So a while back I made two artigos about my favorito villains and why I like them specifically but what about the bad guys just makes them so enticing for me? Heck I may have even typed up an artigo like this before, but with a years later with a new perspective, alongside an updated list of my topo, início 25 fictional villains, I decided that it's time to reveal why I like the bad guys so much.
Top 25
Some of them are refromed or simply played an antagonistic role but are not super evil. Won't state which ones are reformed because spoilers.
1. Azula (Avatar)
2. Regina Mills (Once Upon A Time)
3. Bellatrix Lestrange (Harry Potter)
4. Nerissa (W.i.t.c.h)
5. Icy (Winx)
6. Isabella Gisborne (BBC's Robin Hood)
7. Kuvira (Korra)
8. Lust (Full Metal Alchemist)
9. Morgause (BBC's Merlin
10. Ming Hua (Korra)
11. Beatrice (Umineko)
12. Nehelenia (Sailor Moon)
13. Jadis (Narnia)
14. James Sawyer (Lost)
15. Zuko (Avatar)
16. Envy (Full Metal Alchemist)
17. Dracula (Van Helsing)
18. Lucius (Harry Potter)
19. Juvia (Fairy Tail)
20. Ultear (Fairy Tail)
21. Deidara (Naruto)
22. Zancrow (Fairy Tail)
23. Cora (Once Upon A Time)
24. Zelena (Once Upon a Time)
25. Phobos (W.i.t.c.h.)
The Why's
First and foremost I feel like 9/10 times, at least for me personally, the villains are always the most interesting and intriguing characters in the show/movie/book or wherever other medium you're looking at. For me they are the life blood of the show really.
But where does this allure come from? For me it comes in that fictional villains offer a look at the darkest side of human nature. They can get away with such despicable acts that people would never normally condone. Not only can they get away with it, but some people actually enjoy these heinous acts committed with in the world of fiction. For example; *Spoiler* Bellatrix killing Sirius and skipping away in song. People (who weren't fãs of Sirius) *End of spoiler* laughed at her little song.
Hell, I'd say for some people liking villains can even a release. I myself am a very quite, keeps-to-myself kind of person if you don't know me. Which is why strangers are surprised to hear me announce in class that I tend to like the antagonists. I feel as though me liking the baddies is a sort of expression of my dark side in a sense. And I feel like that's much healthier than embracing my dark side in other ways.
Going back to Bellatrix's method of killing Sirius, evil characters seem to offer so much room for a different kind of creativity. A twisted kind of creativity. Bella is a grown woman who acts like a child and practically sees murder as a game. How about the Saw movies. There are just so many ways to kill off a character and it's darkly fascinating to see what the author can come up with; how he/she molds his or her character to fit the types of crimes he/she is committing.
So then we come to motives. It's also loads of fun to see the villains' motives. What makes him or her tick? *Spoiler* Jigsaw was a man with a terminal illness, one that caused him to attempt suicide, which caused him to become fascinated with the human survival instinct. He wanted people to learn to not take life for granted. *End of Spoiler This creates for a very insanely cool motive. What about Voldemort, a man who believed that purging all muggle borns & half bloods was the way to go despite being one himself. Or the kind of villain that truly believes that he/she is in the right like Kuvira who simply didn't want her people to feel abandoned like she was. There are just so many possible motivations to work with and it's pleasurable to see how a good motivation with a terrifying execution method or the other way around, plays out. It's fun to see what kind of motivations can come into play and how the villain goes about achieving his or her desire.
This line of thought ties very easily into the sympathy aspect. Some bad guys just have/had it so rough you can't not feel a little bad. Take Regina for instance; *Spoiler* all this woman wanted was her true love. But because she saved little Snow White, her mother ripped her lover's coração out and crushed it. It was all down colina from there and she went on a vengeance spree that lasted well over 28 years. *End of Spoilers Or how about Azula and Zuko. Both of the royal siblings were royally screwed over por their parents in one way or another. Zuko was physically abused and Azula--sucked dry of all normal social functioning--was pretty much turned into a weapon/political tool for her father to use at his disposal. Or Isabella who was more spoilers sold por her brother, Guy, to a man who abused her physically and sexually. *End of Spoiler* All the woman wanted was an apology she never got. That not sympathetic enough? Morgause is an example of a villainess who thought she was in the right; in a land where her kind (the magical beings) were being persecuted *Spoiler* (she was ordered to be killed off as an infant) *is done spoiling* she wanted to kill the man doing the persecuting. Basically she just wanted to protect what remained of her kin. Frankly I thought the good guys behaved mais like the bad guys in BBC's Merlin.
