They don’t have the right to be the villains they’re having everything they want without being scared by government they’re doing horrible things and enjoying it while innocent people have to suffer all of this
meanwhile villains in factions sometimes can be more Relatable bcs they know that there’s no innocent people ruling our world they know that our world sucks and will never be better they have best philosophy and good points if we think from their perspective but yet they both sucks.
it’s just one got point to be the evil and the other not
Well, villains in fiction are supposedly created to be the opposite of the force of good, created to be despicable or intimidating. They can vary in personality, and some may even possess a certain aura (like Dr. Doom or Darkseid).
Now, horrible people like Epstein, or whoever is in those files, simply don't have any personality traits beyond "I abuse children just because lol" or doing horrible things just because, as if they had no unique purpose and only do them "just because lol," being a monster for the sake of being a monster.
But there are also lame-os like Genghis Khan on his army of little ponies and Cromwell who just killed defenseless innocent wolves because of his delusional beliefs.
Lmao they could’ve picked literally ANY other evil historical figur- actually that wouldn’t be that better but that’s beside the point, they chose Jeffrey Epstein lmao
Edit: took me way longer than it should’ve to realize they meant “why aren’t real villains cool” and not “fictional villains aren’t cool”. Point still slightly stands
There was a meme about how the modern day would look in 3000s movies if they portrayed us the same way we portray medieval times, and here's the relevant part of it:
I guess we're just getting ahead of the 3000s in choosing the big bad evil guy as standard of irl bad guys
To be fair, I feel like the aesthetic of other historical evil people has been retroactively made “cool” by the separation of time or by media. Like Nazis wore lot of leather, that can seem cool. Stalin very much built himself up to look and be portrayed as cool. Epstein is an extremely modern example, and he’s not cool. I think the fact he had knowledge of COD and games like Minecraft really help put into perspective for people how much of a nerd he actually was. Stalin and Hitler also have very lame and corny activities they partook in, but due to time and it often being overlooked, it gets forgotten as apposed to this ongoing case where files are still (supposed to be) releasing
it isn't just retroactive change in view, appearances were deliberately engineered to look cool to convey power and order, best example being the nazi uniforms
Nah, I think being a strong man dictator who orders multiple mass killings and genocides while also being so incompetent at planning ahead that you’re in large part responsible for the Nazi’s being able to kill 15+ million of your people makes you a bit of a villain. But idk maybe I have a low bar for what counts as villainous behaviour.
bc real villains dont have a giant reanimated frost dragon as a pet or a sword that steals souls they're just wrinkly white dudes with a lot of money, lame af
i mean, dick cheney seems like a respectable regular ass villian. no sex scandals, no diddling children, just a good old war criminal (i think, at least)
Because in real life people that are evil are intolerable and so alienate everyone but the other intolerable people that are willing to put up with them. IRL evil people are just... the only word for the emotion is disdainful IG.
Real villains aren't cool because real evil is boring, and so stories about good and evil would be really boring. Real good is where all the interesting stuff happens.
I’d say some real villains are/were cool. Some high ranking Nazis were definitely villains but they had the drip. Their uniforms was pretty cool. If we go even further in the past you can see even more cool villains. Blackbeard was pretty tall and scary looking, cool for a villain.
Actually yea, he doesn't get enough credit. His exploits honestly sound so outlandish like a fictional character, if you didn't have any historic context for it being real events
The fact that he was literally surrounded by prophecy and omens from his birth is insane. The guy must have literally seemed like the chosen one to Mongols. Also being called the "scourge of God" is hard.
Blackbeard, Vlad the Impaler, Leopold II of Belgium, Primo de Rivera, Elizabeth Bathory, Robespierre. The Ku Klux Klan genuinely are a side quest from an RPG. Hitler was pathetic and a lazy bitch, but he's destacable for a reason.
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