Great Villains
Great Villains
Odin in God of War 2 really does want peace... he’s just so obsessed with answers that he faulters.
Dutch in RDR 2 just wants a big family... but he is so obsessed with lesser of 2 evils and perceived threats that he betrays.
And that’s it.
Memento, Scarface, The Master... all internal conflicts and “everyone is the bad guy” so just 2.
Jack in The Shining is compelling but he’s been eaten by the hotel and his own desire... rather than just his own desire so that isn’t great.
In the old man rambles, the hippie carpenter, and the teachings of Voldemort... all 3 dealt with established orders... they never explicitly targeted a single ruler... just targeted that ruler in exchange for the order to fall.
Skyrim’s dlc Dragonborn and rising of the shield hero’s Malty act too irrational.
ReZero and Konosuba are much more about character interactions than any real threat... despite looming threats.
Same with SpyxFamily, Redo of Healer, even Oppenheimer and Spiderman No Way Home.
I think The Dark Knight’s Joker kinda falls into Jack from the Shining.
So what am I missing, why is Odin and Dutch truly amazing where as every other game, movie, book and televi- actually, Gus from better call Saul and Breaking Bad is pretty good.
The killing of his partner is not the definitive thing, he would have been evil no matter what and is ruthless without random anarchy.
I have yet to read Call of the Night’s manga but I can say in terms of the anime, that woman detective seems pretty compelling for how she hates vampires.
Is that it?
Avatar the last Airbender became ESG Blackrock... the cat from sly Cooper 2 died too quickly to tell.
Am I a villain because I don’t do anything?
Bad guys move the world negatively and good guys move the world positively.
If I am just a waste of space with pacificity does that make me worse?
On paper it should be neutral but do people interpret that as negative?
Bioshock sucks, Watch Dogs 2 sucks, even the villain for final fantasy 16 sucks... again, nothing on all the villains but I focus on the main villain for this fucking essay bitch pussy shit cock feces tit.
