Now say this to twitter's cancel culture LOL

Now say this to twitter's cancel culture LOL

Yiddle me this, yiddle me who, who cries out in pain as they strike you?

@Bianca E. hey! i didn't see this, but I wanted to let you know I agree with what you say.
unfortunately, a lot of what's valuable and should undergo consequence is drowned by stupid, petty things that do not help the situation at all

but, as we all have learnt, everything has extremists. and it's sad to say that even fighting for justice possesses such people.

I wouldn't try erase cancel culture though, because how else are we going to group those who are toxic and... irritating.. together? (again, I agree with your opinion here. it's kinda similar to "simp", used to be an insult but after loads of people added their own use of the word, it lost its meaning.)

@Bianca E. hey! i didn't see this, but I wanted to let you know I agree with what you say.
unfortunately, a lot of what's valuable and should undergo consequence is drowned by stupid, petty things that do not help the situation _at all_

but, as we all have learnt, everything has extremists. and it's sad to say that even fighting for justice possesses such people.

I wouldn't try erase cancel culture though, because _how else_ are we going to group those who are toxic and... irritating.. together? (again, I agree with your opinion here. it's kinda similar to "simp", used to be an insult but after loads of people added their own use of the word, it lost its meaning.)

@『 miZstudies 』 cancel culture was never good but cancels were good at a point because it wasn't considered a culture

Saying the N word doesn't make somebody a sympathetic villain sorry bro

@BIG MAK I’m sorry, AUTHORITARIAN? define authoritarian. Because it’s not just “when people say I shouldn’t say the n word in my discord server”. I literally am tempted to make the argument that “cancel culture” doesn’t exist because it’s the type of thing that anyone can leech their own interpretation or definition on to. “Canceling” doesn’t work because no one is being canceled. If your fave gets shunned off the internet for being a predator, that’s not him being “cancelled” that’s him facing the consequences for his actions and being deplatformed because he’s A PREDATOR. Let’s focus on the reason why these people get backlash rather than the backlash itself because if you do something socially unacceptable in public, you will face the consequences. And that’s not authoritarian nazism—it’s just regular old social norms. Like if someone burps in an old persons face on the sidewalk and they get yelled at by the people around them for being rude. God, you people make me wanna shoot myself.

@Bianca E. Because most sane people on the internet love freedom and despise authoritarians. Calling someone out for bad behaviour?? Twitter does that like what, 5% of the time? Usually its something extremely petty like saying something the mindless mob doesn't agree with.

i didn't really wanna say it, but i got literally ratio'd (stomped on) for criticising overused reddit memes

@Super Crackers he's gonna come back from the dead and make a 40 minute apology video (with crying) and then go back to the grave

That's just people on the internet in general

That's just people on the internet in general

@Youtubehasaids How tf do corporations get behind it??

@Youtubehasaids How tf do corporations get behind it??

Cancel culture is just bullying, victim blaming, and a mind boggling level of hypocrisy all wrapped up in one.. And corporations get on board with it, because they are run by sociopaths.<br>It's disgusting behaviour.

Cancel culture is just bullying, victim blaming, and a mind boggling level of hypocrisy all wrapped up in one.. And corporations get on board with it, because they are run by sociopaths.
It's disgusting behaviour.

@Maga 2021 No, we do not live in 1984 or anywhere close to it, did you even read the book lmao

@B Reasonable .......? My comment is about how people don't understand 1984 that's why they say cancel culture is Orwellian.

@Maga 2021 Conservatives are literally the closest thing we have to Nazis today. And calling someone a Nazi doesn't make you a Nazi lmao.

Cancel culture to you people: "Tons of people said mean things to me so now we live in 1984"

The fact that you people actually think cancel culture is a significant thing is ludicrous.

@Bianca E. cause the shit y'all trying to "criticize" in the first place is shit that most of the time isn't a big deal in the first place

@Super Crackers "*sigh* guys, i am so sorry for conquering most of asia and killing 10% of the world"

"I FeEl So OpPrEsSeD !1!1!1! lOok At ReDdIt !1!1! It Is ReAlLy BiG oN tHe iNtErNeT (No, it's not), iT aFfEcTs Me AnD i DoN't LiKe IiIiIiItTtTtTt !1!1!1!1!"

You cry for less than what BLM gets riled up about : All the racist elements of a non-Jim Crow-era police system; do you think Reddit has any real power ?

I like how he assumes that all people part of this "Cancel Culture (this move that does things similar to online censorship or just vomiting their irrational overblown feelings online or whatever, never specified if there's ever a specific scenario of this 'Cancel Culture' mentioned; even though it'd be important to do so, since these different acts have many different moral weights and such)" are these crazy "feminists" that exaggerate all the things that they might dislike otherwise, but never to that degree, or if they just grew a thicker skin, so that they can atomize all of these now-confirmed "threats" with gratuities and over-estimating Scorched Earth-type weapons of "I consider you worse than Hitler !" this & "fire him !" that...

Yes, they're all like that, they're also just apolitical people with imperfect Freudian psyches whose worst parts are enabled by this dreaded, toxic, Blue Tweeting Twat of a "Bird"

@Crepitus is just a hypocrite; I now understand where Horseshoe Theory comes, from, even though I disagree with it (Personally, if I want a non-partisan analysis of any political situation, I know this very simple fact that I can't just guide myself with the "both sides are bad" BS, and that I actually have to spend the effort of researching what each side actually says before I can even come close to this asinine claim that has been in every situations and which applies to none; I mean, seriously, who the fuck actually thinks that "both sides are equally bad", or even that "one is inherently worse than the other" ? Where did they get that from ? The academic political science community ? Psh, alright, Einstein, go ask 'em, idiot... After all, maybe you're gonna learn a thing or 2 about these academicians ... Unless "their side sucks", because they're "official/mainstream", just like how "both the normal political sides are bad (unlike MINE)")

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand, RANT. OVER.

_"I FeEl So OpPrEsSeD !1!1!1! lOok At ReDdIt !1!1! It Is ReAlLy BiG oN tHe iNtErNeT (No, it's not), iT aFfEcTs Me AnD i DoN't LiKe IiIiIiItTtTtTt !1!1!1!1!"_

You cry for less than what BLM gets riled up about : All the racist elements of a non-Jim Crow-era police system; do you think Reddit has any real power ?

I like how he assumes that all people part of this "Cancel Culture (this move that does things similar to online censorship or just vomiting their irrational overblown feelings online or whatever, never specified if there's ever a specific scenario of this 'Cancel Culture' mentioned; even though it'd be important to do so, since these different acts have many different moral weights and such)" are these crazy "feminists" that exaggerate all the things that they might dislike otherwise, but never to that degree, or if they just grew a thicker skin, so that they can atomize all of these now-confirmed "threats" with gratuities and over-estimating Scorched Earth-type weapons of "I consider you worse than Hitler !" this & "fire him !" that...

Yes, they're all like that, they're also just apolitical people with imperfect Freudian psyches whose worst parts are enabled by this *dreaded, toxic, Blue Tweeting Twat of a "Bird"*

@Crepitus is just a hypocrite; I now understand where Horseshoe Theory comes, from, even though I disagree with it (Personally, if I want a non-partisan analysis of any political situation, I know this very simple fact that I can't just guide myself with the "both sides are bad" BS, and that I actually have to spend the effort of researching what each side *actually says* before I can even come close to this asinine claim that has been in every situations and which applies to none; I mean, seriously, who the fuck actually thinks that "both sides are equally bad", or even that "one is inherently worse than the other" ? Where did they get that from ? *The academic political science community ?* Psh, alright, Einstein, go ask 'em, idiot... After all, maybe you're gonna learn a thing or 2 about these *academicians* ... Unless "their side sucks", because they're "official/mainstream", just like how "both the normal political sides are bad (unlike MINE)")

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand, *RANT. OVER.*

@etK Music ruining other people's careers because of something they did years ago isn't criticism.

@Super Crackers clarification video straight from the yurt

but it is literally ending a career right now

but it is literally ending a career right now

@Super Crackers Genghis Khan is cancelled ✋🏽🙄

@Super Crackers Genghis Khan is cancelled ✋🏽🙄

@etK Music how about the entirety of reddit? moderators there swing their banhammers and censor tons of stuff. reddit isnt exactly small now is it.

