The problems with villain characters nowadays is that they are RARELY actually evil.
Sorry for busting in but, I have to agree with you there. It's not that I want flat "Mwahahahaha" villians but I want a bad guy that's...BAD! That's so evil that I shouldn't like him but I do. (Like Edmund from this fic I read online.)
Yes, exactly! Many authors are really focused on giving us that kind of villains with some traumatic past to explain their evil doings, or they rape evil characters by turning them into random psychos in love (see Akasha from Shikabane Hime-- W-WHAT A FAILURE.) or they try to be smart, and come with villains based on contrasts (see manga Kimbly from Fullmetal Alchemist, or also Schneizel from code geass-- 'The evil guy with manners'), but the results kinda stink to me :/
'That's so evil that I shouldn't like him but I do.' ..Exactly ;3;
Yeah, I guess it's because many girls (around here at least) go for that these days. They drool over the "he's not bad just misunderstood/traumatized" guys. It's a fantasy they have.
Personally I think evil is sexy. It stops being sexy when it's not evil. I don't shun sympathetic villians, I just prefer the former. They can be done really well.
Ahah, well, I'm not so extreme with my tastes for characters, but yeah, as much as it concerns villains I completely agree with you.
Looks like certain authors (or fans) like to think that these kind of characterization's devices would give deepth to a character or make them more realistic, but in my opinion they just "stain" them.
To make a few examples of other evil characters nicely done-- Scarface and Hannibal come to my mind :D What about you? Any villain that you like ^_^ ?
Hannibal, I agree. Fully. I've never seen Scarface, but my favorite villain at current is Edmund, from an original peice posted only online(so far). The gist is, he's a sadistic, witty, evil motherlover pain demon.
Aside from him I also liked Tyki & Rhode(D.Gray-Man). You mentioned FMA, and I liked most of there. Spike in season 2 of Buffy. I also like Drusilla (Though she's more crazy!evil) to name a few.
Tyki was pretty cute! Also Rhode, not one of the typical villains... As for Buffy, I hated all of it XD But that's just me, unable to stand teenagers anymore XD
Sorry for busting in but, I have to agree with you there. It's not that I want flat "Mwahahahaha" villians but I want a bad guy that's...BAD! That's so evil that I shouldn't like him but I do. (Like Edmund from this fic I read online.)
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Yes, exactly!
Many authors are really focused on giving us that kind of villains with some traumatic past to explain their evil doings, or they rape evil characters by turning them into random psychos in love (see Akasha from Shikabane Hime-- W-WHAT A FAILURE.) or they try to be smart, and come with villains based on contrasts (see manga Kimbly from Fullmetal Alchemist, or also Schneizel from code geass-- 'The evil guy with manners'), but the results kinda stink to me :/
'That's so evil that I shouldn't like him but I do.' ..Exactly ;3;
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Personally I think evil is sexy. It stops being sexy when it's not evil. I don't shun sympathetic villians, I just prefer the former. They can be done really well.
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Looks like certain authors (or fans) like to think that these kind of characterization's devices would give deepth to a character or make them more realistic, but in my opinion they just "stain" them.
To make a few examples of other evil characters nicely done-- Scarface and Hannibal come to my mind :D
What about you? Any villain that you like ^_^ ?
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Aside from him I also liked Tyki & Rhode(D.Gray-Man). You mentioned FMA, and I liked most of there. Spike in season 2 of Buffy. I also like Drusilla (Though she's more crazy!evil) to name a few.
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As for Buffy, I hated all of it XD But that's just me, unable to stand teenagers anymore XD
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