So this post is going to touch upon why I love villains, well, why I love villains in books and films. I love a good story with a well written villain. So, I am going to list some of my favorite antagonists in both books and films (Some are actually crossovers).
Before I start my list, I want to specify that this is in no particular order. This is more the list of the ones that first come to my mind and I do not mean for them all to be female. The majority of my favorites just happen to be female.
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The Evil Queen has always played a very interesting part of my life. Snow White has always been my favorite Disney Princess and when I was little and saw the movie for the first time, the Evil Queen scared me to death. She was the scariest Disney villain in my mind, especially when she turned into the old hag with the apple.
When I found out that they were making Once Upon A Time, I was so excited because I loved Snow White. Little did I know that I would also start to love the character of the Evil Queen or Regina as she is named in the television series. I loved how they had written a back story for the Queen and why she was Evil. The idea that someone is not born evil, but can become evil due to their choices made Regina or the Evil Queen much more appealing and at times all you could do is cheer her on because you felt empathetic towards her character. She was not just evil, but was much more of a tortured soul that wanted redemption, but did not know how to achieve it.
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Talk about a character in which I am completely fascinated with. Jeanine from the Divergent Trilogy and from the movie of the same title is such a villain in the books, but isn't at the same time. I know, I've seen the movie twice, I've read the books and plan on reading them again and everything points to her as a villain, but she isn't completely.
See, Jeanine is in the Erudite faction (if you have no idea what I'm talking about, read the books right now. Just don't finish reading this post and find the book and read it.), which is a faction all about logic and reason. Her whole point is to get rid of the wrinkles in society that don't logically fit. If you think in her frame of mind, then she isn't being evil, but only doing what is logical. That is why I find Jeanine so fascinating, because in her mind she is only doing what is logical and eliminating the illogical areas of society to make the world a better place. She is not acting out of anger or revenge, but on what she perceives as logic and reason. That is why she is so deadly, because if you do not fit into what is logical, which would be human nature and emotions, then she will try to eliminate the problem.
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As much as I was afraid of the Evil Queen as a little girl, I was always drawn to Maleficent. Odd I know, cause let's be honest right now, Maleficent should have scared me to pieces as a little child and not pull me in out of fascination.
I love the fact that she has this charm about her. Like she realizes that she has this intimidating aura and she revels in the fact that she is intimidating and beautiful at the same time. She uses her fierceness to get what she wants and she can turn into a dragon. What's cooler than that?!?! Plus, you know that there is some type of epic back story cause you know that not getting invited made her make that curse. Someone in that kingdom had to of ticked her off to get that damage (my money is on Sleeping Beauty's dad). And yes, I am super excited for the live action movie that is coming out this year that will probably make me even more fascinated about this character.
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5. Azkadellia (Tin Man)
The mini series Tin Man came out in 2007 and was a new take on The Wizard of Oz. It was a bit darker and Azkadellia can be correlated with the Wicked Witch of the West. The cool thing about this mini series, unlike a lot of the others (except Once Upon A Time's version of the Evil Queen), you get to see her back story and understand why she is the way she is. Your emotions really follow the main character's feelings on Azkadellia as you learn more about this character and ir makes you want Azkadellia change her ways. She is one of those characters who is so bad that you feel like you can't have any hope for, to a character who you want to change and turn good because you know she has a glimmer of hope in her.
These are just a couple of my favorite characters and some of the reasons why I enjoy them as villains. I like these particular ones because I can't view them as being singularly evil, because something had to of made them this way. I like it when writers develop this side of the story, because I can't believe people are just evil. It is too easy to just blame these characters as just being bad guys, because you discredit everything that led them to the decision of being the villain.
So, who are some of your favorite villains? I would love to hear who makes your list. Comment and share below!
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