@Real_Slim_Shady he showed gangsta thanos at beginning

@Real_Slim_Shady he showed gangsta thanos at beginning

@Guillermo Domínguez de la Fuente cringe

@Guillermo Domínguez de la Fuente cringe

@etK Music EXACTLY. “Cancel culture” really is just code for “I’m afraid of people criticizing me” now. Like why is it a trend in society to antagonize the person calling someone out for their bad behavior INSTEAD OF the actual bad behavior.

@lady vader what about David from The Last of Us? Should he be sympathetic?

@etK Music people just don’t ask the right questions and/or don’t question enough

@Danang Putratiarno I don’t think it’s just Twitter? What about Reddit and Youtube and Society as a whole?

people stop seeing people as people to try and make themselves feel more holy and good

I already canceled this guy for not mentioning a single Marvel villain

There is something to be said about groupthink, this isn't something new though. But when people refer to cancel culture as like this monstrous force that end people's career and lives, they sound really out of touch. In most cases, controversies don't end famous people's career, because their fans will defend them whatever they do for the same reason people "cancelled" them after seeing a tweet with no source: they don't think by themselves. And they just move on with their lives after a week, like the person who was the target of harassment. The only people "cancel culture" are the not famous ones, which can have extreme consequences for sure, but again it's nothing new and it's not because of the internet nor social justice warriors or whatever.<br>Anyways that was my rant, cancel culture has lost any meaning to me.

There is something to be said about groupthink, this isn't something new though. But when people refer to cancel culture as like this monstrous force that end people's career and lives, they sound really out of touch. In most cases, controversies don't end famous people's career, because their fans will defend them whatever they do for the same reason people "cancelled" them after seeing a tweet with no source: they don't think by themselves. And they just move on with their lives after a week, like the person who was the target of harassment. The only people "cancel culture" are the not famous ones, which can have extreme consequences for sure, but again it's nothing new and it's not because of the internet nor social justice warriors or whatever.
Anyways that was my rant, cancel culture has lost any meaning to me.

I see way more people complaining about cancel culture (using as an exemple people who got a shitstorm for their action but didn't actually have their career ended) than people actually cancelling and harassing people.<br>On every video someone is talking about this, even when it has nothing to do with the topic. Or do you consider people on Twitter to be an abstract villain or something

I see way more people complaining about cancel culture (using as an exemple people who got a shitstorm for their action but didn't actually have their career ended) than people actually cancelling and harassing people.
On every video someone is talking about this, even when it has nothing to do with the topic. Or do you consider people on Twitter to be an abstract villain or something

Doesn't have to u dont acknowledge u dont engage with toxcitiys

it used to be good but now they're all talking crap HAHAH

it used to be good but now they're all talking crap HAHAH

Twitter's cancel culture is the real antagonist. They try to dictate the society nowadays by cancelling things that they considered against their will.

@Super Crackers Well, Mongols are the exception; maybe he'll dig himself out of his own grave and start T-posing in front of Twitter HQ.

Truth. I've seen people cancelling fictional villains LOL.


I like how you mentioned MF DOOM and Hbox, very good taste


negan from the walking dead is a good example of a sympathetic villain, he’s a bad guy but he has redeeming qualities


1:16
Thanos having DRIP is something I never thought I needed to see in my life...


The "villans" are the best thing in shows/movies so on and so on


The most terrifying thing about H.P. Lovecraft is the name of his cat.

Guys you’re all missing an important aspect: the MAN at the end. The cat’s name was [MarioJudah.mp3]-Man, cuz they wanted to make sure it wouldn’t be confused with the other ones

@Khaki Shorts “Now that’s funny Arthur, that’s the kind of comedy that we need on the show!”

this comment section is depressing

Edit: well i'll be damned...

I've heard it was named that by his father and it would not answer to any other name. But take that with a grain of salt, it's just somethin I saw on the internet.

@Kirbles why did you have to ruin something great?


11:50
I disagree with the fact that Anton Chigurgh is the agent or personification of chaos—one can counter and control chaos with order. A more fitting personification of chaos would be the Joker from The Dark Knight. The Joker uses violence and death to destabilize the norms of society, and this is evident in Alfred’s speech about the Burmese bandit who raided the caravans of precious jewels:

“…some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.”

This does not sound like Chigurgh; rather, Chigurgh’ end goal is not the message but the act itself, it is not to watch the world burn but to be the one in charge of lighting it fairly and impartially. The end goal is not the chaos, but death itself. This is why he is the personification of death; he moves with dispassion and serendipity: you cannot control him (as we have seen with him killing his employer) and you will never expect his presence, even when he looms over you (as seen when he sneaks up behind his victims or when he hides behind the door when the county Sheriff Ed Tom Bell searches the motel room).

Chigurgh’s weapon of choice reinforces this claim: much like the Grim Reaper, whose weapon of choice is the scythe (a farm tool used to sow wheat), Chigurgh’s weapon of choice is a cattle gun (a tool used by farmers to cull cattle and other livestock).


1:20
~Evil: To be evil is to do that which is a detriment, hindrances or extermination of life and its beauty, its cohesion and its natural order. To be selfish in causing the unjust harm of others. To act and live in a way that is hypocritical to what is right for you, yet not afforded back to those around you.


2:55 "Unfortunately, evil villain also tend to be forgettable villain."
cough Dio  cough cough

2:55 "Unfortunately, evil villain also tend to be forgettable villain."
*cough* Dio  *cough cough*


Darth Vader from Starwars is a sympathetic villain. Even without the shitty prequels, he still had a good but tragic backstory. I still find it hard to believe though that underneath the mask was a man old and frail. It added a lot more depth to his character made it feel like it was impossible for someone like him to turn to the dark side.


Really hoping that "Villain: the worst guy..." part of the description is a reference to the one and only villain important right now, the Madvillain, METAL FACE DOOM.

@sycophant ”I’m not gatekeeping” ”bro you aren’t a fan if all you like is his /mu/core shit” do you not realise what gatekeeping is lmaooo

@Thomas calling people boring isnt gatekeeping but stay deluded as fuck. also like what of his shit would you call less known than special herbs? VV2? Some weird throwaway compilation? His pre-doon stuff? However yes I will say I find it somewhat odd how everyone is a dude's biggest fan as soon as they die.

@sycophant Special herbs isn't a rarity, that's a staple within his music. He has a fucking boxset with all 9 of them. A good portion of his music is honestly just Special Herbs. Listen to Special Herbs and Spices, its his instrumentals with his friend MF Grimm rapping over them and its pretty good.<br>You are literally gate keeping, and you should be well aware that there is a good reason Madvillain and MM Food are regarded as his best albums alongside Doomsday, because they are masterful. You can be a fan of an artist while only listening to a few of their albums, that's perfectly fine.

@sycophant Special herbs isn't a rarity, that's a staple within his music. He has a fucking boxset with all 9 of them. A good portion of his music is honestly just Special Herbs. Listen to Special Herbs and Spices, its his instrumentals with his friend MF Grimm rapping over them and its pretty good.
You are literally gate keeping, and you should be well aware that there is a good reason Madvillain and MM Food are regarded as his best albums alongside Doomsday, because they are masterful. You can be a fan of an artist while only listening to a few of their albums, that's perfectly fine.

@Smirf Broil no shit it is just a very boring answer. It's like saying your favorite food is pizza

@sycophant madvillain is fire lmao. accordian and all caps are some shit.

Fr i actually got into Doom because of EmpLemon

@sycophant king geedorah was a great album too

@Thomas  bro i literally have listened to all of doom's music (used to have his entire discography as both a rapper and producer downloaded)  even the weird rarities like special herbs, have been listening since he featured on demon days which was much longer than two years ago. I have sought out to listen to most tracks he has even featured on, I am not gatekeeping merely thinking its crazy how everyone is "such a big doom fan" after he dies when they have listened to at most his two most normie albums.

hit it on the first try villain the worst guy

@Big Black Billy Goat tf are you talking about

@sycophant Those are genuinely great albums and you shouldn't gate keep people to enjoying his music if one of those is their favorite. Its undeniable that those are his most accessible releases, but they have great hits and they're revered for a reason. You've probably only listened to a handful of his albums and you've probably only been listening to his albums for like 2 years, fuck off.
For anyone interested, The Mouse and the Mask is my personal favorite release, while his releases under the name Viktor Vaughn are also classics like Vaudeville Villain, as well as his collab with the rap supergroup Czarface. He has a fairly expansive library all things considered, but for anyone who hasn't listen to him you should listen to Madvillain, then listen to either Doomsday or MM Food.
RIP to arguably the most creative rapper/producer of all time. No one rhymed like him, and no one had a production style so distinct and consistent throughout their career without feeling stale. He's one of the greatest musicians of all time, not just one of the greatest rappers. He should be, and likely will be, considered one of the greatest right up there with Jaco Pastorius, Brian Wilson, and Miles Davis, no fucking cap.

