Susano Posted January 22, 2005 Report Share Posted January 22, 2005 As expressed by Ukitsu from BATTLE VIXENS (a.k.a. Ikki Tousen): "Sound like a plan? Sounds about right to me. And that's what counts around these parts. What sounds right to me." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fbdaury Posted January 22, 2005 Report Share Posted January 22, 2005 Re: Supervillain Motivation Made Simple "Do as thou wilt shall be the whole of the law." Actually that can work for very honorbale heroes as well, but it seemed appropos for villains... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobGreenwade Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 Re: Supervillain Motivation Made Simple This site can give some insights as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddHat Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 Re: Supervillain Motivation Made Simple "I'm right, and I'll do whatever it takes." "You're either with us or against us." "I am the sword of G_d." "You think you're better than me!" "Want it!" "Crawl for me." If you plan to steal, rape, torture, or murder, the first step is block any sympathy for your victim, often by replacing it with rage. Seeing your victim as an outsider, as an "other" and therefore not as human as you and yours, makes this process far easier. The key to Evil is to lack empathy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Logue Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 Re: Supervillain Motivation Made Simple (Villain referring to self) "Talent on loan from God." LoL Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Cross Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 Re: Supervillain Motivation Made Simple RE "To do what you wilt shall be the whole of the law" was attributed to the Great Beast,Aliester Crowley,so it's really THE villainous motivation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddHat Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 Re: Supervillain Motivation Made Simple (Villain referring to self) "Talent on loan from God." Al Quaeda. The Taliban. Islamic Jihad. Hamas. The Crusaders. The Inquisition. Witch Hunters. Many white supremicist groups. Son of Sam. Aum Divine Truth. There is never a shortage of villains who think that they are doing the work of G_d. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengal Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 Re: Supervillain Motivation Made Simple "I'm right, and I'll do whatever it takes." "You're either with us or against us." "I am the sword of G_d." "You think you're better than me!" "Want it!" "Crawl for me." Oh, I thought you were listing off the names of Spinal Tap albums, my bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outsider Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 Re: Supervillain Motivation Made Simple RE "To do what you wilt shall be the whole of the law" was attributed to the Great Beast' date='Aliester Crowley,so it's really THE villainous motivation.[/quote'] Crowley made the straight-laced victorian era English nervous, so they demonized him. One method they used was to assign him the name "the Great Beast" and another was to judiciously snip bits out of what he was saying and present them alone and out of context. The "Do as thou wilt" line is snipped from context saying, basically, 'so long as it is doesnt harm anyone, and is done out of love" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristopher Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 Re: Supervillain Motivation Made Simple To describe Crowley as "evil" gives him far too much credit. He was a repressed child and spent his entire adulthood thumbing his nose at his society with rediculous, melodramatic rituals with no content whatsoever. That latter part, at least, he shares with many of his ilk, including LeVay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outsider Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 Re: Supervillain Motivation Made Simple There was a good dose of that present, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKJAM! Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 Re: Supervillain Motivation Made Simple "I'm not waiting around for this 'Lord' person. Vengeance is mine." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 Re: Supervillain Motivation Made Simple Or an alternate, who is to say that the the Lord will not through me gain vengence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 Re: Supervillain Motivation Made Simple I can not remember where I saw this on the internet, but I recall an article where a lady wrote that one chief difference between a super hero and a supervillain was this. The superhero has been through tragedy and loss and says "I will make sure this never happens to anyone else ever again." The supervillain has been through tragedy and loss and says, "I will make sure this never happens to ME ever again." I found it pretty insightful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incrdbil Posted January 24, 2005 Report Share Posted January 24, 2005 Re: Supervillain Motivation Made Simple "I do this for the people!" "Mine" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Posted January 24, 2005 Report Share Posted January 24, 2005 Re: Supervillain Motivation Made Simple The superhero has been through tragedy and loss and says "I will make sure this never happens to anyone else ever again." The supervillain has been through tragedy and loss and says, "I will make sure this never happens to ME ever again." There's also the hero who simply wants to help others for altruistic reasons and the villain who's so self-centered that he doesn't care how he hurts others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted January 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 Re: Supervillain Motivation Made Simple ...and the villain who's so self-centered that he doesn't care how he hurts others. Which is the concept behind my original post/quote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zornwil Posted January 25, 2005 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 Re: Supervillain Motivation Made Simple "They LAUGHED at me at the University...BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just A Guy Name Posted January 25, 2005 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 Re: Supervillain Motivation Made Simple "They LAUGHED at me at the University...BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!"Often followed by "..the blind FOOLS!" or a threat of some sort' date=' eg "well, they won't laugh after they see THIS! [unveiling an appropriately horrifying monster or terrible weird-tech device']. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted January 25, 2005 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 Re: Supervillain Motivation Made Simple Then there are those sad, sad reasons to become a villain "I look good in black." "Ah man, how come good girls fall for bad guys so often? I... hey, super powers... hmmmm..." "Well, it started with about 17 unpaid parking tickets and snowballed from there." "Everyone else was doing it.... and yeah I'd jump off the bridge, I FLY now!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddHat Posted January 25, 2005 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 Re: Supervillain Motivation Made Simple "Well' date=' it started with about 17 unpaid parking tickets and snowballed from there."[/quote'] Kung-Fu Elvis followed a slightly more extreme version of this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Cross Posted January 25, 2005 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 Re: Supervillain Motivation Made Simple Stats & background please,OddHat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zornwil Posted January 25, 2005 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 Re: Supervillain Motivation Made Simple "Well, it started with about 17 unpaid parking tickets and snowballed from there." (snipped to just this) Although there are tragic situations of strange snowballing from relatively minor crimes, I should steal this one in a more comic way. Good idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddHat Posted January 25, 2005 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 Re: Supervillain Motivation Made Simple Stats & background please' date='OddHat.[/quote'] The King of Kung Fu Please note that slight changes in the rules for HA made by Steve since this sheet was put together will require adjustments to Elvis' NND attack and his Area attacks. I'll make them eventually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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