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Sadavir Errinwright from The Expanse
Loved that its not just evil for no reason
He actually has a goal I can sympathize with
I feel like in the TV Portrayal at least, its like I can feel like he actually does kinda care about Earth...
in his own fucked up way, but still...
Blaine from iZombie. He's 100% bastard, and the show tries to humanise him by showing us origins and "how could he be any different" and so on, but he's always great on screen.
Naraku, hes basically a troll that is also malevolent, oddly although he despises humans most of his goals dont harm them directly through out the series until the very end when hes get desperate, as he never targets humans directly unlike most other demons, or his own incarnation which he ends up killing to prevent them from interfering. or if you want to dig a little deeper, the shikon jewel is an amoral villian, sacrifices any user who made wishes to keep itself alive. hes a complex characther, he has much more contempt for demons than humans, eventhough he hates humans, but has not alright vindictiveness like he has against inuyash and his gang going on unless they gets in his way.
if for no other reason than to have a bit of a different answer:
Raboniel from Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson
Her interaction with Navani made for some VERY good chapters
Kilgrave in Jessica Jones
Jesicaaaaaaaaaaa
There's something genuinely compelling about SHODAN.
They're malignant, objective evil, yet when they talk about their goals and ambitions, they seem almost benevolent, which makes them even more unsettling.
It's like something telling you to calm down while it's sawing off your legs to replace them with mechanical versions because it's "improving you".
You didn't ask to be improved.
Similarly, the cybermen just want to upgrade everyone.
"Look at you hacker, a pathetic creature of meat and bone, panting and sweating as you run through my corridors."
Has a similar feeling to Mark Twain's The Mysterious Stranger
SHODAN introduced my prepubescent brain to the concept of being "scaroused".
"What a fool you are. I'm a god. How can you kill a god? What a grand and intoxicating innocence. How could you be so naive? There is no escape. No Recall or Intervention can work in this place. Come. Lay down your weapons. It is not too late for my mercy." - Dagoth Ur in Morrowind
I don't have one favorite villain in particular, but...
The Good Place spoilers
Michael is the villain for part of the series, and oh boy is he devilish. I mean, in season 2 (i think) he is literally the devil as far as the main cast is concerned. "I can't believe you figured it out!" perfect delivery. Just wow.
oh, and also Megamind. Megamind is my favorite. I need to rewatch that movie, and completely ignore the "sequel".
Megamind was the first thing that popped to my mind without thinking further. Was hoping someone said it, didn't have to scroll that far either.
Hmm, a rather difficult question, I have quite a lot of them and I could not get attached to any of them, well, maybe him:
and him:
Jean-Baptiste Emmanuel Zorg. He's a monster.
Fire one million
The only right answer.
One of my favorites as an adult, and one that scared the living shit outta me as a kid. Jude Doom from who framed Roger Rabbit.
Your favourite media villain
Easy answer: Rupert Murdoch
It's actually why I listed the James Bond villain Elliot Carver from Tomorrow Never Dies because he was an analogue for Murdoch, a media magnate who wanted to control the world through disinformation. It was a prescient character, because that was still during 1997, long before FOX News had become the danger it actually is. Yet Carver is pretty on-the-nose for what actually ended up happening and we didn't have a James Bond to save us.
I think Carver was a mixture of Murdoch and Maxwell. He certainly received Maxwells death.
Silco from Arcane.
I often struggle with media villains, finding them unrealistic or unconvincing, but Silco is just so well-rounded and well-written, he elevates the quality of every other character he interacts with. In a series full of near- and actually-superpowered people, this weak, middle-aged man is the most terrifying and influential of them all.
spoiler
His absence from season two is one of the reasons why it flops compared to season one; Ambessa and Viktor are good characters, but weak villains.
The Borg. I was terrified of them as a little kid.
Baron Harkonnen, from the David Lynch dune film.
Moar spice!
Forest Whitaker as Jon Kavanaugh in "The Shield"
He made me so viscerally upset. I saw it almost two decades ago but I still remember how strongly I felt
Handsome Jack.
Best hero to villain in a game yet. Plus dude had charisma for days so even though he was a clear cut asshole you couldn't help but love his antics.
Butt Stallion is an amazing throwaway joke, just so much thought put into even the stupid stuff.
Here are the test results: You're a horrible person. That's what it says. A horrible person. We weren't even testing for that.
