Your favorite villain ψ(｀∇´)ψ

[unknown_user]

Let's talk about your favorite villain and why do you love them. They can be any fictional characters - from the book, movie, anime, manga, comics, video game and so on - if they supposed to be villain but have gained your sympathy for any reason.
I'll begin with mine, especially since I've just recalled him in another topic anyway.

My favorite villain at all times is the Sea-Wolf from Jack London "The Sea-Wolf". I'm sympathysing him because:

• He hadn't an opportunity to gain an education, but nevertheless he was able to learn basics of math and mechanics and could make simple mechanisms by himself.
• He was so strong-minded and cool badass that he was able to manage the whole gang of thugs and to keep them in awe for a long time, even if I should admit that his management policy revealed to be inefficient in the long perspective.
• He had a strong and brutally honest philosophy which is close to my heart, even if I admit that he oversimplified some things and underestimated the value of friendly interactions and empathy. But I strongly agree with him that that there are no objective justice in life, so life will not necessarily give anything good to you just because you are kind person and behave well; instead you should just be strong enough to gain what you want by your own. I respect him for understanding this.
• Nobody actually understood him: his thugs were too primitive, and main heroes were too moralistic to understand. Poor dude
• SPOILER: I was a bit touched by the fact that he didn't rape the girl who he liked, despite he obviously had no obstacles to do it most of the time. He made just the single lame attempt at the very end, when he understood that everything is lost for him and, of course, didn't succeed. To be honest, I even have no idea why the girl preferred good guy. For me this fact just suggest the unfairness of life once more

P.S. I certainly understand that the author had put a different meaning in his book, than admiration for the Sea Wolf. But... I just can't help it...

Now it's your turn to describe your favorite villains

[mariusthered]

Villain you say! I say point of view.
As you might guess my fave was always Darth Vader but sadly the prequels turned him from a villein into a victim. There has always been something appealing about masks, we all wear masks in one form or another, but these guys who you never see the face are awesome to me.

[Jenny-Toons]

I do have a fondness for Joker, especially Heath Ledger's Joker, just because he's a menace to everyone. Batman, the police, citizens, even other criminals. He only picks his side, and knowing the Joker -- that side changes a lot. He's based on whims, but there's a method to the madness, so I'm hard pressed to believe he's entirely insane. He just knows how to work the angle.

I kinda go into it knowing that what he does and how he thinks isn't all that good (it's REALLY not all that good). I know they've tried to create a sympathetic arc for him before, but I personally think he doesn't really need one. Given his character, it wouldn't change my perspective of him and I doubt it could reasonably justify what he does. Kinda hard to go "awwww" or "I get him" when he can easily force someone to choose between killing their loved one to save 20 people and vice versa.

So I'm kinda happy they played around with it, adding more complexity to his character. Is he actually telling the truth? Is this just one of his many acts (he IS a clown, after all, and clowns know how to perform)? Maybe it's both, but with how Joker spins himself and his motives, we truly never find out for sure, and that's what I like.

[DasIstWunderblyat]

Annie Leonhardt from Attack on Titan.
I don't actually like her, but I actually think she's a nice "villain"
She's just a child soldier who is victim of what her ancestors did, she is torn between her family waiting her to come home and sympathy for her enemies who think of her as friend, while maintaining at least a slight disdain for both sides who has trapped her in such situation.
And I think how she "solved" all of it is realistic, she crystallized herself into slumber when she was finally defeated. Escaping all the shitstorm and turmoil, even up to these later chapters.

[unknown_user]

@mariusthered Yees, I believe, mask can make people look cool, in this way, for example:

Jilly's Jots :: Read Me, Read Me Not | Tapas

@kainatarma A bit off topic: a bunch of people mention Attack on Titan here and there, but I tried to watch it and didn't like the first episode... is here a point to try to watch more?