Anyhow, examples aside, villains are perhaps the most sympathetic characters. And for that they really draw me in.
This kind of sympathy makes the evil guys and gals complex. And of curse is just one of many ways of creating a complex villain. But that's the seguinte point; for me the baddies are always the most complex characters. And complexity and depth are super important in a character. Because of the vast many motivations and the sympathy and the rest, there is just so much room to craft up such a well-built character.
But what about the villains that don't have elaborate back stories or motivations? Can they still be cool? I'd say of course. Bellatrix doesn't really have much of a backstory but her dark humor and quirky personality makes her a villain that is still just as enjoyable as the well-rounded characters like Regina and Azula.
With characters like, Icy it's fun to make up stories and fanfictions explaining why she does the evil she does since the creator doesn't really give her any back story or motivations. But if you're not a fã of doing that can a character like Icy be enjoyable? Again, I'd say yes. Sometimes it's just fun to watch a character who is an asshole (and let's face it, Icy's an asshole...so is Sawyer but that's getting off topic) just to be an asshole. Which for me plays back into the release of one's inner darkness.
So again, referencing back to Bellatrix and her dark humor; that's another reason why I tend to prefer the evil characters. They own the gallows humor. Minus Deadpool (if you can even call him one), heroes can't work that dark humor in quite the way that villains do. I mean we wouldn't laugh if Harry dropped a 'dead Sirius' joke (we'd probably think he's heartless), but Bellatrix could get away with it because she's Bellatrix. Sweeny Todd & Nellie Lovett are two mais villains offer some dark humor. I mean we have a woman cantar about cooking people into pies and a man calling his razors 'my friends'. And musically so. Only in theater does murder get musical. Only in fiction are we allowed to laugh at it. This dark humor can also help viewers cope with unpleasant situations por helping them poke fun at the situation itself.
On the other end you can have humor villains like Kronk from the Emperor's New Groove or Team Rocket from Pokemon. The kind of bad guys that make you laugh but not necessarily with gallows humor. Like when Kronk begins to speak squirrel. That's genuinely fun and light-hearted humor. Except it's from a villain, which makes it all the funnier. These kinds of villains prove that an author doesn't have to go full on 100% dark to create a likable villain.
How about the good guys who turn bad or the bad guys who turn good. It's simply interesting to watch them evolve and transform. Spoiler Take Isabella for example, she went from good to bad then to a mais neutral postion and then bad again. End of spoilers That was a real adventure IMO. What about characters like Nerissa who turned bad before her series began. That's also a fun one because you get to try to figure out the why's before they are answered in canon. Any time you get to see a character develop is neat.
And finally the villains hold the plot together. Even if you are an avid villain hater you gotta give kudos to them for allowing the series to happen. I mean what's the point of Harry Potter if Voldemort isn't trying to murder him? Sure a view of his wizarding world is fun for a while but I wouldn't read 7 books on just a boy attending a magical school with no problems. What's the point of watching The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe if the witch is missing? Then it's just a lion and a wardrobe and a lamp. The villains give the plot action, amor them or hate them, they keep the plot moving and the shows/books you amor alive.
So there ya have it people a list of terrible people, like actual trash, that I happen to amor and the reasons why I tend to obsess over those assholes. :D
Top 25
Some of them are refromed or simply played an antagonistic role but are not super evil. Won't state which ones are reformed because spoilers.
1. Azula (Avatar)
2. Regina Mills (Once Upon A Time)
3. Bellatrix Lestrange (Harry Potter)
4. Nerissa (W.i.t.c.h)
5. Icy (Winx)
6. Isabella Gisborne (BBC's Robin Hood)
7. Kuvira (Korra)
8. Lust (Full Metal Alchemist)
9. Morgause (BBC's Merlin
10. Ming Hua (Korra)
11. Beatrice (Umineko)
12. Nehelenia (Sailor Moon)
13. Jadis (Narnia)
14. James Sawyer (Lost)
15. Zuko (Avatar)
16. Envy (Full Metal Alchemist)
17. Dracula (Van Helsing)
18. Lucius (Harry Potter)
19. Juvia (Fairy Tail)
20. Ultear (Fairy Tail)
21. Deidara (Naruto)
22. Zancrow (Fairy Tail)
23. Cora (Once Upon A Time)
24. Zelena (Once Upon a Time)
25. Phobos (W.i.t.c.h.)
The Why's
First and foremost I feel like 9/10 times, at least for me personally, the villains are always the most interesting and intriguing characters in the show/movie/book or wherever other medium you're looking at. For me they are the life blood of the show really.
