What is a Bad Idea?

Simple pieces of wisdom:

It's a Bad Idea if:

You are drunk when you conceive it. Minions who drink excessively do not become Overlords. If you and your minion buddies have been having a few rounds and suddenly you realize that you're still holding your Overlord's Giant, Red, End-of-theWorld button, and you think, Hey, I bet pressing this would be really cool! then you are the victim of a Bad Idea.

It is a Bad Idea if every person says it is. If you cannot get even one person to tell you it's a Good Idea, then it's not. If every person says it's a bad idea, it does not mean that every person on earth is crazy (although this is occasionally true). It means you are wrong.

If it involves lots of explosives and destruction, it's probably a Bad Idea. Don't blow anything up unless you're sure it's a Good Idea (see the first two paragraphs above).

It is a Bad Idea if you will be put in jail by both the Hero and the Overlord for doing it. This includes trying to destroy the world, and trying to kill their parents (have you noticed how often the hero and the overlord are related? It's more often than you would think).

And most importantly, it's a Bad Idea if you think it is. Please, minions, a degree of common sense. Try and think things through before carrying them out. As always, the best defense against stupidity is yourself.

~Headmistress Darke

Something to Avoid, Part 1

This is a very important subject for those of you who are dumb enough to become hulking thugs (not that all thugs are dumb, of course - just most). If you aren't incredibly dumb, you probably don't need to read this, but I suggest you do anyway.

Don't fall in love with your boss. He is evil.

I mean, please. 

How often has it happened? The minion falls in love with the Overlord, and serves him all the more willingly for it.

Let's face facts, people. If you think the Overlord is falling in love with you, you are being manipulated. Anyone ever watched, for example Harry Potter?

Or perhaps Doctor Who?

What do Chip and Bellatrix have in common?

They fell in love with their master/mistress. And what happened? Why, they died. They were merely pawns. Valuable pawns, perhaps, but pawns nonetheless.

It's happened countless times, people. And when has it actually ended well?

Given a choice on this blog, I will always give advice for the minion's benefit, not the Overlord's (unless they are the same at the time). So believe me when I tell you that this is a stupid idea.

Please excuse the little rant.

Homework: Give me more examples of stupid minions falling for their Overlords/masters/mistresses.

~Headmistress Darke