Villains Month: Kefka Palazzo
The Final Fantasy games are known for their iconic and scene-stealing villains. Sometimes it’s obvious who the big boss of the game is going to […]
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Villains Month: Thanos
It’s easy to spot when the true hero of a story is its villain. Oh, sure, we know that there will be various goody-goody protagonists […]
Villains Month: Blackout
There is something charming about an underdog. The idea of coming from behind, and having to rely on cleverness or will instead of pure brute […]
Villains Month: Raistlin Majere
Some people are born bad, while others have badness thrust upon them. Some people turn to the dark side willingly, while others never have the […]
Villains Month: The Wasp Empire
Evil empires in fantasy fiction are kind of a dime a dozen. While they do make for interesting vehicles through which to tell exciting stories, […]
Villains Month: The Mutants
Batman has one of those rogues galleries that is widely considered among the best by everyone who cares about such things. Whether it’s based on […]
Villains Month: Nyarlathotep
H.P. Lovecraft is widely regarded as one of the greatest horror writers of the 20th century, and his work has influenced countless authors so pervasively […]
Villains Month: Moebius the Timestreamer
The video game series Legacy of Kain is known for its moral ambiguity and operatic sense of tragedy, and while there is plenty of darkness […]
Villains Month: Brick Top
Some of my favorite villains are the ones it’s harder to see coming. For example, if someone in a story is covered in scars, wears […]
Villains Month: Dr. Destiny
Neil Gaiman’s comic series Sandman is not, on the whole, about good and evil. It relates much more to stories, mythology, beings tethered to ideas […]