@sycophant hehe look at me I love making grieving fans mad hehe I’m such a good troll. Just say nothing man, you aren’t funny.

@I want to Dee MF DOOM, an amazing rapper who took the persona of a villain who’s death was sadly announced on December 31st.

Emp is a DOOM fan he's used his instrumentals before

Considering he put a snippet from the ALL CAPS music video in the YT video, I’m going to believe that it is a reference, thank you Emp <3

Of course is for DOOM, why wouldn't it be?


ya the "sympathy for the villian" is classic, a little unknown fact is that most "hero movies" are actually based on the villian disguised as the hero. The general publics perception being "oh the good guys always win" when in reality it's the opposite. "hero movies" are in actuallity internal jokes, double layered sarcasm.


The line between light and dark is so very thin. If you wish to know who controls it, simply stand on the line, and look up


"Does anyone remember Maleficent"

Yes, very much so. Primarily because she is clearly enjoying herself with her evil.

Edit: Was Joker justified in shooting Murray? No. It was understandable why he did it, but it wasn't justified.

I also dislike the whole "Everyone is the hero of their own story". There's a lot of Villains who know they're a monster and absolutely LOVE being one. And they are just as entertaining to watch.


EmpLemon 2010: Mah boi, dinner, mama luigi
EmpLemon 2021: Philosophical discussion of evil and human nature

This has been a hell of a ride

@Osama bin laden Pyrocynicals analysis of Far Cry 3 was fan-fucking-tastic, I've been recommending it to people

When you think about it, EmpLemon and Schaffrillas Productions basically went down the same YouTube path.

Pyrocynical had something similar,
2013: mlg teletubbies
2020: an in depth analysis of farcry3


I have been going back and watching all the Emp videos, I NEED MORE CONTENT EMP


I would happily get burned by my dad if I get an uncle like Iroh


EmpLemon idk if you’ll ever see this comment but I actually used this video for inspiration in an essay that I did in school last week and it helped me out tremendously. Thank you for this godlike video essay cause I really needed it!


Zuko will forever be my favorite anime villain


I feel like you shouldn't bullie the bullie, because they went through something you dont know, but that doesn't justify their actions. doing something "wrong" isn't justified by you having been hurt before you hurt others.


The devil: *starts helping the poor *<br>Everyone: HOL UP

The devil: *starts helping the poor *
Everyone: HOL UP


"villains are a necessary evil" shows a picture of leafy


Anyone hear sympathy for the devil by the rolling stones in 8 bit around 1:50?


i enjoy “villains” more than “heroes” because their motivations are usually far more defined than those of heroes. heroes are usually just assumed to be so.

Yeah, I’ve actually grown to really like (WELL WRITTEN) paragon heroes because I’m so tired of the cynical “highly sympathetic villain” and “questionably heroic antihero”.<br>Sometimes there’s something powerful about someone who can stand as an absolute rejection of that which is evil. Not because it’s interesting, but because it’s inspiring. In a harsh world, these are the people who choose to still fight for what’s good for everyone, and not just retreat to saving themselves.

Yeah, I’ve actually grown to really like (WELL WRITTEN) paragon heroes because I’m so tired of the cynical “highly sympathetic villain” and “questionably heroic antihero”.
Sometimes there’s something powerful about someone who can stand as an absolute rejection of that which is evil. Not because it’s interesting, but because it’s inspiring. In a harsh world, these are the people who choose to still fight for what’s good for everyone, and not just retreat to saving themselves.

This had more to do with the writing skills of the author, really, I mean all you need to do is say that the bad guy's parents were killed or something and many people are gonna tell you it's great and oh so complex.

@Mr. Friendship There is a really good video about the Kung Fu Panda trilogy that explains some points
https://youtu.be/0Atk61qbLT0
(Sneak peek: Shen (the peacock) was a son of some really rich and influential parents, so he grew up as a confident and arrogant noble, but one day he was doomed to be defeated by the "warrior of black and white" and takes any means necessary, submerging himself in fear and paranoia)

@Mr. Friendship There is a really good video about the Kung Fu Panda trilogy that explains some points
https://youtu.be/0Atk61qbLT0
(Sneak peek: Shen (the peacock) was a son of some really rich and influential parents, so he grew up as a confident and arrogant noble, but one day he was doomed to be defeated by the "warrior of black and white" and takes _any_ means necessary, submerging himself in fear and paranoia)

@Never Safe From Waluigi No, that's the Joker 2019.

@-Hello Po is more of an all-loving hero since he's more of a chubby guy who is flawed from the start but becoming more of a better, new person he wanted to be as the story progressed. The villains in Kung Fu Panda are more interesting despite having a little screentime. We want more about the villains just like what we want more about the hero.

- Who are Tai Lung's parents?
- How does that white peacock villain become the way he is in his mental state? What are the causes that changed his life forever?
- Why does Kai wanted more of the chi to become powerful than anyone else to the point of betraying young Master Oogway? What is his motivation?

There's the anti-hero if you want the best of both worlds too, and Po, if you want the perfect of both worlds<br>Like, cut everything past the initial phase of shifu refusing Po, how many anti-heroes follow that kind of story? Obviously there are those similar to Po, but instead of perseverance they are gifted an opportunity, cut off before that point, or have a completely different outlook on their situation

There's the anti-hero if you want the best of both worlds too, and Po, if you want the perfect of both worlds
Like, cut everything past the initial phase of shifu refusing Po, how many anti-heroes follow that kind of story? Obviously there are those similar to Po, but instead of perseverance they are gifted an opportunity, cut off before that point, or have a completely different outlook on their situation

Heroes get sort of slotted into the paragon of order, justice, and righteousness. Something that nobody is. Villains are able to be people, messed up flawed people

@Night Terror i mean, yeah. Shit happens, that doesn't mean you take the whole world in your wrath. That's why the hero is there to stop the temper tantrum, lol. Also, heros have the same traumatic shit happen to them, what sets them apart from the villian is that they don't use their misfortune as an excuse to make other peoples lives hell. Villians are shitty people for a reason, they're not to be inspiring.

*badly written heroes are usually just assumed to be so

I’m more of a hero guy. Villains can be fun, but flawed heroes are so much more interesting

"Villains" are generally set up to be that role because they've planted their feet as to where they're going in life as opposed to "heroes" who are still undergoing change.

It's why protagonists are generally young and stupid, because they lack enough life experience to realize that the vast majority of life is a lie that's fed to them to keep them hopeful and useful to an organization (usually a government).

Villians are fueled by a world that treated them like nothing, they are fighting the society that cared nothing for them. While hero fights because "I'm good he bad"


Every video of yours is better then the last.  That is why this is 100% my favorite channel on YouTube. The day you stop uploading will be a terrible day.


I litterally can't commit immoral decisions in games cause I'm that morally good


the bastard child of the sympathetic villain concept is the "villain with good motivation". I love zuko, joker and so on they are great and complex characters and they serve to create deep and thoughtful media, but then there are villains like thanos, who mimic the role of such characters. thanos is supposed to be a compelling villain, with complex motivations. the movie frames him like a "ends justify the means" type of guy whereas to the heroes the avengers, no cruelty is ever justified. except killing thanos i guess? apart from revealing a massive hypocrisy on the part of the avengers, thanos motivations are just complete shit and make no sense and i cant believe there was actual debate over the legitimacy of his ideas. we dont need villains with good motivations, we need vilain who resonate emotionally. what is the point of making the villain be right? youll only end up creating a contradictory message.


RIP Stephan Stephansson 2:19 most villanous villain.


"He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you." -Friedrich Nietzsche.

@Grim Moire what if it doesn’t correspond to you and none of it ever did? Not trying to be a jerk but you’re putting yourself and projecting your perceptions into an infinite number of people and circumstances and stating that this isn’t what you want. If you’re not into it, cool, move past it. If you’re just curious as to why his quotes? He had an outlook, thought process and vernacular that seemed to resonate and stick with people beyond his life. That’s pretty cool, don’t you think? We should all be so lucky.

