A No-Nonsense Nemesis is a character that outright refuses to carry either the Hero Ball (Things I Will Do If I Am Ever the Hero) or Villain Ball (Evil Overlord List); Hollywood Tactics and the Idiot Ball are also out of the question. The individual may be a Combat Pragmatist, Genre Savvy, Street Smart, or simply very practical, and will neither delay nor take unnecessary chances when their objective is at hand. For example, the villain really does think that Murder Is the Best Solution, and no, they aren't going to do any Evil Gloating or exposit on their plan before shooting, thank you very much. An opponent might be confused to the point they outright ask "You're really going to just shoo—" They might try to stall their No-Nonsense Nemesis by offering suggestions like "Wouldn't it be more fun to suspend me above a vat of acid and slowly lower me?" Also a good idea to make sure this nemesis isn't around during your Transformation Sequence, for they will gleefuly disregard Transformation Is a Free Action.
Mind you, this is mainly on the tactics of the individual in regards to a direct approach and not necessarily personality. They can be highly eccentric or insane, but still have a pretty direct approach (in the sense that blow it all up is a direct way of dealing with heroes as a villain and a favorite among the psychotic.) Expect the moment they drop the no-nonsense to indulge themselves to be the moment things go wrong for them.
See also Killed Mid-Sentence. Compare Shut Up, Kirk! and Aren't You Going to Ravish Me? as well as Pragmatic Villainy, which an evil No-Nonsense Nemesis will certainly display. Contrast Bond Villain Stupidity, Complexity Addiction, Just Toying with Them, Too Dumb to Live, Contractual Genre Blindness and Fair-Play Villain.
No-Nonsense Nemesis has been suggested to play 2 roles. Click below to see other actors suggested for each role, and vote for who you think would play the role best.
