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My favorite is Bog king from Strange Magic - Has a song talking about how evil he is. But all he does is prevent the spread of dangerous mind control magic, and quarantine people under the effects of said magic. Yes he greatly annoys people doing so, but honestly? If I get hit by a love potion, please quarantine me.

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[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago

Dr. Doofenshmirtz. He is always there for his daughter.

[–] Teknikal@eviltoast.org 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

If you have ever seen Gabriel Dropout I love the character Satanichia. One of the best anime comedy characters I've seen and yeah she matches this description so well.

[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Well, he never says he's evil but is certainly seen as a villian: Dr. Victor van Doom. He's actually glimpsed all possible timelines of humanity and only the one where he reigns is not ending in destruction. https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-4d9668819558c73a8fda43cd4bc0ef0a-lq He is also loved by the people of the country he does rule. And when he had indeed managed to rule the world, it was a time of peace. I mean, mind control peace (he amplified the power of Kilgrave the Purple Man) but still.

If you're asking yourself why Kilgrave didn't simply control him, Doom is one of the few people with so much natural willpower that Kilgrave's powers don't work on him: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d5/e8/c8/d5e8c8ee71120993b8616128b08a6a22.jpg

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[–] curiousaur@reddthat.com 28 points 1 week ago (4 children)
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[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 70 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Megamind. Dude raised in prison and bullied his whole life, he just want attention from Metroman. Once he got the attention of Roxanne the act basically stopped.

[–] AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (5 children)

He did more-or-less kill, and then steal the identity of, the museum guy. He's not a paragon of virtue, either.

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 6 points 1 week ago

Yeah, but he isn't evil that he likes to think he is. He kinda mess up the town once in a while while trying to get even with Metroman. Though there's no confirmed kill from him. Titan on the other hand is evil.

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[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 84 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

Literally Satan.

Among his greatest sins: trying to be a bro and let Adam and Eve know that they were naked in some perv's garden

Edit: come to think of it, it's not entirely accurate, as I don't think Satan ever claims to be evil. But there's a lot of anti-Satan propaganda in the Bible.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 35 points 1 week ago (5 children)

TV show Lucifer is a fun watch. The Devil gets tired of running Hell and decides to relocate to LA.

[–] IMongoose@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I love Lucifer. Every episode is exactly the same and it's amazing.

[–] aimizo@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Tom Ellis made me question my sexuality.

[–] theatomictruth@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The show is loosely based on a standalone Sandman spinoff comic that I think is quite good.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

Funnily enough, I found the comic dry and snooty. The show was a lot more fun.

[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (9 children)

It would be so much of a better show if it wasn't such a copoganda. The writing is great, actors are great, but their insistence to suck cops dics and portray the police as this noble organization that is making the world the better place one brutalised civilian at a time is just tiring.

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[–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago

I think you would really enjoy reading paradise lost. OK, maybe you wouldn’t enjoy reading it because it’s written in late 15th century iambic pentameter, and the anachronistic vocabulary makes it a bit of a slog— but it’s an incredible (apocryphal, but what about Satan isn’t?) story about how Lucifer became Satan.

Just make sure to get an annotated copy so you can understand what the hell is going on.

[–] calabast@lemm.ee 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Is it ever stated that the serpent is actually Satan?

[–] QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 week ago

Not explicitly. The book of Enoch (non-canon) claims it was Azazel, other sources claim Samael or even Lilith. Now if you want to take a completely secular view it’s important to note that Satan as we think of him now is a Christian concept and doesn’t exist in the Torah or in classical Judaism, but was simply a term meaning “accuser” or “tempter” that wasn’t a person or individual but more of a general concept of sin or temptation that prevented someone from doing the will of god

[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Satan is referred to as a serpent a couple times in the bible.

I haven't read the Hebrew version, so maybe that telling says it?

[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 91 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz

He is actually a really good dad throughout the show.

[–] neidu2@feddit.nl 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And because he's such a great dad, Vanessa gave him a basket full of recreational self destruct buttons for fathers day.

[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 week ago

A thoughtful gift to a mad and self-described evil scientist.

[–] actually@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

I wish he was less oppressed

[–] TriflingToad@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I got a platypus controlling me!

[–] ThePantser@lemmy.world 53 points 1 week ago
[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Melkior/Morgoth, they saw that Arda was a deeply flawed creation and attempted to correct it before existence was sung into being.

After the fact their actions are certainly viewed as evil by the world they tried to change but had the rest of the Vala joined his song the world simply would have been different, not worse.

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[–] qx128@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago
[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The Warcraft narrator, he says he's an evil man but just wants to disco.

...Wait, I misheard that?

[–] GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] frankenswine@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

Professor Chaos

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I Scream from Chikn Nuggit.

Claims to be the epitome of darkness; was exiled from Hell for falling in love with an Angel named Fwench Fwy.

[–] ytsedude@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 week ago

He was pretty evil for a good while, then went back to evil again during ][v][ajin saga for a bit. He did a fair share of evil shit for a good while before he became a bro.

[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 1 points 1 week ago
[–] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Character that insist is evil but clearly isn't: Crowley from Supernatural.

But I think that character that is actually evil but still charming is more interesting, and for that I bring forward Baal from Stargate.

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[–] GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee 15 points 1 week ago

Since my usual suspects are already mentioned, I'll go a little more esoteric - ProZD's "a villain who always does unintentionally helpful things" - https://youtu.be/GPUgjy-Pn-4

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

The Brian, otherwise Pinky wouldn't stay with him.

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