And again, I’m not trying to hassle or berate you. I don’t watch anime and will never understand any part of it, but it works for a lot of people and who tf am I to cast judgment on it if I never even cared about it in the first place?

@Javanese Engineer It means that when you try to fight evil, you must always question your own decisions to ensure that you are not being evil yourself.

@Javanese Engineer  a criminal kill your parents...so u don't kill them otherwise u are just like that person.

@Grim Moire So, care to explain the original meaning of the quote?

@Grim Moire finally someone who gets it!!!

@d don't get me wrong I'm fine with the quote, it's the people who use it.<br>It's like they don't get the actual meaning and try applying cool philosophy quote to everything morally gray they see on the internet.

@d don't get me wrong I'm fine with the quote, it's the people who use it.
It's like they don't get the actual meaning and try applying cool philosophy quote to everything morally gray they see on the internet.

@Grim Moire The amount its used in pop culture is irrelevant to the meaning or intention.

@Grim Moire you do have a point, can't argue with that

@Grim Moire because that's the point of the quote

Why does everyone quote this guy whenever something even slightly morally gray happens?


i like how he included harry potter with other religious books


You shouldve included walter white, he is a perfect example of man vs self


“Evil villains aren’t remembered Bc they don’t relate to the audience”

Frieza and Cell: AM I A JOKE TO YOU?

Also there are some evil people in this world so some do relate

@bagel2 what the- yes he was he commuted genocide to many people where’d you get that???

@Imtiaz Siraj excuse you????? You dare disrespect the perfect being??

Freeza wasn’t evil just for the sake of evil though, he was running an empire, and his fears and actions came from anything that threatened his position


I find it funny how the media decided to so harshly attack joker, a movie that criticized the media. They did whatever they could do, by pointing at everyone's favorite out-group incels. They hoped that by turning the movie into an, us vs them argument with a them that are already hated, that they could direct people away from the film and medias wrongdoings, as well as send out a message to filmmakers that criticizing them would have financial consequences.

@Real_Slim_Shady Simply Google 'joker dangerous movie'. Get some popcorn, sit back and enjoy binge reading.

@Real_Slim_Shady Oh shit so you do actually think that asking for sources for someone's observations is a logical thing to do.

@Real_Slim_Shady Is this a joke or are you a joke


im disappointed u didnt talk about thanos, one of the most memorable and powerfull and sympathized villains


Me encanta la transición de un tema a otro. Tenemos al hombre contra sí mismo, luego al hombre contra el monstruo, donde la comparación de que somos creación de la naturaleza contra la naturaleza se contrapone al hecho de que las máquinas son una creación nuestra contra nosotros, y así entramos en la siguiente parte del video, luego tenemos que las máquinas no entienden nuestras reglas, y así se introduce la parte del orden contra el hombre. En serio, las transiciones son tan suaves que ni las notas


Id and Ego. I'd say self sacrificial standing against a tyrant at a permanent loss is a heroic sacrifice when he is well aware he's outclassed. Its a philosophical battle


@Flame dude chill, fortnite is literally a game. It's not like he said something disgustingly racist or violent- all he did was play a video game?

Ok fortnite kid. I’m ashamed to like the same show as you

Ikr? This was very enjoyable! Well made documentary!

I would call you a fortnite nerd, but 77 holds a special place in my heart


A new good tragic/sympathetic villain is Simon from Infinity Train. Anyone who watched Book 3 immediately knows why but to sum it up without spoiling anything. He was a misguided character plagued with past trauma that would not allow him to grow. No character in the show could adequately shove him in the correct direction and it wouldn’t have been impossible as we see glimpses of him being a genuinely great and nice person until his past trauma came back up in a new character. He wasn’t irredeemable but the specific set of events that played out prevented him from growing and therefore made him the villain.


can they even be called a villain if they ultimately are trying to to the right thing, even if they are willing to do anything to achieve it


2010: Silly YouTube Poops
2021: Philosophical and Analytical Investigations of Popular Media and History
God bless you, EmpLemon.

@Misael Cueva Indeed, I'm subbed to a few of them. YTP must be an easy segue to good video content

@Manuel Patterson It's been obtuse to experience the last few years. You laugh at the incompetence and then wince at their actions. Of all things, The Onion spins this in a really unique way; pointing at the obtuseness of the real world in such a way as to distance yourself from it under a layer of satire. It's a surreal take on the zeitgeist

@DarkLightPrince emp has a growth? Oh no!<br>My uncle had a growth once, they had to cut it out.

@DarkLightPrince emp has a growth? Oh no!
My uncle had a growth once, they had to cut it out.

I like the long form documentaries, but I miss the YTPs<br>make us some more YTPs emp!

I like the long form documentaries, but I miss the YTPs
make us some more YTPs emp!


i love the fact that you use left 4 dead music as your music background.


Whats one word that describes why "Avatar: last air bender" is so good?

Zuko


Honestly humanity's story is sad
We were weak and feeble, then we were on top, and then we became villains
Sad tale
So sad...


<i>"As kids, we love the heroes. But as an adult, we can understand the villains."</i>

_"As kids, we love the heroes. But as an adult, we can understand the villains."_

@Mr. Friendship in the Arkham games it’s the Penguin. I don’t know about the other stuff, but I assume it’s similar.

@Tom Ffrench Then who is Batman's REAL arch-nemesis aside from The Joker?

@Tom Ffrench yea ik it is part of the joke

@BIG BLUBURRY that’s hilarious, but Joker isn’t even Batman’s nemesis canonically most the time. Joker’s importance is overstated, and he’s only one of the greats of all time because he’s a fun character.

@Mister Dewott But that depends on the player, but Crypto-137 still has the limits of killing everyone or else his mission would be a failure if he kept killing people without taking informations. Even I never played the game (just watching the walkthroughs), that extraterrestrial villain is very likeable because he has the quirks and odd personality.

@Mr. Friendship True but he's also a sociopath that takes pleasure in torturing humans and just overall blowing shit up. He's not some kind of tortured/conflicted character who feels conflicted about killing humans, he relishes in the destruction he causes.

@Mister Dewott Except that Crypto-137 had a reason why he's being evil because he wanted to save his species by destroy all humans.

"Cartoonish Villains who do evil things for the sake of being evil are not memorable."
COUGH COUGH NEO CORTEX AND CRYPTO-137 COUGH COUGH

"Cartoonish Villains who do evil things for the sake of being evil are not memorable."
COUGH COUGH *NEO CORTEX AND CRYPTO-137* COUGH COUGH

@uberneanderthal Many of the villains are opposite of stand ins for “us”, much of the time they’re parodies or representations of the exact people making these tales. Also are you speaking of Jews/Zionist when you mean “tribe”?

@LEO&LAMB copy and pasting comments I see.

Not to be the special quirky kind, but when I was a kid, I found a significant interest for the villains, namely Venom. It hasn't changed much since then. Now I have given more thought to other villains, namely the moral kind, as many others do

I also think part of the reason for this is that we become bored of the 'hero always wins' cliche. So for me, it became more interesting if a villain has at least some success, and the more dynamic they are, the more intriguing. In other words, a purely evil villain is one thing, but one driven to be evil by reality is more relatable.

That's because we realize as we mature that the human world is the true villian.... this is also what religion is all about: it is literally only there because everybody despises society.

Which is weird considering that we at the same time that we despise society: perpetuate the notion that it is all just "fine".

nah, it's more like as an adult we see that the (certain tribe of) people who are creating these stories are the actual villains, and their 'villains' are actually stand-ins for us.

As a child, I’m SpongeRobert QuadrilateralPants, as an adult, I’m OctoWard SuctionCups


I think Meta Knight from the Kirby series could have a place in this video. While appearing as an antagonist in nearly every game he appears in, he always has a noble reason to do something that makes Kirby try to stop him. When he tried to conquer Dreamland in the Revenge of Meta Knight subgame in Kirby Super Star, it was because of Dreamland's complacency as he tried to make them ready for any real threat. He failed, of course, as Kirby destroyed the Halberd, but perhaps because of that Dreamland has been ravaged by outside threats such as the Haltmann Works Company or Fecto Elfilis' capture of the Waddle Dees. If Meta Knight had reached Dreamland, perhaps they would have been more ready to resist these threats rather than hiding and hoping to survive until Kirby destroyed the attackers. In Kirby's Adventure, he stands in Kirby's way to protect the Star Rod, and in Squeak Squad he tries to protect a treasure chest, both of which released an extreme threat, Nightmare and Dark Nebula respectively, once Kirby thwarted him. His motives were always solid even when his methods were... questionable at best in Super Star's case. In every other encounter, Meta Knight is either possessed in some form, or simply sparring with Kirby to train him for the journey ahead. Even in the anime, he seems to be working with King Dedede against Kirby but is proven to be helping Kirby from the shadows wherever he can to stop NME.