But where does this allure come from? For me it comes in that fictional villains offer a look at the darkest side of human nature. They can get away with such despicable acts that people would never normally condone. Not only can they get away with it, but some people actually enjoy these heinous acts committed with in the world of fiction. For example; *Spoiler* Bellatrix killing Sirius and skipping away in song. People (who weren't fãs of Sirius) *End of spoiler* laughed at her little song.
Hell, I'd say for some people liking villains can even a release. I myself am a very quite, keeps-to-myself kind of person if you don't know me. Which is why strangers are surprised to hear me announce in class that I tend to like the antagonists. I feel as though me liking the baddies is a sort of expression of my dark side in a sense. And I feel like that's much healthier than embracing my dark side in other ways.
Going back to Bellatrix's method of killing Sirius, evil characters seem to offer so much room for a different kind of creativity. A twisted kind of creativity. Bella is a grown woman who acts like a child and practically sees murder as a game. How about the Saw movies. There are just so many ways to kill off a character and it's darkly fascinating to see what the author can come up with; how he/she molds his or her character to fit the types of crimes he/she is committing.
So then we come to motives. It's also loads of fun to see the villains' motives. What makes him or her tick? *Spoiler* Jigsaw was a man with a terminal illness, one that caused him to attempt suicide, which caused him to become fascinated with the human survival instinct. He wanted people to learn to not take life for granted. *End of Spoiler This creates for a very insanely cool motive. What about Voldemort, a man who believed that purging all muggle borns & half bloods was the way to go despite being one himself. Or the kind of villain that truly believes that he/she is in the right like Kuvira who simply didn't want her people to feel abandoned like she was. There are just so many possible motivations to work with and it's pleasurable to see how a good motivation with a terrifying execution method or the other way around, plays out. It's fun to see what kind of motivations can come into play and how the villain goes about achieving his or her desire.
This line of thought ties very easily into the sympathy aspect. Some bad guys just have/had it so rough you can't not feel a little bad. Take Regina for instance; *Spoiler* all this woman wanted was her true love. But because she saved little Snow White, her mother ripped her lover's coração out and crushed it. It was all down colina from there and she went on a vengeance spree that lasted well over 28 years. *End of Spoilers Or how about Azula and Zuko. Both of the royal siblings were royally screwed over por their parents in one way or another. Zuko was physically abused and Azula--sucked dry of all normal social functioning--was pretty much turned into a weapon/political tool for her father to use at his disposal. Or Isabella who was more spoilers sold por her brother, Guy, to a man who abused her physically and sexually. *End of Spoiler* All the woman wanted was an apology she never got. That not sympathetic enough? Morgause is an example of a villainess who thought she was in the right; in a land where her kind (the magical beings) were being persecuted *Spoiler* (she was ordered to be killed off as an infant) *is done spoiling* she wanted to kill the man doing the persecuting. Basically she just wanted to protect what remained of her kin. Frankly I thought the good guys behaved mais like the bad guys in BBC's Merlin.
Anyhow, examples aside, villains are perhaps the most sympathetic characters. And for that they really draw me in.
This kind of sympathy makes the evil guys and gals complex. And of curse is just one of many ways of creating a complex villain. But that's the seguinte point; for me the baddies are always the most complex characters. And complexity and depth are super important in a character. Because of the vast many motivations and the sympathy and the rest, there is just so much room to craft up such a well-built character.
But what about the villains that don't have elaborate back stories or motivations? Can they still be cool? I'd say of course. Bellatrix doesn't really have much of a backstory but her dark humor and quirky personality makes her a villain that is still just as enjoyable as the well-rounded characters like Regina and Azula.
With characters like, Icy it's fun to make up stories and fanfictions explaining why she does the evil she does since the creator doesn't really give her any back story or motivations. But if you're not a fã of doing that can a character like Icy be enjoyable? Again, I'd say yes. Sometimes it's just fun to watch a character who is an asshole (and let's face it, Icy's an asshole...so is Sawyer but that's getting off topic) just to be an asshole. Which for me plays back into the release of one's inner darkness.
