Talk:Svengallop/@comment-7345250-20151123174851/@comment-7345250-20151124034406

Since when was Rasputin ever considered malicious?

When I was pursuing this comparison, I found that the Boston Evening Transcript even referred to Rasputin as "the Czar's Svengali" in its July 13th, 1914 article on his failed assassination. Everyone at the time thought he was a libertine who was abusing his connections with the czarina, rarely ever a villain. They even mistranslated "Rasputin" as "The Rake"—a nickname that would befit his supposedly super-indulgent habits and teachings.

If we could just toss Svengallop into the Frozen North, he would probably turn into a Rasputin sooner than you could say "YAKS DESTROY!"