While i don't understand music choice in this video, i definitely appreciate it.


That was one of the best videos I've ever seen


I expected lord of the flies to possibly be mentioned at some point, I dont remember the book very well but I think it may have fit? IDK it was a good video


Me, The Villain:<br>"I approve of this message."

Me, The Villain:
"I approve of this message."


How about talk about a villain like Palpatine or ultron. Palpatine wants complete Order through political corruption and Ultron is a villain who wants complete extinction. To me they sound pretty scary.


a villain in a video game you can have sympathy for is the arbiter he was sort of the antagonist in halo 2 after the events of the first game he was shamed upon and sleeked to kill master chief until learning the truth about the covenant and became allies with master chief similar to how zuko became allies with aang and how he was also shamed upon in the fire nation


Honestly I kinda wished you talked about Breaking Bad, the shows goal (turning the hero into a villain) meant the viewers sympathised with a manipulative meglomaniac, even the fans legitmately hating Skyler.

@Álex Mitchell I just wished Skyler actually understood Walter’s deepest desires of why he did the buisness. Which I guess was until the end. Which was such a goddamn satisfying ending.

I hate her because she cheated on him, not because she was against drug selling lol

@Dawid Stawowski very good point, I actually liked todd and the actors performance of sounding like a simple man and then smiling as he does unspeakable acts or just brush it off (like the kid). While Walter is an antagonist wrapped up to be the protagonist, its very plain and simple that someone like Todd and the gang were gonna wrong him at least from their first interaction. I might be rambling but in short i agree with you

@Dawid Stawowski my opinion turned when he killed Mike. That was when I understood that he would stop at nothing to keep his drug empire alive

@GD Runny Yes, that was one of the parts where it got you confused on if he was really any good, and what made of his guilty conscious. I’m not necessarily talking about what made him bad. But why people rooted for a bad character.

@RAHATINNAME I mean walter also watched his gf dying and did literally nothing

I was really hoping for an analysis on the grinch

@Dawid Stawowski The show basically seduces you into Walter’s frustrations and belittlings. Where you side with his freedom and lack of consequences. While Skyler gets in his way. I thought people hated Skyler because of things she did which would justify her. It’s weird how that ends up being the opposite and how he’s more justified and Walter is far less

I never understood why people hated skylar she was in disbelief that her husband would be in such a shady business and not warn or tell her wouldnt they be upset???

@Dawid Stawowski did you find him likeable? Since that was a whole point in the show

@Dawid Stawowski I mean Jesse and maybe Flynn were an example of how you rooted for Walter White for his talents and you almost wanted him to succeed because he’s established as an awkward loser. Until he starts manipulating and taking extreme measures like poisoning Brock and staying quiet. So you’d slowly get frustrated with him

@Dawid Stawowski Judging by what he does and from Jesse’s perspective. No


Now I am thinking about “There Will Never Ever be Another Simpsons Episode like Homers Enemy”


The line between light and dark is so very thin…<br>I’m sorry I’ll leave

The line between light and dark is so very thin…
I’m sorry I’ll leave


One thing I'd say is that Zuko is not really a villain, but merely an antagonist to Aang for Books 1 and 2.

@Ijneb1248 yeah I think he changes rolls. That’s fair

Hes definitely the primary villain of the show until admiral zhao takes over, and after that he sort of becomes an anti-hero, especially when azula becomes the main villain in season 2

@AboveU He <b>is</b> a villian at the start, because we don't know that he's basically a kid show antagonist in a world fighting World War 2. Once we learn the Fire Nation outright genocided the Air Benders, Zuko looks more and more like an anti-hero instead.

@AboveU He *is* a villian at the start, because we don't know that he's basically a kid show antagonist in a world fighting World War 2. Once we learn the Fire Nation outright genocided the Air Benders, Zuko looks more and more like an anti-hero instead.

@AboveU I don’t think we articulate it as small children, but perhaps you’re right in that we subconsciously assume so for most of the show.

Yes but as a kid watching the first part of avatar our brain immediately says "Bad guy chases our heroes? He's definitely the villain" but when we look back as adults we see that from the start he was just a confused abused kid.


Just gonna point out one issue with the Taijitu thing. In its original philosophy, neither Yin nor Yang are evil. They are simply seemingly opposing forces (typically natural forces) which are required to be in equilibrium for things to be "good". The concept of "evil" is when the two are disproportionate. The idea that either Yin or Yang are evil is a Western imposition on Eastern philosophy.


Glad a small low-brow show like Avatar: The Last Airbender is finally getting recognition on the Internet!


Lelouch: I am the line in between

Light: haha I’m a psychopath yet I’m the ‘hero’

Zuko: I am the embodiment of the outcast

Eren: I killed 80% of the world for no f*cking reason

Itachi Uchiha: i am a villain or a misunderstood hero "shadow hokage" who chose the lesser evil?

Light was more of a malignant narcissist.


Dutch Van Der Linde is a great example for how people around you can make you evil and it doesn't take long for a hero, to become a villan.

@Tommy Angelo for sure. Poor guy needed a good therapist.

@Veronika K yeah. I think some times, he didn't understand what he was doing neither.

As much as I like Dutch, I think it's mostly his own flaws, insecurities and poor decisions that let to his downfall. I mean, yes, people around him and circumstances played the role too, but for me the tregedy of Dutch is that he turned out to be incapable to fight his inner demons (unlike Arthur).


Kilmonger in black panther is the “villain” I rooted for the most


To think of your opponent as evil is to underestimate both him and yourself.


As someone who aspires to create movies, shows and stories, I've been trying my best to understand and determine how to make a good or even a decent villain. To be honest,, it's a little intimidating. More so than making a decent protagonist sometimes. Not that I thought it would be easy, just harder than I imagined.

Yeah. I want to make my own villain who happened to be the main character. He's a villain who committed vandalism with his gang in the Sugar Bowl world.

A bad protagonist can break your story, but a good villain is the one who makes it.

@T!MI he wants to become filmmaker like me and we both are batman fan

@T!MI u can join my group of 2 people who are me an other guy is batman fan

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@Kendreon the best one is that the hero and villain never meet but both of them have character development. Like hero become villain and villain become hero

@Co thinker I'm a comic creator. You can WhatsApp me with my number above

@T!MI Bro I wanna be your friend. I can give u tips. What is your ambition?

@T!MI  Just keep watching youtube movie analysis, COLLEGE IS USELESS- unless you wanna meet people that will help you out in getting a job- but otherwise useless.

@Kendreon bro, are you on WhatsApp or Instagram or sumthin. I wanna learn from you 😭

@Kendreon bro....best thing I heard all year.

just listen to epic, sad, happy, triumphant music- and imagine a situation that carries the same emotions of the song- that's usually how I come up with good dynamics

Or even better, have the hero redeem the villain and teach a lesson about forgiveness and redemption to everyone.

just have your characters go through a change that makes them the best they can be, and the villain is a contrast of that. The villain should go through a change that makes them the worst of who they are, or maybe have the hero become the best of who he is through an action by the villain- any order of that is fine.

In some ways, having a well written villain is more important than having a well written hero.  Ideally, one would have both, but a well written villain alone can make a story interesting.  I also find villains kind of trickey.


something I find interesting is how many people actually relate to villains; not in the "im so much like joker omg im so dark minded" way but in the sense of their emotional state. The stress of modern society is a very real thing and can make peoples mental state go to shit so fast, and thats what happens to villains (a lot of the time). Whether it be never being good enough to being treated wrongly- there always seems to be some sense relatability in their vulnerability and that what makes so many lined blur- because when it comes down to it whos REALLY in the right?<br>Idk just a thought

something I find interesting is how many people actually relate to villains; not in the "im so much like joker omg im so dark minded" way but in the sense of their emotional state. The stress of modern society is a very real thing and can make peoples mental state go to shit so fast, and thats what happens to villains (a lot of the time). Whether it be never being good enough to being treated wrongly- there always seems to be some sense relatability in their vulnerability and that what makes so many lined blur- because when it comes down to it whos REALLY in the right?
Idk just a thought


I feel like you should have gone deeper with the Friend to Fiend topic and included tragic villains who spiral into madness (I'd call it Man vs. Fall from Grace, Man vs. Tragedy or something like that). It's an entire genre for itself that honestly has some of the most compelling and soul crushing storywriting because you know that if the villain/protagonist had maybe let go of some flaw or lie they held on to, things could have turned out differently.