So again, referencing back to Bellatrix and her dark humor; that's another reason why I tend to prefer the evil characters. They own the gallows humor. Minus Deadpool (if you can even call him one), heroes can't work that dark humor in quite the way that villains do. I mean we wouldn't laugh if Harry dropped a 'dead Sirius' joke (we'd probably think he's heartless), but Bellatrix could get away with it because she's Bellatrix. Sweeny Todd & Nellie Lovett are two mais villains offer some dark humor. I mean we have a woman cantar about cooking people into pies and a man calling his razors 'my friends'. And musically so. Only in theater does murder get musical. Only in fiction are we allowed to laugh at it. This dark humor can also help viewers cope with unpleasant situations por helping them poke fun at the situation itself.
On the other end you can have humor villains like Kronk from the Emperor's New Groove or Team Rocket from Pokemon. The kind of bad guys that make you laugh but not necessarily with gallows humor. Like when Kronk begins to speak squirrel. That's genuinely fun and light-hearted humor. Except it's from a villain, which makes it all the funnier. These kinds of villains prove that an author doesn't have to go full on 100% dark to create a likable villain.
How about the good guys who turn bad or the bad guys who turn good. It's simply interesting to watch them evolve and transform. Spoiler Take Isabella for example, she went from good to bad then to a mais neutral postion and then bad again. End of spoilers That was a real adventure IMO. What about characters like Nerissa who turned bad before her series began. That's also a fun one because you get to try to figure out the why's before they are answered in canon. Any time you get to see a character develop is neat.
And finally the villains hold the plot together. Even if you are an avid villain hater you gotta give kudos to them for allowing the series to happen. I mean what's the point of Harry Potter if Voldemort isn't trying to murder him? Sure a view of his wizarding world is fun for a while but I wouldn't read 7 books on just a boy attending a magical school with no problems. What's the point of watching The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe if the witch is missing? Then it's just a lion and a wardrobe and a lamp. The villains give the plot action, amor them or hate them, they keep the plot moving and the shows/books you amor alive.
So there ya have it people a list of terrible people, like actual trash, that I happen to amor and the reasons why I tend to obsess over those assholes. :D
"When There's Nothing Left"
When there's nothing left to give
I will give you mais than I ever gave before
When there's nothing left left to say
I'll say it all again, but until then...
And I'll give you my heart, say I amor you
Say I amor you
And I'll give you my heart, say I amor you
Oh, cause I do, Jesus
No música to play so I sing you my own song
Come on and sing along
When there's nothing that remains
You still stay the same
You're looking so strong
And I'll give you my heart, say I amor you
Say I amor you
And I'll give you my heart, say I amor you
Oh, cause I do
And I'll give you my heart, say I amor you
I'm gonna, I'm gonna say I amor you
And I'll give you my heart, say I amor you
Oh, cause I do, sweet Jesus
When there's nothing left to give
I will give you mais than I ever gave before
I'm gonna give you my heart
I'm gonna give you my coração
When there's nothing left to give
I will give you mais than I ever gave before
When there's nothing left left to say
I'll say it all again, but until then...
And I'll give you my heart, say I amor you
Say I amor you
And I'll give you my heart, say I amor you
Oh, cause I do, Jesus
No música to play so I sing you my own song
Come on and sing along
When there's nothing that remains
You still stay the same
You're looking so strong
And I'll give you my heart, say I amor you
Say I amor you
And I'll give you my heart, say I amor you
Oh, cause I do
And I'll give you my heart, say I amor you
I'm gonna, I'm gonna say I amor you
And I'll give you my heart, say I amor you
Oh, cause I do, sweet Jesus
When there's nothing left to give
I will give you mais than I ever gave before
I'm gonna give you my heart
I'm gonna give you my coração
Two little boys were playing together. One little boy saw a nut on the ground. Before he could pick it the other boy took it.
The first boy demanded, “Give me the nut. It’s mine. I only saw it first”.
The other boy replied, “It’s mine. I only took it”.
This lead to a quarrel between these two little boys. Just then a tall boy came that way. Upon seeing the quarrel between the boys, he said, “Give me the nut and I’ll settle your quarrel”.
He dividido, dividir the nut into two parts. He took out the fruit-seed. He gave one half-shell to one boy and the other half-shell to the other. He put the frutas seed into his mouth and said, “This is for settling your quarrel”.
MORAL : When two people quarrel some one else gains.
The first boy demanded, “Give me the nut. It’s mine. I only saw it first”.
The other boy replied, “It’s mine. I only took it”.
This lead to a quarrel between these two little boys. Just then a tall boy came that way. Upon seeing the quarrel between the boys, he said, “Give me the nut and I’ll settle your quarrel”.
