AndrewDean84xX
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Is Darth Vader the most beloved villain?
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10/10 first post, would read again.
vas_a_morir
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Probably Char Aznable or Bishoptl.
Oh, Tom Brady.
Oh, Tom Brady.
unholyrevenger72
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Nah, Reagan was just a alzheimers riddled meat puppet.
Team Alucard
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John Kowalski
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I don't think people actually care that much about Vader as a character, only as an icon of the franchise and sci fi.
Freeza Under The Shower
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Batman's Joker?
styl3s
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But he's a hero for the rest of the series and whenever you ask anyone about arnold in terminator they always refer to 2 not 1. The one where he is the hero.
And even the love for that still isn't as big as Darth Vader. My vote is Joker.
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U wot m8. Snape is not a villain.
To address the OP: IDK, he's certainly iconic, but I wouldn't say he's necessarily universally loved. Some people find him extremely dull.
Joker was a good example.
Probaaaaably the most beloved villain is.......
Extra Sauce
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Brundlefly
bonesmccoy
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For me it's a tie between Vader and the Joker.
Not a bad answer. Also a couple of Dracula versions and un general vampires these days.
Truth about Snape. People are in serious denial about him.
stufte
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Yah, and anyone who thinks he is completely misunderstands his character to the core.
Now if he'd said Dumbledore... well then you'd have a case.
(Harry Potter Spoiler)
At least for 6 ¾ books he is. And only because he was horny for her.
balladofwindfishes
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Yep, me too. These two are probably the two most iconic villains in fiction. Hard to pick between them.
Hugely disagree. Readers get a huge sense of his character by the resolution of Sorcerer's Stone. It's really only
at book #6 that readers may believe he's actually a villain. But in reality, most people were able to call the fact that he was a super-duper spy all along, because his character has already been so well defined.
bonesmccoy
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I'm not sure how popular he is outside of the Anglosphere, but Professor Moriarty was quite a bad ass too. Maybe not in what he did, but just the idea of him as an evil version of Holmes.
Do HP fans think Voldemort was a good villain?
Anti-hero, bruh.
Voldemort was a very typical villain to me, nothing special. The point thought was that he was the representation of evil. It's really just a good vs. evil triumph story. Very cartoony. But that fit the story.
He is mad because Harry reminds him of a young James who by all accounts was an asshole during his time at Hogwarts, not to mention the fact that he ended up marrying the girl he loved.
TheKaeptain
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The Joker.
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
According to a good portion of GAF, this is a sympathetic and righteous "villain"
Yagami Light from Death Note, for those who don't know
A lot of people hate Anakin's portrayal in the prequels, even though his Clone Wars appearance is much better received and his Vader persona is culturally iconic at this point. Still, that's almost a good half of his time on screen.
People seem to love Big Boss as far as games go.
Yagami Light from Death Note, for those who don't know
A lot of people hate Anakin's portrayal in the prequels, even though his Clone Wars appearance is much better received and his Vader persona is culturally iconic at this point. Still, that's almost a good half of his time on screen.
People seem to love Big Boss as far as games go.
You're crazy. People love the character, the design, the breathing, the voice, etc. Especially kids. There's a reason Darth Vader toys sell better than any other Star Wars character.
Oh man I read a reddit post about a guy who dated a girl who was too much into Ronald Reagan, scarred me for life.
QUOTE=SolVanderlyn;180392288]According to a good portion of GAF, this is a sympathetic and righteous "villain"
Yagami Light from Death Note, for those who don't know[/QUOTE]
Some people go as far as to say he was the Hero of the story *shrugs*.
I think he is referring to the prequels..
super-famicom
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Damn.
Maybe because he's so iconic?
I know of a lot of people that don't think too much of Vader as a character. But when they think of Star Wars, they think of Vader. They like the franchise so they'll buy the icon.
Only he could've done it! Only he could've gone that far!According to a good portion of GAF, this is a sympathetic and righteous "villain"
Yagami Light from Death Note, for those who don't know
Dreams-Visions
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Yes, he is.
EightBitNate
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Venom's pretty great
I'd say the big 3 in my mind are Vader, Joker, and Voldermont.
I'd say the big 3 in my mind are Vader, Joker, and Voldermont.
Oh man I read a reddit post about a guy who dated a girl who was too much into Ronald Reagan, scarred me for life.
QUOTE=SolVanderlyn;180392288]According to a good portion of GAF, this is a sympathetic and righteous "villain"
Yagami Light from Death Note, for those who don't know
Some people go as far as to say he was the Hero of the story *shrugs*.[/QUOTE]
That's because people get "hero" confused with "protagonist" on the regular.
Then you have a division of moral and ethical values. To me, Light's the villain. He's the protagonist as well. And he definitely goes through the hero's journey, heh.
Vader's not even that evil. He's mostly a villain by association with Tarkin and the Emperor. What's he even do? Kill Ben I guess but Ben was into it. Plus he kills that knucklehead Imperial officer so his kill count is even Stevens good guys and bad. I suppose he shoots down some Rebels around the Deathstar but the Rebels were actively trying to murder like a billion people so that's fair self defense. Vader puts Han on ice but Han was a deadbeat trying to cheat a gangster so he deserved it.
He looks imposing and he's got good menace and all but you can tell his heart isn't really in it.
He looks imposing and he's got good menace and all but you can tell his heart isn't really in it.
Manmademan
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some pretty weak answers in this thread.
Joker is...ok. Most of his outings haven't been nearly as strong as the TDK version. The nicholson variant hasn't aged all that well (it just seems a bit too much like nicholson playing nicholson..which is kind of his thing) and the C.R. version is LOLworthy.
Some contenders that haven't been mentioned?
Joker is...ok. Most of his outings haven't been nearly as strong as the TDK version. The nicholson variant hasn't aged all that well (it just seems a bit too much like nicholson playing nicholson..which is kind of his thing) and the C.R. version is LOLworthy.
Some contenders that haven't been mentioned?
Captain Pants
Killed by a goddamned Dredgeling
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