While Darth Vader (or shall I say Anakin Skywalker) does fall under this category due to the prequels and has a good telling of this, he's painted more to the public as a classical tyrannical villain akin to Darkseid and Frieza (in reality, Palpatine would really fall under this, but initially in Ep. IV that was what Vader was like). Characters like Harvey Dent, Light Yagami, Griffith and Zamasu/Goku Black all display this genre of storytelling much better. While Harvey Dent may not have had much spotlight (cough Joker cough), the fall from grace, his spiraling into darkness and eventual death was so well written and well portrayed by Aaron Eckhart. While he may be more akin to Anakin/Vader in a sense which he had a tragic backstory and became a monster due to his lust for revenge. While western media have good examples of this trope, Harvey Dent was honestly the best I could find with this character arc.

When it comes to manga/anime, I can name a LOT of these. The best examples for antagonists (Light is a protagonist, but could be used as an example for some) would probably have to be Griffith and Goku Black. Griffith was a man who had everything and had a happy life, but he never cared much for the people around him, and his desire for his "dream" blinded him from his already perfect life. This flaw is heavily shown throughout the Golden Age Arc and the straw that broke his back was when Guts got tired of his BS and left him. He made irrational choices he wouldn't make, and had his whole body broken, and when the God Hand finally offered him that dream, he took it immediately and did horrific things (Oh yeah, and I really mean horrific) to Guts and everything he cares about, including the entire Falcon Band just to become what he believed was his destiny. Black/Zamasu is a lot more tame and simple since Dragon Ball isn't as dark and gritty as Berserk, but he follows a similar path to Griffith. When he was first introduced, he has a visibly present god complex and a belief in which mortals are depraved monsters and must be punished, which is then reinforced with the catalysts being his fight with Goku and when he witnesses a planet full of barbaric creatures. It ultimately solidifies his motive and causes him to steal Goku's body and wreak havoc on the universe, and when his ultimate form (Fused Zamasu) is born, the symbolism of his madness begins to manifest into his appearance as he looks like he's literally melting because of how unbalanced he is. This ultimately leads him to be cut by Trunks and transforming himself into this infinite madness plague that had to take being erased from existence by Zeno to kill so he couldn't infect the universe, where in the end, no sliver of his former self is even present as it's drowned out by constant laughter. If the ending of the Black Arc were a lot better and not as deus ex machiney, Zamasu would have probably had a lot better closure and a better reputation.

To summarize more, Griffith and Zamasu are extremely relatable characters because they were generally very morally stable, but still had flaws about how they viewed others around them. They have some lie present, but instead of learning to correct it, these two embraced it and became heartless monsters who did heinous things because they refused to let go of the lie they lived. I could come up with some better examples, but honestly those are the most popular I could think of.

To add a bit more, you could include Walter White from Breaking Bad on that list, but honestly he isn’t all that tragic. Some people would also add Azula, but she was pretty much always evil and manipulative, sort of like Frieza from Dragon Ball. It was just at the end of ATLA which made her look more sympathetic.


"to defeat a monster you will have to become a monster" _Armin Arlet, Attack On Titan


Thank you for giving me ideas for a book.


"Sometimes the people we end up hating the most are the ones we fooled ourselves into loving"<br>Damn that hit hard.

"Sometimes the people we end up hating the most are the ones we fooled ourselves into loving"
Damn that hit hard.

Or the exact opposite. Who we love may be who we once hated the most.

“Same things make us laugh, make us cry.”-Big Smoke

If one can make you happy, they can also make you sad.<br>-master splinter

If one can make you happy, they can also make you sad.
-master splinter

Yea who cares about the deep philosophy in this video. <br>Hell yea, Relationship problems are the deepest shit

Yea who cares about the deep philosophy in this video.
Hell yea, Relationship problems are the deepest shit


Zuko and Mr. Freeze are my favorite Sympathetic Villains.


I'm surprised you don't mention Tony Soprano as a protagonist Gillian @Emplemon. He is a villain who has 7 whole seasons of the most-watched TV serious of all time focused on him and how relatable he is. He has flaws and redeeming qualities - but the point of the show, much like Inglorious Basterds, is that the audience gleefully participates in the violence. We all have a little bit of villain in us. Great video!


22:49 "as much as we hate them, villains are a necessary evil." shows leafy's channel banner

22:49 "as much as we hate them, villains are a necessary evil." *shows leafy's channel banner*

Raandom Player he got banned because of YouTube’s guidelines, apparently he made 12 videos “targeting” pokimaine or something

@Raandom Player Leafy used to do entire videos reacting to people being cringy, and that didn't exclude kids.

i can't even remember what he did wrong lol. never got into him even now

Ahaha lolll 😂 do you have the time stamp?


Recently got into Castlevania, Dracula reminded me of this video


“All it takes is just one bad day”<br>-joker

“All it takes is just one bad day”
-joker


I actually prefer completely evil villains nowadays (eg. Frollo) who are unjustified. Like, give us more of that death and destruction, not that redemption nonsense.


this was Such a good video and i Agree with what you said about the movie "Joker"


This wasn’t a great analysis of the Joker…maybe I’ll come back to the rest of the video some time, but yeah, this video, like most media criticisms of the film, missed what was wrong with the movie. This guy does a good job of explaining part of why the movie was so 🤡😫: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PTEywd6aIjY


I could rewatch your videos for eons man


This is a prime example of why i love youtube


Light is probably the best example of the Villain being the protagonist. We're there for everything. We see Light unravel mentally into a sociopath with a god complex, we watch as he justifies every action he takes, setting up his moral compass, and we watch him bend and stretch these established morals in order to maintain control.  Like Joker, you want to see light succeed in some weird way (some people even think he is the hero and agree with him), but when his naccisistic nature spills out, when he has victory assured or back into a corner and shows his true being, that's when it sinks in he's the villain. Although the fact Light kills people en masse, mentally abuses women, and manipulates everyone even his family, many people still side with him. Rant over, didn't even love death note, but it's such a good story


Attack on titan is a prime example of a show makes us feel sympathy for the villains. Every party involved genuinely believes they are doing the right thing. Btw If u read the manga then u know what I mean.


Silco from Arcane... When he had his clogs popped I bawled my eyes out like a baby.


It's the spongbob episode all over again. And I fricken love it.


Some other villains I have sympathy for are Sirin and Signora. They both have their reasons for doing what they did.


Megamind has a good story, where if you kill the hero, you got no one to fight against


"As much as we hate them, villains are a necessary evil."

*Casually puts Leafy's banner on screen*

Nice.

"As much as we hate them, villains are a necessary evil."

**Casually puts Leafy's banner on screen**

Nice.

@Designed and t series would be the unnecessary supernatural threat in the third act, and Carson would be the likeable villian

20 years down the line there may be a movie about the youtube landscape with leafy starred as the main antagonist


Gotta say I love the use of super mario galaxy music


Light yagami wouldve been a great character for this video.


Heroes and Villains, just see what you’ve done done


A few spoiler warnings might have been appreciated.


"This movie doesn't inspire violence...it explains why violence happens"  - Kenny Tee 2019

@Nathan Montgomery The government has rarely ever succeeded to alter history.<br>So much so we know about every attempt tried.

@Nathan Montgomery The government has rarely ever succeeded to alter history.
So much so we know about every attempt tried.

@1God1Fury You say this, but sound like the same conspiracy theory gubbermint bad types i''ve heard all my life.<br>All ravings and no answers or explanations.

@1God1Fury You say this, but sound like the same conspiracy theory gubbermint bad types i''ve heard all my life.
All ravings and no answers or explanations.

@FeelsGoodMan yet they still succeed in doing so, our government and all governments manipulate history either in a significant or small way it’s basically a tradition we will never get rid of

@FeelsGoodMan Because the older you get, more truth you discover on twisted, corrupted system. It's all about greed and control. Proverg is true: Ignorance is bliss.

