{"id":7320,"date":"2012-04-15T18:52:03","date_gmt":"2012-04-15T23:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/wp\/?p=7320"},"modified":"2012-04-15T18:52:03","modified_gmt":"2012-04-15T23:52:03","slug":"the-flavors-of-evil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/the-flavors-of-evil\/","title":{"rendered":"The flavors of evil"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_7324\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7324\" style=\"width: 478px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a class=\"lightbox\"  title =\"Such a sweetie\" href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/umbridge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/umbridge-478x600.jpg\" alt=\"Dolores Umbridge\" title=\"Such a sweetie\" width=\"478\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7324\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7324\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dolores Umbridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7325\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7325\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a class=\"lightbox\"  title =\"So cute\" href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/kyubey.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/kyubey-600x337.jpg\" alt=\"Kyubey\" title=\"So cute\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7325\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7325\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kyubey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dr. J. recently commented that &#8220;&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gormogons.com\/2012\/04\/villainous-visage-of-progressive.html\" target=\"_blank\">there was no more deliciously evil character than Dolores Umbridge<\/a>.&#8221; In the Potterverse, that&#8217;s unquestionably true. Umbridge is one of the best villains of recent years. But so is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchyroll.com\/puella-magi-madoka-magica\" target=\"_blank\">Kyubey<\/a>. (And yes, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/onthesquare\/2011\/09\/terry-pratchett-and-the-thing-of-sin\" target=\"_blank\">Kyubey meets the Weatherwax criterion<\/a>: he is indeed quite evil.)<\/p>\n<p>So, how do you like your villains, delicious or cute? ((I&#8217;m aware that Kyubey is delicious, or at least edible. No wisecracks, please.))<\/p>\n<p><center><a name=\"pd_a_6140371\"><\/a>\n<div class=\"CSS_Poll PDS_Poll\" id=\"PDI_container6140371\" style=\"display:inline-block;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"PD_superContainer\"><\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"UTF-8\" src=\"https:\/\/static.polldaddy.com\/p\/6140371.js\"><\/script>\n<noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/poll.fm\/6140371\">Take Our Poll<\/a><\/noscript><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. J. recently commented that &#8220;&#8230; there was no more deliciously evil character than Dolores Umbridge.&#8221; In the Potterverse, that&#8217;s unquestionably true. Umbridge is one of the best villains of recent years. But so is Kyubey. (And yes, Kyubey meets the Weatherwax criterion: he is indeed quite evil.) So, how do you like your villains, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/the-flavors-of-evil\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The flavors of evil&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,23],"tags":[674],"class_list":["post-7320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anime","category-polls","tag-polls"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xam3-1U4","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7320\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}