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The big bad wolf would like a word
Aside from ablaut reduplication, you could argue that bad is less of an opinion and more of an objective fact. Maybe falling under purpose, like his purpose is to do bad?
There's a competing vowel-ordering rule for consecutive short words, called ablaut reduplication, which can override the adjective order.