[Basic] Disadvantage of the Week: Killjoy

[Icelander]

Originally Posted by RyanW

I'm going purely off of the James Bond wiki, as my memory of Brosnan-Bond other than Goldeneye is basically a single blurred together collection of dumb one-liners and a bikini homage (I think there was a guy with diamonds in his face in there too). It describes it as the loss of most of his sense of touch, smell, and taste. Might he have been waxing poetic over the purely physical sensations he'd never experience again?

Yes, he might. On the other hand, Killjoy is supposed to be damage to the pleasure center of the brain, removing the chemical release that causes people physical pleasure at various things.

Vikgor Zokas has brain damage that makes him unable to feel pleasure or pain. Out of all characters in mass media, I think he comes closest to exemplifying Killjoy.

Of course, no fictional character I can imagine has Killjoy as written, as that is neither neurologically sound nor does it make for any kind of interesting character. Viktor Zokas' condition, however, makes for a motivated villain, at least, which is more than the GURPS Cyberpunk version of Killjoy does.