![]() The two antagonistic humans in Animal Land, Jyu and Giller represents Evil and Oblivion, respectively.At the end of the day, Bob can still be evil after this encounter, but nobody would think any less of him as a villain seeing as he is just doing what he already does.Ī subtrope of The Good, the Bad, and the Evil and Evil Versus Evil. Bob is able to demonstrate the full extent of his power that Alice routinely defeats, and gets to do so against an opponent where nobody will begrudge him for doing so. It also serves as a way for the writer to display just how dangerous the Evil actually is. After all, if Alice would never kill a person, but Bob has killed in narrative, then Bob can do the deed and spare the writers from putting the guilt on Alice. It also helps the writer keep the hero from being forced over the Moral Event Horizon or suffering a " My God, What Have I Done?" moment by having a character who is much less worried about the potential legal or moral ramifications of their actions. See Pragmatic Villainy for more examples. ![]() They may achieve world domination, then end up having the world destroyed because the hero is not there to fight the greater evil any more. The Fridge Logic side is that a villain who sides with the hero to prevent world destruction should realize it's not that smart trying to kill the hero in the next episode. ![]() This trope has a Fridge Brilliance side: it justifies many heroes for their Thou Shalt Not Kill attitude. After all, if the universe is already in a state of endless suffering, it is a lot easier to end the cycle by destroying it all than trying to restore it.Ī typical stock justification the usual villain uses to gain the heroes' trust (which pretty much always works and is reliable) is to say "This planet is my home too." On the flipside, the oblivion side can be the sympathetic side too, especially if the villain in question is a Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds wanting to destroy the world to end the cycle of suffering caused by the evil side by any means necessary. Chaotic Evil and Neutral Evil examples generally have the "I'm having too much fun to stop now" motivation in comparison. Villains opposing The End of the World as We Know It can be on any part of the "evil" side of Character Alignment, although Lawful Evil ones are a bit more common since they rely on an established system of rules to benefit themselves, which would be upset by a threat of this scale. Often present in worlds with Angels, Devils and Squid, with the Devils representing Evil and the Squid representing Oblivion. May overlap with Even Evil Has Standards and Enemy Mine or result in a Mêlée à Trois with the heroes. Good held out as best it could despite the futility, but Evil climbs into the ring to fight, and Oblivion is in for a whole new level of combat unlike before.Ī subtrope of Evil Versus Evil where the story averts Too Bleak, Stopped Caring by offering two reasonably different flavors of evil, which usually either falls into Black-and-Gray Morality or A Lighter Shade of Black. Now, in the darkest times, when the world is about to be destroyed by Oblivion, here comes its last chance. Thus, the first villain surprisingly steps in to help save the day, if only to prevent the second from upsetting the status quo that allows them to continue being evil on their own terms. Even if the first villain would be able to somehow escape from this disaster unharmed, there likely wouldn't be anyone left to rule over or torment for their own twisted pleasure. Our second character is a Straw Nihilist, a Misanthrope Supreme, an Omnicidal Maniac, or an Eldritch Abomination and wants to bring about The End of the World as We Know It. ![]() They're evil, no mistaking it, but they happen to enjoy their life and would prefer that the world continue existing, if only so that they can continue their Evil Overlord rule, indulging their greed, lust, and/or generally pursuing their own evil interests and schemes. Our first character or faction is a villain with either a sense of self-preservation, a taste for others' misery or a plan to Take Over the World.
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