Baby Face Morales---Cold-Hearted Killer or Just in Need of Anger Management?

Something I've noticed, both now and in the past. Baby Face seems to generally be very calm and smooth and relaxed. The only time we actually see him at a murderous level is when Micky accidentally slaps him and his temper bends and breaks and he tries to choke Micky. Even when Micky pretends to be him and is slapping the gang around, he stays cool and collected while doing it.

Of course, there's often the feeling that Baby Face could easily snap at any time. Naturally, if he can become murderous over an accidental slapping, potentially anything could set him off. He's dangerous; there's no question about that.

However, I've wondered if, a lot of the times when people have died at his hands, it's because he didn't control his temper, rather than that he always meant to kill them. I remember having Ruby think so in one fic or another. I'm sure he probably meant to kill some people, such as ones who got in his way, but I'm just not sure if he always meant to. I'm also not sure the title Captain Hargrave gave him, "The Most Vicious Killer in America" really fits. Of course, it is a sixties TV show, and they couldn't show much, but surely there's worse out there than Baby Face. I think there's even been more cold-hearted villains on The Monkees than Baby Face.

So what do you think, fellow Monkee fans? Is Baby Face Morales truly the most vicious killer in America? Or is he truly dangerous, but not the worst out there?

Going along with the subject, here's a very short blurb I jotted out that's been coming together due to that idea I had from watching High School Big Shot. Baby Face is very calm and cool throughout. He seems to be in a fairly good mood here.


( Smuggling )

And I have the urge to call this new creepy fic I want to write, the one based on the sharp_teeth/Buffy prompt, Lullaby of Silence. I'm still unsure of exactly what goes on, other than that there's these creepy people wearing white tuxedos and top hats going around trying to kill or harm people. But if I call the story Lullaby of Silence, they're probably going to be trying to kill/seriously harm at least some kids, and I definitely wouldn't want them to succeed in that. I have this image of Tony trying to ask one of the kids what she saw and the kid still not able to speak from whatever the people did to her. Also, rather than it being strictly supernatural, I'm thinking that they hypnotize/mesmerize the people into not being able to speak.

Yes!

I've been running around and haven't been on too much, but I advanced a little bit on the Kolchak/YGO fic and also got the short prologue done for Lullaby of Silence. It's *creepy.* I'm so proud of it. Part of me wants to post it right now, but I should probably let it set just a little bit to see if I think of anything else to add.

It's going to be a crossover between The Monkees and Kolchak, and it's going to flip back and forth between showing the case in the past and showing it in the present. It's going to be awesome. I hope to achieve the same level of psychological horror I had with White is in the Winter Night. Although this fic sadly won't have as big an audience, it's something I'm going to be very proud of.

I'm also happy with where the Kolchak/YGO fic is going. It's pretty much flowing. I'm going to be exploring Kolchak and Vincenzo's odd but endearing friendship in it. I've already had a scene where Vincenzo freaks out about the investigation and Kolchak deduces that he's worried, which Vincenzo promptly denies. Now Kolchak has arrived at the museum and learns that someone in the Egyptian department wants to see him, which is unusual and a big surprise.