Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3481504-20160502003842/@comment-26159109-20160502172937

Eskaver wrote: ImperiexSeed wrote: Manipulation? Are you serious? Raw power trumps manipulation any day. I'd much rather him be extremely powerful opposed to being a keen manipulator. I'm seeing way too many manipulators on TV right now, and would like to see main villains with insane power instead. It's the age old Brains versus Brawn. Hades, not unlike Rumple, has both manipulation and power, but it's no fun to just overwhelm others with power. Hades could have had all his subject mindless husks in his river, but that's no fun.

Manipulators are being more present on TV because mind games are more fun and if it's both power and mind games, it's even better.

The problem with insane power is the only way to win is:

1. Outsmarting them (which makes the villain look slightly dumb)

2. Deus ex machina

That's not true. A good example is Glory from Buffy season 5.