[DasIstWunderblyat]

It's not for everyone and I 100% get it if you don't like it
It's all not simply the human vs monster like ep 1 conveyed, is a deeper issue more like humanity vs humanity

[punkarsenic]

im not sure abt favourites, but i have a softspot for electro in the amazing spiderman 2. hes a pretty cruel and ableist depiction of a person, but thats kinda the reason i have a protective / sympathetic affection for him. or at least i did when i saw the film at 14.

i also have an affection for disney (& variations) bitchy old queen villains - like scar or rasputin. its another case of 'oh this is like, kinda insidious, but the parts im supposed to hate abt these characters are why i like them.' they have a great flair for the dramatic

i think i like olaf from unfortunate events for similar reasons - hes vile (and some parts of how hes portrayed are equally vile), but hes also such a massive character, and im excited to see his motivations more grounded in a backstory in the tv series

[SilentHamster102]

I like all this Soviet/Russian "bad guys" in general from dozens of action films. Always rooting for their success. When i was a kid, every time when i watched these films, i thought that maybe on tis time they will beat boring and dull western heroes for the glory of the motherland

And if say serious, probably it will be an Alonzo Harris from the Training Day. He looks badass, behaving badass, has an awesome black Chevrolet Monte Carlo, knows almost everything in the underworld and such. And overall very charismatic man

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[LouisMiz]

I know their type of villain has been done before, but I absolutely adore the main mastermind of Danganronpa! Don't want to give their name or reasons why in case someone reading is interested in playing though.

[Luminosophy]

Magneto (X-men) and Zuko (ATLA). I like them because they're not true villains in a sense, just people with very solid reasonings to come to the conclusions that they did.

[spicy_sweets]

Rue from princess tutu

I hate to admit it but

Summary

Persona 4 spoiler

Adachi

bc they worked REALLY well as a foil, and had enough development that I still hate their existence

best couple

and finally―

These two are the best. ;;

[ratscout]

Post and pre Fire Emblem Awakening and Fates, the Fire Emblem series has some really beautiful villains. I'd like to throw my hat in for errr spoiler but Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn's villain--but the game is eleven-years-old at this point so I reserve the right to spoil it!--Sephiran/Lehran.

Some of it is because I adore a redeemable villain, but seeing the character's background history and his long and in-depth relationships with the other characters was really amazing. I also really, really, like that in order to get the most out of his character, you, as the player really have to work your butt off to get those extra scenes and in my opinion it's worth it. It's really nice and inspiring when you redeem him and he comes to your assistance at the end, too.

[fischhead]

Dr. Neo Cortex from the Crash Bandicoot games became one of my favorites during the Vivendi Universal years. Lex Lang's humorous portrayal of the character made him very appealing in games like Crash Twinsanity and Tag Team Racing.

The Kremlings from Nintendo's Donkey Kong franchise also hold a special place because those games were some of the first I ever owned and paid for myself. K.Rool is finally in Smash, so maybe we'll get a proper DKC with these guys soon.

I also remember the bad guy, Suitengu, from Speed Grapher having a surprising bit of depth to his character for an anime no one ever cared about. Haven't watched that series in years, so I could be wrong.

[Samuraiflame]

Griffith did no wrong

jk DIO is best villain
Insane bara vampire husbrando for life

[Zugaikotsu]

Nobody can surpass DIO! NOBODY! (with british accent!)

[dawgofdawgness]

I love GLaDOS!! And her little passive aggressive songs at the end of each game. I have a poster of her on my wall

also shego.

[soyasholm]

Man, Nox from Wakfu is by far my favourite villain of all time.

He's imo one of the best villains ever. Not only is his character design amazing, the voice acting and everything for him is crazy interesting and great to look at.

SPOILERS FOR SEASON 1:
Also I'm very sympathetic with him, since he in the start seems like a maniac with no goal but it turns out he wants to travel back in time and save his family and make up for all his mistakes. Favourite part is how he tells the hero that he won't have hurt anyone in the end once he goes back in time cause it'll all be reset.

He just wants to live in peace with his wife and kids..... Hurts my heart so bad man...

[unknown_user]

GLaDOS

Haha, I like her too! Especially her sense of humor and manic passion for experimentation and testing.
I greatly appreciate how developers of the Portal have managed to make all those non-anthropomorphic robots looking so alive, emotional and endowed them with noticeable personalities. Great game in general, not only in gameplay aspect, but as an art piece, too

[DiegoPalacios]

This evil dorito illuminati guy: Powerfull entity that only wants to cause chaos, check, darkly hillarious, check, silly appearance, check, clever and tricky enough to almost succeed, check.

This father of eight kids: because he works no matter what level of threat you want. He is badass and hillarious with his high ego and the fact he is a flamethrowing flame turtle. Also, he earned the respect and loyalty of his followers, like goombas and koopas

This evil thief: for how hillariously low stakes is his level of threat(stealing things to throw them away) and the fact that he will stop stealing if people asks.