He dividido, dividir the nut into two parts. He took out the fruit-seed. He gave one half-shell to one boy and the other half-shell to the other. He put the frutas seed into his mouth and said, “This is for settling your quarrel”.
MORAL : When two people quarrel some one else gains.
1. Looking at a map is an inside joke.
2. You use the British curse of comida and bad tea.
3. You wear a scarf and when your teachers tell you to take it off, you say KOLKOLKOL!
4. You imagine your favorito hetalia - axis powers characters cantar your favorito songs.
5. hetalia - axis powers = your mind.
6. Buono tomate buono tomate buono buono ooh tomato.
7. You give people names that apply to their traits or what they eat (ex. potato bastard tomate bastard hamburger jerk)
8. When someone mentions a country, you say "Yeah, I know! He/she is awesome!"
9. History class is fanfiction class.
10. You are leitura this list.
(note: i'm sorry for the crappy list. This is my first artigo on fanpop)
2. You use the British curse of comida and bad tea.
3. You wear a scarf and when your teachers tell you to take it off, you say KOLKOLKOL!
4. You imagine your favorito hetalia - axis powers characters cantar your favorito songs.
5. hetalia - axis powers = your mind.
6. Buono tomate buono tomate buono buono ooh tomato.
7. You give people names that apply to their traits or what they eat (ex. potato bastard tomate bastard hamburger jerk)
8. When someone mentions a country, you say "Yeah, I know! He/she is awesome!"
9. History class is fanfiction class.
10. You are leitura this list.
(note: i'm sorry for the crappy list. This is my first artigo on fanpop)
What a kiss means.....
+ kiss on the stomach = I’m ready
+ kiss on the Forehead = I hope we’re together forever
+ kiss on the Ear = You're my everything
+ kiss on the Cheek = We’re friends
+ kiss on the Hand = I adore you
+ kiss on the Neck = We belong together
+ kiss on the Shoulder = I want you
+ kiss on the Lips = I amor you
+Laughing while beijar = I am completely comfortable with you
What the gesture means…
+ Holding Hands = We definitely amor each other
+ Slap on the Butt = That’s mine
+ Holding on tight = I don’t want to let go
+ Looking into each other’s Eyes = I just plain amor you
+ Playing with Hair = Tell me you amor me
+ Arms around the Waist = I amor you too much to let go
–ADVICE!–
+ Dont ask for a kiss, take one.
+If you were thinking about someone while leitura this, you’re definitely in Love
+ kiss on the stomach = I’m ready
+ kiss on the Forehead = I hope we’re together forever
+ kiss on the Ear = You're my everything
+ kiss on the Cheek = We’re friends
+ kiss on the Hand = I adore you
+ kiss on the Neck = We belong together
+ kiss on the Shoulder = I want you
+ kiss on the Lips = I amor you
+Laughing while beijar = I am completely comfortable with you
What the gesture means…
+ Holding Hands = We definitely amor each other
+ Slap on the Butt = That’s mine
+ Holding on tight = I don’t want to let go
+ Looking into each other’s Eyes = I just plain amor you
+ Playing with Hair = Tell me you amor me
+ Arms around the Waist = I amor you too much to let go
–ADVICE!–
+ Dont ask for a kiss, take one.
+If you were thinking about someone while leitura this, you’re definitely in Love
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well seems like i have to!
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as aleatório as i can get!
my friend is going to die tomorrow from excitement.
not telling teixo why!
mais aleatório letters!
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I once had a fanpop friend. They found out I was thirteen and started caps lock yelling at me and immediately unfriended me. Am I the only one that sees something wrong with this?
And tumblr is a million times worse. They actually think that thirteen ano olds drink and party and talk about sex. Oh sure, sometimes on the bus kids randomly yell out a certain part of the male anatomy, but that's because we're immature middle schoolers. And I'll have you know NONE of my friends are overflowing with make up. And the only locker room video taken was somebody fully dressed and doing a cartwheel in an otherwise empty locker room.
And on Fridays some kids go play paintball. Not watch porn. Honestly. Maybe you just live in a shitty neighborhood.
And tumblr is a million times worse. They actually think that thirteen ano olds drink and party and talk about sex. Oh sure, sometimes on the bus kids randomly yell out a certain part of the male anatomy, but that's because we're immature middle schoolers. And I'll have you know NONE of my friends are overflowing with make up. And the only locker room video taken was somebody fully dressed and doing a cartwheel in an otherwise empty locker room.
And on Fridays some kids go play paintball. Not watch porn. Honestly. Maybe you just live in a shitty neighborhood.