Skarkill Vs Raptor
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I'd better explain the comedy value rateings.
The resone I gave Skarkill a 6/10 while Raptor got a higher score of 9/10 was as follows.
I always thought of Skarkill as a character who was created to scare the "Watchers" he was a more serious caracter and there for the type of hummor in his scenes is of a darker natuer.
Example his catchprase "LOVELY" should be (and is) funny but it is deliverd in such a bloodthirsty way especialy to dungeoneers that it also unerves the viewers because they relise that Skarkill is realy sadistic and enjoys his job.
Where as with Raptor I always felt that he fell in to the same catagory as Sly Hands & Snapper-Jack a comic character who under the right conditions could turn nasty e.g. Sly's killing of January. The character never gave any hint (at lest to me) that he was supposed to be taken serriosley.
Example when ever Skarkill was beaten off you felt a sence of relife on the part of the dungeoneer and his advisors where as when Raptor fled the scene e.g. when Smerkinoff burt his backside with a fierball not only did the watchers laughe but the addvisors did as well (This happend with Skarkill only once in his very first apperenc in the second episoed of S5.)
So the comedy value is a meshurment of wether the character was mainly used for comic relife, not of wether or not they were funny.
(Hope this make sence)
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Skarkill wins hands down.
Raptor never really did it for me, he was rarely a threat to the dungeoneers and goodness why he was teamed up with Miremen in his sole Series 8 appearance when goblins were clearly visible in Team 5's quest (although that team were eventually killed off by Miremen).
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I feel tempted to put one for Raptor, basically to even up the score a bit, but...
Skarkill 5, Raptor 0.
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Skarkill is the best of the two hands down!
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I think I'll have to sit on the fence here. Having a pirate obsession, I would normally vote for Raptor. However, Skarkill is played by Rayner Bourton, and because of his Rocky Horror links I can't NOT vote for him... Bugger.
Oh sod it, I'll vote Skarkill on account of Raptor never having a dragon dropped on him.
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how can u not vote for someone because of somthing they took part in, in the past? You work for the bbc?
No, I said I CAN'T not vote for him. Meaning I must vote for him. (admittedly my use of double-negatives is confusing and an affront to the Queen's English) Because Rayener Bourton was in Rocky Horror, my loyalty to that obsession takes precedence, therefore I have to vote for Skarkill. This conflicts with my loyalty to my pirate obsession, represented by Raptor. So the deciding factor is that of being flattened by a dragon.
In other words, I'm not being very rational here. (though it all makes perfect sense to me)
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