@1God1Fury
I understand that the government does shit, and media too, but they're hardly "manipulating" or "controlling" anybody.
The government just slips corruption by the populace, and the media preys on traits that people choose to have.
And rarely by some grand plan, they just fall to the same faults of bias and dishonesty in pushing political messages or becoming corrupt as everyone else does.
It's not even like it's secret, everyone knows about it, we're talking openly about it on the site of one of it's biggest culprits.
You make it out to be so dramatic and cunning, like some crazy cold war spy operation

And big media and government don't want for us to understand that because it become harder to control / manipulate us

Everybody commits violence for different reasons, obviously mass shooters and joker types don't just magically exist, hardly a revelation imo.


for man vs idol electro and spider-man would’ve also been a good one electro was a broken man who was dealt a bad hand and spider-man was the only person he thought he could look up to especially in his time of need he gave him false hope which eventually made him turn to villainy


I always loved the villains more they the heros but never truly win


No their is a character that suffers more than zuko it's the cabbage man  edit:thanks for all the likes didn't expect this much

no, the guy that suffered more than him was the birthday guy

Ikr, decades later he eventually built his own corp but later false-accused by their rival.

Ladies and gentlemen, it has come to my attention that the cabbage guy has suffered far more than any character in the Avatar series.

I have a proposal; we need a cabbage guy origin story. Spinoff time!


You can have sympathy for the villain, but do not let that dissuade you from what must be done.


Avatar kinda has the escalation of villains or enemies for example first we get Zuko then Zhao then Azula then Fire lore Ozai exc.


The editor didn't watch Matrix, and it really shows


Reminder: there was more violence related to frozen 2 than joker

@Asian_Magic .-. The comment was basically bringing up how a media praised movie got people hurt, but the one they claimed would causes shooting caused squat.

@supaluigifan Dont know if you’re saying the talk about the frozen 2 viewing violence thing but I dont remember anything talking about the frozen 2 viewing violence, the frozen 2 thing is what I was asking about

@Asian_Magic .-. during the joker part of the video.

Does anyone have a video related to this?

@Whine <br>You'd be surprised by the amount of things women can carry around in their bags

@Whine
You'd be surprised by the amount of things women can carry around in their bags

@Brian Shafer where'd they get a machete from?

@Brian Shafer Yeah I remember that.<br>Too bad it didn't got addressed as heavy as the screening of it overseas.

@Brian Shafer Yeah I remember that.
Too bad it didn't got addressed as heavy as the screening of it overseas.

@kurtisbutrapper during a viewing of frozen 2 a fight between 13 year old girls broke out that some how ended with a machete attack


I used to be like this when I was a child 😌 !

I thought the term "Villian" was fictional bad People.


In most stories the villian is actually the good guy. The sith for example.


“villains are a necessary evil”<br>shows leafy on screen

“villains are a necessary evil”
shows leafy on screen


i can't believe i havent found a comment about this, the music in this video is top notch. Mario galaxy ost is incredible


Another type of villains are the ones that are considered evil because they did something great but,by doing so,they caused harm. I can think of two major examples
The first one is Ozymandias,one of the Watchmen of the same comics. At first he is portrayed as a good guy,one of the Watchmen and so on,but later he is considered evil.Why? Because he killed millions. but why? He saw Earth starting to collapse because humans fought against each other,and he decided "what if I kill millions and blame a God which is my colleague?"
He did that and poof,now the world is all United because they want to keep an eye to the aforementioned God (Dr. Manhattan,which he himself recognise this and considered this move right). Even tho Ozymandias killed millions with his own personal plan,his actions saved billions,so why is he considered an evil character?

The second one is more detailed and unique,therefore this part will be far long. I'm talking about Savathun,the latest villain of the videogame "Destiny 2" (spoilers ahead).
Mega tl;Dr for anyone who don't know the game:
Earth,current time. We discover a giant ball in the Space and we call it "The Traveler". It lands on Mars,we encounter it and discover that it is the personification of one of Universe's main powers: Light (good). We evolve as a species,centuries passed and the antagonist (the Darkness) found us and wipe us most of the humans. The few remained became Guardians,immortal being imbued with Light.

We,as Guardians,always thought that the Light was all good and the Darkness,with all of its servants,was bad. But Savathun proved the opposite. While she was tricked by the evil force to think that the Light was the evil one,she later discovered this lie and decided to counter-trick the Darkness.

She killed many Guardians,destroyed a realm,cause many harm to do so,but she later passed to the Light. But we decided to kill her because we didn't trusted her. But,by doing so,not only we become the villain,we also destroyed the sole ally capable of understanding better the Darkness.

In the game, there's always a sentence,"The Line between Light and Dark is thin",and this is the example: even tho we're the good guys and the Darkness is the bad guy, sometimes we become the bad guys and sometimes bad guys have plans that tend to save billions by sacrificing millions.

So yeah,the villains that "Do greater good by doing bad things" are also a type of villains which I absolutely adore


The way that I immediately recognized the super Mario Galaxy theme you used in this


I just want to brag about the "bad guy" I made for my dnd campaign real quick.

Hes a Drow Elf named Phillip— because I have this habit of giving my bad guys silly little names so people won't take them too seriously until they do something truly terrible that throws you off guard.

Here's the thing about Phillip though...you don't know he's a bad guy, because in all honesty, he isn't bad. He just opposes YOU.

The minute you meet Phillip, he's offering you pastries. After all, you just woke up in a weird environment, you have amnesia, and he's very worried about you!
You, with amnesia, are in need of answers but Phil is insisting you stay, even to the point of making you fight him to prove that you'll be ok out in the world (in the most Toriel of ways.)

For the rest of the game, they will not see Phillip. His name will not be mentioned other than as "The Game Master." Hes of little consequence, and though he sends out sizable blocks to stop your journey, of course you can beat them. You're the hero, after all!

But when you finally reach the end...you're not sure that's the case anymore. Because what Phillip has to say is pretty jarring. He wasn't evil to begin with. He doesn't explicitly want to hurt you— but its either you or his whole world right now. Youre stuck inside a deity's dream...and for you to be able to go home, you must wake that deity. However to do that would mean not only the end of Phil, but the end of his whole world. He knows this. He expected your arrival. And since the beginning, he was begging you to stay in a place where he could ensure not only your safety, but everyone else's as well.

It's your fault Phillip has to do this. It's your fault you need to fight Phillip. And though you had a choice to stay where you are and be complacent, it couldn't be expected of you, and he knew that all along too. It was always your destiny to go through your trials and grow as a person— he just really hoped he wouldn't have had to do something about it. But now you're both here...and if it comes down go to you, or the only home he's ever known and will ever known, it's going to be his home.

@Let's Get This Bread yup, keeps the character more sympathetic and likable.

@MW Elite I love the concept of the concept of the villain not really being a villain tbh, for whatever reason.

@Let's Get This Bread thats a really interesting idea for a villain.

@MW Elite he is, honestly, my most wonderful creation.

Maybe more wonderful than Volans, who started of as a villain and frankly, an asshole. However, it's slowly revealed that's not by choice. He was roped into a pact with a demon, and the demon has been all but blackmailing him for 23 years. His friends tell the demon to go away, and he does, but he leaves a piece of himself inside volans on a sort of Voldemorty way. Now Volans is on the path of betterment, bit has no idea this demon (who's name is Steven) is biding his time and waiting for a good time to attack Volans using his new meat puppet . :)

I would watch a movie with a villain like that.


no. morals are simple. applying same rules to yourself as you do to others.


Then i remember Chimera Ant arc, when your protagonist turned into a monster and your monster antagonist turned into a human


There will never be another show like Avatar: The Last Airbender

There will never be another show like Avatar: The Last Airbender

@TimeWarpDrive 77 Oh I didn't say Iroh was the ONLY redeeming character, I just said he was the BEST character. I admit that avatar was not an award wining master piece, a classic for the ages, but it was a worthy story with an excellent story arc, the characters actually develop, the story stays true to its self, and the overall writing improves as the show progresses, which is INCREDIBLY rare in television.<br>The show was a juggernaut in its class, it is NOT some third rate s%&t anime as you would have us believe, plus it's not even an anime, since it was made in the good ol' US of A!

