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My favorite is Bog king from Strange Magic - Has a song talking about how evil he is. But all he does is prevent the spread of dangerous mind control magic, and quarantine people under the effects of said magic. Yes he greatly annoys people doing so, but honestly? If I get hit by a love potion, please quarantine me.

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[–] SRLorax@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Heinz Doofenschmirtz!!!

[–] Teknikal@eviltoast.org 2 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

If you have ever seen Gabriel Dropout I love the character Satanichia. One of the best anime comedy characters I've seen and yeah she matches this description so well.

[–] FanciestPants@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

Dr Horrible intended to be evil but never followed through.

[–] 7fb2adfb45bafcc01c80@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

Inuyasha often said he was evil and played the tough guy so he would be left alone, but he was usually compassionate and had a soft side.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I know hating on League is in vogue in some corners of the internet, but I really like Veigar. He claims to be the master of evil but hates that nobody takes him seriously because he's short and he takes umbrage with that. His voice lines are quite fun.

[–] Shapillon@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago

Imho League is an ok game with great lore and a terrible community.

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

The Brian, otherwise Pinky wouldn't stay with him.

[–] TaviRider@reddthat.com 4 points 23 hours ago

Elphaba from Wicked.

[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (2 children)

Well, he never says he's evil but is certainly seen as a villian: Dr. Victor van Doom. He's actually glimpsed all possible timelines of humanity and only the one where he reigns is not ending in destruction. https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-4d9668819558c73a8fda43cd4bc0ef0a-lq He is also loved by the people of the country he does rule. And when he had indeed managed to rule the world, it was a time of peace. I mean, mind control peace (he amplified the power of Kilgrave the Purple Man) but still.

If you're asking yourself why Kilgrave didn't simply control him, Doom is one of the few people with so much natural willpower that Kilgrave's powers don't work on him: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d5/e8/c8/d5e8c8ee71120993b8616128b08a6a22.jpg

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 14 hours ago

Doom does a genocide every other month. There's something to be said for earnestly believing you're the good guy but you can say it about Hitler too.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Maybe I don’t know enough Doom lore but he seems not evil in the same way as Thanos. Sincerely believes that his way is the right way and the ego to try to force it on everyone else.

Or maybe Doom is not evil in the same way as saying Nazis made the trains run on time

[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Doom in the comics is more like movie Thanos than comic Thanos. Comic Thanos is legitimately mad and killed half the universe just to impress Mistress Death (she was not impressed).

He's basically Stark, Strange and Black Panther rolled into one, with the arrogance of Strange and Stark dialed to eleven.

He's completely capable of doing very evil shit to reach his goals but also has moral principles. He has tried to kill the Fantastic Four countless times and is still the godfather of the daughter of Reed and Sue. Her first word was "Doom".

[–] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Character that insist is evil but clearly isn't: Crowley from Supernatural.

But I think that character that is actually evil but still charming is more interesting, and for that I bring forward Baal from Stargate.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

Maybe I’m confusing the two, but I always thought Crowley from Supernatural was an evil demon with a streak of humanity. His character arc is a redemption arc as he develops that tiny sliver of humanity

[–] Bwaz@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago

No, from Supernatural. I don't remember Crowley from Good Omens claiming to be bad

[–] Subtracty@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Different character, but there is a lot of overlap. When the show introduced Crowley for the first time, I thought it was an omage to Good Omens.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 14 hours ago

You guys know about the actual occultist Crowley, right?

[–] scroll_responsibly@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

RIP the actor that played Ba’al.

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

He was a disturbingly good looking man, damn.

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[–] GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee 15 points 1 day ago

Since my usual suspects are already mentioned, I'll go a little more esoteric - ProZD's "a villain who always does unintentionally helpful things" - https://youtu.be/GPUgjy-Pn-4

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