[POLL] Which type of villain is more up to your alley?

Which type of villain is more up to your alley?

  • The straight-up evil. (Sauron, Palpatine, Voldemort)

    Votes: 19 35.2%
  • The complex evil. (Gollum, Thanos, Hans Landa)

    Votes: 35 64.8%

  • Total voters
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Assurbanipal_II

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Just look at their motivation and what makes them tick. It is not simple: I'm evil because I am evil. One is a cold-hearted opportunist who would be just as good at breaking the enigma code for the allies as finding Jews for the nazis, while Thanos also doesn't do it for being evil and fuck with others, but because of conviction, he is doing the right thing.
:blob_neutral: Being a less a shallow puddle doesn't make you automatically complex. Landa is a comedic character. Thanos less so, but complex? I guess among the blind, the one eyed is king.
 

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:blob_neutral: Being a less a shallow puddle doesn't make you automatically complex. Landa is a comedic character. Thanos less so, but complex? I guess among the blind, the one eyed is king.
Damn, you can be a dick sometimes.
 

Assurbanipal_II

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No need to belittle me covertly. I like openly stating things.
:blob_neutral: It is a classical Greek proverb about how things are relative depending on the situation. It was not directed at you.
No need to belittle me covertly. I like openly stating things.
:blob_hmm: In fact, it would be quite absurd. I would basically suggest that I am one eyed.
 

Corty

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It is a classical Greek proverb about how things are relative depending on the situation. It was not directed at you.
Don't need to sugarcoat. I perfectly understand the undertone of the comment. I don't need to think twice to understand the allegory, meaning that for those who are simple in mind, a mildly better-written character would look Shakespearian and come off as complex. There are many other ways to express how things are relative that haven't got the same connotation attached to them, but I guess those are to simple and not complex enough.

I am not someone who can't understand subtle name-calling; I just don't like engaging in it because it is spineless.
 

Assurbanipal_II

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Don't need to sugarcoat. I perfectly understand the undertone of the comment. I don't need to think twice to understand the allegory, meaning that for those who are simple in mind, a mildly better-written character would look Shakespearian and come off as complex. There are many other ways to express how things are relative that haven't got the same connotation attached to them, but I guess those are to simple and not complex enough.

I am not someone who can't understand subtle name-calling; I just don't like engaging in it because it is spineless.
:blob_neutral: You mistake the meaning of the saying. It is a saying I like to use. You are, of course, to interpret as you wish, but throwing around such baseless accusations.

 

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:blob_neutral: You mistake the meaning of the saying. It is a saying I like to use. You are, of course, to interpret as you wish, but throwing around such baseless accusations.

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In fact, it would be quite absurd. I would basically suggest that I am one eyed.
= Bruh.

Why is it so hard to be just openly stating things? Like the fact that I think you are being a self-important ass?
 

Assurbanipal_II

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= Bruh.

Why is it so hard to be just openly stating things? Like the fact that I think you are being a self-important ass?
:blob_neutral: ... ... ... If you think so, but seriously, how do you tell my intentions? Based on what? A feeling? An idea? A suspicion?
 

Assurbanipal_II

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My magic 8-ball.

Sometimes, I also play stupid and act as if I didn't know.
You know me somewhat. Does it make sense to you that I would do all this arguing here just to avoid stating things openly that I was supposedly "subtly" trying to insult you with a supposed insult that was picked up so easily?

Come on, Corty, you know me, wouldn't I tell you directly so?
 
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