User blog comment:King Flurry51/Mal and Scarlett:analyzis of their values and vices as villains/@comment-24152851-20140821011232/@comment-24152851-20140821113549

Thing with DA is, that reflects the opposing fanbase to the wiki. On the wiki this where all the Mike and Zoey haters gather, while the Mike Zoey fans all ran over there.

Mal is quite popular among the younger fanbase, which I think is because, he’s the first antagonists who is “genuinely evil”. Past antagonists are only evil in the show in terms of gameplay, but if Mal went outside the show he would be a serial killer or a terrorist. That’s what got younger fans excited. If they didn’t make him such a Villain Sue who just broke things, older fans would probably like him more as well.