Have you noticed that the word "mother" is a common villain name? Maybe it's ironic, maybe it's symbolic, maybe it overlaps with the Hive Queen, but writers seem to think it's a scary word. And sometimes, of course, it's a Curse Cut Short that's very effective at Getting Crap Past the Radar. This can also be known as:
* An Evil Matriarch of some sort (similar to "queen")
* A twisted version of a "mother" (spreading The Virus and considering the victims her "children", for example) See also Almighty Mom, Monster Is a Mommy, Mother of a Thousand Young. Examples of One Bad Mother include:
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| - Have you noticed that the word "mother" is a common villain name? Maybe it's ironic, maybe it's symbolic, maybe it overlaps with the Hive Queen, but writers seem to think it's a scary word. And sometimes, of course, it's a Curse Cut Short that's very effective at Getting Crap Past the Radar. This can also be known as:
* An Evil Matriarch of some sort (similar to "queen")
* A twisted version of a "mother" (spreading The Virus and considering the victims her "children", for example) See also Almighty Mom, Monster Is a Mommy, Mother of a Thousand Young. Examples of One Bad Mother include:
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| - Have you noticed that the word "mother" is a common villain name? Maybe it's ironic, maybe it's symbolic, maybe it overlaps with the Hive Queen, but writers seem to think it's a scary word. And sometimes, of course, it's a Curse Cut Short that's very effective at Getting Crap Past the Radar. This can also be known as:
* An Evil Matriarch of some sort (similar to "queen")
* A twisted version of a "mother" (spreading The Virus and considering the victims her "children", for example) See also Almighty Mom, Monster Is a Mommy, Mother of a Thousand Young. Has nothing to do with Abusive Parents. Usually. Examples of One Bad Mother include:
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