Do you ever root for the villains ?

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At times. In TQ for example, but Thanos lost my favor as IG went on though, I know him turning more mad and moody was sort of the necessary conclusion from TQ and point but at some point it went from the frustrated brooding from TQ to him basically flailing and crying on the floor in front of everyone and it was just unbecoming.

I just can't hold much respect for someone who makes a public show of how they're going to fuck their own clone just because they're not getting any from their love interest.
RIP Terraxia though. Psychotic murder aside she seemed nice.

Yeah, most recent example is the Injustice series; I'll root for traditional villains like The Rogues or The Society over the Regime which is filled with traditional heroes.

Yes. To this day, I think Nuada was right.

Hail Cobra

Sure

But the villains are the heroes and the heroes and the villains in that

Always. Ever since I was a kid, despite most of the media I enjoy revolving around heroics and good vs. evil I almost have always identified with villains more and quietly rooted for them in most things over the heroes, I still ponder why that is to this day....I think it's because most villains come off as misunderstood in some way. When I was a kid and got taught about bible stuff, I liked Lucifer and related to Cain instead of Abel. Sure, there were some villains I never rooted for as a kid, but it was guys like Mad Hatter in Batman who seemed like a retard and Dock Ock in Spider-Man who's haircut I hated, but a guy like Venom? It didn't matter to me that he was a killer, I got thrills from him bashing Spider-Man. To this day I find myself getting more wrapped up in the villains than the heroes, though I understand why heroes must win more now and that it's right that they do most of the time, but during a battle I am pretty much rooting for the badguy cause it's more fun and I often find the heroes inspire jealousy in me in one way or another or annoyance at their self satisfactory smuggness while I usually find something I can relate to the villain with, one of the only times I actively always root for the good guys to win is in MLP

There have certainly been times.

Is Jiren a villain?

Always had a soft spot for Taskmaster. Especially after his mini.

Preach.

Only ever Black Adam. The Wizard Shazam and Nabu were fickle cunts.

Hell yes he was.

Legitimately sympathetic badguy.

Yes. And I'll never forget the first time.

From the thumbnail, that looks like one hell of a boner bulge.

>I liked Lucifer and related to Cain instead of Abel.

I thought it was shitty that god treated Abel better.

I always appreciate when villains aren't just dicks for the sake of being dicks.

Taskmaster is a bro at heart.

Technically, sure, but they're not "heroes" The Rogues are still robbing banks, and The Society wants to rule as the Regime did.

But if we're talking Grodd vs. Superman in this universe I'd root for Grodd.

Only cool villains

Almost always.
Unless the heroine is very good-looking or the hero very cool.

Only if I hate the heroes typically.

But I don't find enjoyment in rooting for someone I know will fail in the end.

Frieza

Literally every single time Doom is the villain.

Sometimes

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This, plus some examples
I always indetified with villains more because seeing the good guys win all the time was bs to me, why does Super Guy always win? Doctor German totally had the upper hand thats stupid! I grew to resent heroes and rarely ever does one actually make me root for them. Sometimes they have more personality, and sometimes they just should have plain won.

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It's pretty easy for villains to not act like dicks nowadays because they treat their henchmen better than the heroes do to their allies. This is true in Marvel where drunks like Carol and Tony are placed at the head of leadership, which leads to Secret Wars and purging of the dissenting opinion in the Avengers. Red Skull may be a Nazi, but he's happy to accept anyone who shares his hatred of modern society.

This scene was like porn to me as a kid.

I think I liked Angelica in the latter seasons of rugrats.

Pretty much always.

Yes! Oh my god thank you for reminding me of the transformers movie, jeez that first half was a godsend to me. My mom and cousin thought it was weird when I was happy that all the autobots were getting killed off and Optimus dies to Megatron, I didn't care they were getting their comeuppance. Thanks user, you made my night

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Korra was full of this shit.

I don't know if it was because she was written like a wet paper bag, or the fact that they were basically normal people fighting a god.

I honestly don't know why we were suppose to root for the protagonist other than the fact she was the protagonist. The villains all seemed to have to work harder, be more clever or plan much more carefully. Even their moral dilemmas were better because the only reason she addressed any of her problems was force (might makes right and I'm a fucking god and above all reproach)

This warms the cockles of my bony heart

I'm still annoyed that they swept the equalist issue under the rug after Amon.

I think most people do as children.
When I was a kid my uncle gave me some of his old Batman comics and I instantly came to the conclusion Joker was way cooler than Batman. I think I even had some old 1980s Joker baseball cap that I used to wear if I'm not just having a false memory situation here.

I think it was something like this.

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What the fuck, what is happening to my lungs.

>I honestly don't know why we were suppose to root for the protagonist other than the fact she was the protagonist.
Because each and every one of her villains were evil murderers and manipulators that maybe, once upon a time had good intentions?

Always.
The Batman villains are the real family of the series and you cannot convince me otherwise.
Always rooted for them and always will root for them.

Hellboy 2 wasn't great, but Nuada was a cool villains.

Yeah, more often than not Batman is pretty empty as a character and the villains are the ones driving the plot with interesting eccentricities.

I wish Constrictor got used more. He's actually made for a good Moon Knight enemy before.

That guy who wanted to turn people into dinosaurs instead of cure cancer. A man after my own heart he was.

>Even their moral dilemmas were better
Their moral dilemmas were the same: Amon was given power by the spirits ("gods,") Unalaaq wanted to become a god and be above all reproach, Zaheer thought that if everyone in power was killed or forcibly removed from power that everything would be right because personal might makes right, and Kuvira was appointed to doing things by others.
I think you may be letting your disgust towards the show be focused purely on Korra instead of divided among every aspect of the show including the antagonists who are the ones who actually thought in terms of might.

He said Villain not anti-hero

Hateboners don't think user. Don't waste your breath trying to educate the swine.

I agree. Notice how every time there's a new Batman anything, people want to know about the villains first. The Telltale games had more discussion about their take on the Joker and the Penguin.

Hell, they made a fucking Batman show WITHOUT Batman.

That is the kind of villain I want to be. A bad guy that makes heroes become better heroes, but without all the edgy shit. I would kidnap your family, but I would take them out to Disney land while you are busy with my traps.

You bet.

All the times. When you think about it, villains are the true underdogs since most stories are supposed to have happy endings

Reminder that Roger Ebert rooted for Ratigan in The Great Mouse Detective.

Only if they have an awesome background theme like

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First and second arc were really something, huh?

While I do want good/heroes to win in the end, I greatly enjoy a villian ' s moment of triumph over a hero and root for them. My fascination with villians started with Jafar, Aladdin being the first movie I saw. Sorcerer Jafar was just so cool to me.

My two favorite villians in comics are Loki (real Loki, not that young adult scraggly dipshit) and Scarecrow. Scarecrow in particular doesn't get enough respectful usage and is too often cleared away as a non-threat. Let Gotham roil in chaos of those terrified to act and acting carelessly with no fear response at all. Let Batman suffer as his mind is wracked with the realities he fears most. Let the Scarecrow have a reign of terror thst makes all of Gotham remember why it's HE not Joker, not anyone else is the master of fear.