La Belle/YMMV

Alternate Character Interpretation: Played to the extreme with Bowser; not only does he not show most of his villainous tendencies when the murders begin to become apparent, but he also ends up being the character who does the most to try to stop the murderer, even if he doesn't always succeed. His death is also treated more like a tear-jerker than any other death in the fic.
- Also done for Dr. Mario and Young Link, as both are treated as separate characters in-fic.
Complete Monster: The murderer. He kills a child when Bowser attempts to save both himself and Young Link with a draw, kills a journalist who had nothing to do with events, taunts Bowser before finally killing him, and frames someone else. It's no wonder that the survivors don't buy into his Freudian Excuse.
High Octane Nightmare Fuel: The crucified corpses of all the victims up to the point when Roy is trying to save Samus.
Magnificent Bastard: The murderer. He's directly involved in every murder he commits. He's also present at the scene of the crime during 'every single one' of the murders (even the ones where he doesn't have to be in attendance for the method to work). He also successfully doctors all of the surveillance footage as needed to cover his identity. And to misdirect people's suspicions t one point. He also has the black magic in effect throughout the entire mansion to send people to their deaths while also using it to live a double life and to hypnotise Roy into doing his bidding. He's even responsible for the success of the Kangaroo Court example above.