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I was surprised that there was no thread about this topic, and I think it deserves one. The main reason why I want to make a thread about this is because, in my opinion, the best villains are the sympathetic ones. The ones that became evil because of tragic/traumatic pasts. We just can't help but feel sorry for them. So I wanna ask you all, what are your favorite sympathetic/ tragic villains? Why do you love them? They could be either from movies, TV shows, games, comic books, anything.
My favorite:
1. Andrew Detmer (Chronicle)- He was just a shy, socially isolated teenager who wanted to have a normal life. But people tormented him, abused by his father, his mother dying of cancer, his cousin left him alone most of the time when he needed him. All of the things he went through are perfectly good reasons why he became violent on everyone.
2. Sandman (Spider-Man 3)- He was robbing banks and stealing money because he wanted his daughter to be healthy. He also accidentally killed Peter Parker's uncle.
3. Mr. Freeze (Comic book and animated series) - He was once a decent person who broke all the laws and hurt people because he wanted to save the person he loved more than life, his wife, Nora.
4. Harvey Dent/Two Face (The Dark Knight) - He became twisted after half of his face got burned, his love of his life died, his career and life were ruined. He went for revenge on the people responsible for Rachel's death and to show Gordon what it felt like to lose someone you love, either family or a soulmate.
5. Magneto- His reason for hating the humans was because of the Holocaust, he was deeply traumatized by the events and he wanted the mutants to become better than humans.
6. Lee Woo-jin (Oldboy, 2003)- He was in love with his biological sister, but when the protagonist, spread a rumor about her sleeping around and being 'pregnant', she committed suicide, it really traumatized him and became angry and sworn to have revenge on the protagonist, and he succeed.
7. Darth Vader- He was a salve when he was a boy, taken away from his mother who died years later, he feared his wife will die so he turned to the Dark Side just to save her life. But he failed. Then he became the most brutal man in the galaxy.
8. The Governor (The Walking Dead TV Series)- He was abused by his father, his wife and daughter died, he wanted to the only thing in life, to protect the people he cared about, no matter how cruel or violent. He wanted to save his second love Lilly and her daughter, but failed, and lost his sanity.
Edited by Uzumaki9000, 23 December 2015 - 06:59 PM.
To be honest, I think they're the best character I've ever seen.
