)
Paula Jones
Jeff Andonuts
Poo
Apple Kid
Near Pure Good:
Buzz Buzz
Dr. Andonuts
Flint
Inconsistenly Admirable:
N/A
Heroic Benchmark:
Claus
Villainous Benchmark:
Masked Man
Mr. Brown
Inconsistenly Heinous:
Giygas
Near Pure Evil:
Master Belch
Fassad (Pages have been removed but they definetily still qualify)
Pure Evil:
Porky Minch (The Ultimate Evil)
And here's the criteria for each status:
- Pure Good (Rank 1 +): Characters that are the most noble, benevolent, and selfless whose acts have brought about good things to the setting.
- Near Pure Good (Rank 2 +): Characters that are the exceptionally noble and admirable, but with has one or few corrupting qualities or fails to stand out to other admirable heroes but is still comparable to some degree.
- Inconsistently Admirable (Rank 3 +): Characters whose actions have been beneficial to their setting and are comparable to the actions of Pure Good and Near Pure Good heroes, but are known for having multiple corrupting qualities or have notable traits that makes them inconsistent.
- Heroic Benchmark (Rank 4 +): Characters who are heroes that commit good deeds. These characters surpass the general admirable standards for heroism but fail to stand out within the in-story admirable standards of the story to other heroes.
- Standard Heroism (Rank 5 +): Characters who are heroes. These characters fail to stand out past the general admirable standards and the in-story admirable standards.
- Completely Ambiguous (Rank 0): Characters that are neither heroes or villains. These characters either fail the heinous or admirable standards to be considered villains or heroes or have traits that make them ambiguous good and evil, or may have done so much of both that they are in between good and evil.
- Well-natured: The space between Pure Neutral and Standard Heroism. These characters are largely neutral and not heroes, but have good traits. They can vacillate between this and Ill-natured.
- Pure Neutral: Characters that cannot be placed in as good or evil. These characters are shown to exhibit traits that are totally amoral. These characters are likely to be animals in nature, cosmic beings, or artificial intelligence.
- Ill-natured: The space between Pure Neutral and Standard Villainy. These characters are largely neutral and are not villains, but have evil traits. They can vacillate between this and Well-natured.
- Standard Villainy (Rank 5 -): Characters who are villains. These characters fail to stand out past the general heinous standards and the in-story heinous standards.
- Villainous Benchmark (Rank 4 -): Characters that are villains. These villains commit evil deeds and surpasses the general heinous standards but fails the in-story heinous standards to other villains.
- Inconsistently Heinous (Rank 3 -): Characters that are exceptionally heinous within their story and in general but are held back by many redeeming traits or have notable traits that makes them inconsistent.
- Near Pure Evil (Rank 2 -): Characters that are among the most heinous in their works, but usually has one or few redeeming qualities or fails to stand out to other heinous villains but is still comparable to some degree.
- Pure Evil (Rank 1 -): Characters that are the most wicked, heinous, and cruel whose acts have brought about terrible things to the setting that they are in.
- Edit: If you want, you change certain character's moral ranking from where they currently sit. e.g. Dr. Andonuts to Inconsistently Admirable.
u/Asleep_Ad8222 — 5 days ago