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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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[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 90 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz

He is actually a really good dad throughout the show.

[–] neidu2@feddit.nl 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And because he's such a great dad, Vanessa gave him a basket full of recreational self destruct buttons for fathers day.

[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 month ago

A thoughtful gift to a mad and self-described evil scientist.

[–] actually@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

I wish he was less oppressed

[–] TriflingToad@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I got a platypus controlling me!

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 84 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (10 children)

Literally Satan.

Among his greatest sins: trying to be a bro and let Adam and Eve know that they were naked in some perv's garden

Edit: come to think of it, it's not entirely accurate, as I don't think Satan ever claims to be evil. But there's a lot of anti-Satan propaganda in the Bible.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 35 points 1 month ago (5 children)

TV show Lucifer is a fun watch. The Devil gets tired of running Hell and decides to relocate to LA.

[–] IMongoose@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I love Lucifer. Every episode is exactly the same and it's amazing.

[–] aimizo@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Tom Ellis made me question my sexuality.

[–] theatomictruth@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The show is loosely based on a standalone Sandman spinoff comic that I think is quite good.

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[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (9 children)

It would be so much of a better show if it wasn't such a copoganda. The writing is great, actors are great, but their insistence to suck cops dics and portray the police as this noble organization that is making the world the better place one brutalised civilian at a time is just tiring.

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[–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

I think you would really enjoy reading paradise lost. OK, maybe you wouldn’t enjoy reading it because it’s written in late 15th century iambic pentameter, and the anachronistic vocabulary makes it a bit of a slog— but it’s an incredible (apocryphal, but what about Satan isn’t?) story about how Lucifer became Satan.

Just make sure to get an annotated copy so you can understand what the hell is going on.

[–] calabast@lemm.ee 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Is it ever stated that the serpent is actually Satan?

[–] QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 month ago

Not explicitly. The book of Enoch (non-canon) claims it was Azazel, other sources claim Samael or even Lilith. Now if you want to take a completely secular view it’s important to note that Satan as we think of him now is a Christian concept and doesn’t exist in the Torah or in classical Judaism, but was simply a term meaning “accuser” or “tempter” that wasn’t a person or individual but more of a general concept of sin or temptation that prevented someone from doing the will of god

[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Satan is referred to as a serpent a couple times in the bible.

I haven't read the Hebrew version, so maybe that telling says it?

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[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 70 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Megamind. Dude raised in prison and bullied his whole life, he just want attention from Metroman. Once he got the attention of Roxanne the act basically stopped.

[–] AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (5 children)

He did more-or-less kill, and then steal the identity of, the museum guy. He's not a paragon of virtue, either.

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 6 points 1 month ago

Yeah, but he isn't evil that he likes to think he is. He kinda mess up the town once in a while while trying to get even with Metroman. Though there's no confirmed kill from him. Titan on the other hand is evil.

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[–] ThePantser@lemmy.world 53 points 1 month ago
[–] curiousaur@reddthat.com 28 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Did you see what he did to Dr. Dugong?!

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[–] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month 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.

[–] Bwaz@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)
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[–] scroll_responsibly@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

RIP the actor that played Ba’al.

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

He was a disturbingly good looking man, damn.

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[–] GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee 15 points 1 month 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

[–] frankenswine@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

Professor Chaos

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

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

[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 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 1 month 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.

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[–] ytsedude@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 month ago

He was pretty evil for a good while, then went back to evil again during ][v][ajin saga for a bit. He did a fair share of evil shit for a good while before he became a bro.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I Scream from Chikn Nuggit.

Claims to be the epitome of darkness; was exiled from Hell for falling in love with an Angel named Fwench Fwy.

[–] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Dr. Cortex is undoubtedly evil; but he MASSIVELY overexaggerates just how much of an evil genius he is. The worst thing he did (other than building a slave army from endangered native creatures) was shoot an emu one time. Most of the other bad things he did were more incompetence than malice

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[–] TaviRider@reddthat.com 4 points 1 month ago

Elphaba from Wicked.

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Melkior/Morgoth, they saw that Arda was a deeply flawed creation and attempted to correct it before existence was sung into being.

After the fact their actions are certainly viewed as evil by the world they tried to change but had the rest of the Vala joined his song the world simply would have been different, not worse.

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (6 children)
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[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month 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 5 points 1 month ago

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

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The Warcraft narrator, he says he's an evil man but just wants to disco.

...Wait, I misheard that?

[–] GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)
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