@TimeWarpDrive 77 Oh I didn't say Iroh was the ONLY redeeming character, I just said he was the BEST character. I admit that avatar was not an award wining master piece, a classic for the ages, but it was a worthy story with an excellent story arc, the characters actually develop, the story stays true to its self, and the overall writing improves as the show progresses, which is INCREDIBLY rare in television.
The show was a juggernaut in its class, it is NOT some third rate s%&t anime as you would have us believe, plus it's not even an anime, since it was made in the good ol' US of A!

@John Smith A single character cannot save a show/movie..

@John Smith A single character cannot save a show/movie..

@TimeWarpDrive 77 Yes, General Iroh from avatar, he was such a good character that he alone makes the show more than a "Shity anime".

@Big Black Billy Goat I think your in the wrong comment thread, my friend...

@JumpyWizzzard I mean we're all being fairly civil except for you and your alt so uh sure

@JumpyWizzzard Eh, I'm convinzed this is just your alt by now, stop being a clown

@QWE RTY Not like ratings actually matter besides a rating is entirely subjective as well. The Room is a pretty popular movie and beloved by many for good reasons so again ... my point still stands

@QWE RTY What rating ? You don't make any sense dude. The Room is a pretty beloved movie and it's no secret lol

@QWE RTY My point still stands. Also I'm sure there's many people out there that genuinely like The Room unironically. Even if you don't think The Room is a good movie by definition watching it is a lot of fun for milions of people. Sure The Room is a meme but many people genuinely had a fun time watching that movie

@JumpyWizzzard He was being needlessly rude in all of his comments. No need to defend the guy he has pretty bad takes and clearly isn't capable of having a civilized discussion

@Interdimensional Deity yeah, it can kinda be annoying, but he definitely doesn't think that liking a tv show is flat out wrong

@TimeWarpDrive 77 what makes ATLA bad in your opinion?

@TimeWarpDrive 77 what makes ATLA bad in your opinion?

@JumpyWizzzard Ah I see. But is it actually good to do it though? Because to me it seems like a bad way to voice you're opinion. It might send the wrong message.

@Interdimensional Deity It sounds crazy, but now that you mention it, I'm pretty sure people do this thing called "exaggerate" where they pretend something is bigger than it actually is to prove a point.

@JumpyWizzzard Their opinion is fine honestly, it's just that they said that they were "stating facts". They're basically saying that their opinion is objective, at least I think that's what they were saying. The problem isn't their opinion it's that they said it in a rude way instead of being respectful. They could've said that it was their opinion and it probably would've been fine.

@TimeWarpDrive 77 lmao I don't get why people are getting mad at you for having an opinion

@Eevee * i would suggest infinty train, primal, and kipo age of wonderbeast for starts

@TimeWarpDrive 77 what is that supposed to mean? not being rude just asking

@TimeWarpDrive 77 what is that supposed to mean? not being rude just asking

@TimeWarpDrive 77 Just asking out of curiosity what is it about Avatar that you don't like? And can you make a detailed reply? Again just asking out of curiosity I don't mean to be rude or anything.

@QWE RTY No the age of the protagonist doesn't imply or say anything about the show. Plenty of good and bad shows that have young or old protagonists. Avatar is beloved for a reason and I don't think it's hard to see why personally but at the end of the day whether a show is good or not is subjective anyway

@Mechanomics I get what you mean, It's their opinion and it's fine to dislike something even if it's popular, but what I think the real problem is that not only did they say that they were "stating facts" they also called those who watch avatar masochistic. Some people probably would've been okay had they simply said it was their opinion, but the fact that they said that. Doesn't that seem just a little arrogant to you, or do you also think that they're just simply saying their opinion? And out of curiosity do you agree with them?

@TimeWarpDrive 77 bazinga my guy, bazinga.

@TimeWarpDrive 77 bazinga my guy, bazinga.

@Double No.. never said it was "just my opinion".

@Double No.. never said it was "just my opinion".

@TimeWarpDrive 77 Did you not do the same thing saying you were "just stating facts" when it was just your opinion?

@QWE RTY I never said the show had no flaws there was no need for this ... also "and most importantly u cant except people to take show seriously when protagonist is kid" ??? That point is just straight up bad and wrong. I'm sure there's plenty of good and well written shows with young protagonists out there in fact I know there are because I can think of at least 2 off the top of my head. Avatar and HxH even though I'm not a huge fan of Gon (the protagonist). I've seen a few episodes of Monster and from what I can tell it's a good show but my point still stands and again there really was no need for your comment

@TimeWarpDrive 77 being a contrarian must be exhausting work kid.

@TimeWarpDrive 77 being a contrarian must be exhausting work kid.

@RoiRoiJe A couple of things imo. If you want to have a conversation about the show here's my Discord placeholder#4514

@TimeWarpDrive 77 Every show that's popular is popupar for a reason ... especially Avatar The Last Airbender in my opinion

I finished my first watch of it a few weeks ago and I still don't really see what makes Avatar so special. Sure there's a good few cool scenes and I like the characters, but it doesn't stand out from other shows I've seen that are just good.

@TimeWarpDrive 77 It's always funny in a peculiar sort of way when you don't join in on the circle jerk over media and people upsettingly dismiss you as a troll. As if a real person couldn't dislike whatever it is that they like. Strange stuff.

Dragon prince is pretty gud, I'm not sure if it will be the same level as Avatar.

@you-got-reported-fam Why do you waste your time responding to 'quote on quote' "trolls"?

@TimeWarpDrive 77 "not a Masochistic"<br>why do you waste your limited time trolling people online?

@TimeWarpDrive 77 "not a Masochistic"
why do you waste your limited time trolling people online?

@Chet Ubetcha Never said that you couldn't watch or enjoy avatar.... Im just not a Masochistic.

@LX BDK (Notifications are OFF) Never said I was cool.... Im just stating facts.

@ayy lmao I'd also argue that Steins;Gate has the most logically consistent and seemingly feasible mechanic of time travel in all of media (that I've seen at least). An absolute masterpiece in that sense. With Edge of Tomorrow coming at a close second by being way more simple but being tied to the plot in an extremely deep way (based on the manga/novel All You Need Is Kill).

Also yes, FMA in both iterations is pretty fantastic story telling. I'd definitely put it on par with Avatar: The Last Airbender.

@TimeWarpDrive 77 Well, then please enlighten us. What is the proper way to entertain oneself?

@TimeWarpDrive 77
Extremely bad take.
Also just so you know, hating on something beloved doesn't automatically mean you're cool.

Na.. theres tons of shitty animes that people like for no reason

Na.. theres tons of shitty animes that people like for no reason


This has to be the best video i have seen this week


Correction: the Joker exploded in popularity after Jack Nicholsons legendary performance in 1989.


I like to think of heroes that we love to hate.  There's your typical garden-variety "antihero" who is made to be imperfect in an appealing way, but there's also many characters in both fiction and in real life who are fundamentally good or even heroic, but are imperfect in the most undignified and unappealing ways.  Plenty of people are cowardly, boorish, or both, yet somehow they produce greatness in the end.  In the same way that appealing villains challenge our morality, unappealing heroes can accomplish this.

The best well-known example of this is Hank Schrader from Breaking Bad.  In Naruto, the character Choji (the fat kid) served this role in the series for a while, until one episode where he nearly martyrs himself.


ALL CAPS WHEN YOU SPELL THE MAN'S NAME.<br>RIP MF DOOM, THE VILLAIN.

ALL CAPS WHEN YOU SPELL THE MAN'S NAME.
RIP MF DOOM, THE VILLAIN.

@Quatreunhuit he's a bird! Don't be harsh on the poor lad.

@Soma Cruz yeah but I wrote this before I got to the clip. Sorry.

@skibidibap emp literally uses a clip from one of his music videos in this video 17:58

@skibidibap DOOM is good for the children! :D

@Borgwardd honestly idk, I cant see DOOM in the same light as any of the other villains shown here. But I guess your right

@skibidibap what do you mean, "not relevant." DOOM was a <b>villain</b>

@skibidibap what do you mean, "not relevant." DOOM was a *villain*

I honestly saw the title and thought it was about DOOM

This is the only non relevant to the video comment that I'll unconditionally like. DOOM will rule the world.


during the part where he was talking about the devil he showed hades he is not a villain in real mythology  he rules the underworld not hell and in fact some might say he is one of the only gods in Greek mythology unlike Zeus who cheats on his wife like 30 times making most of the demigods


Friend to Fiend: Dio
Man vs Self: Johnny
Man vs Monster: Kars vs Joseph
Man vs Machine:...
Man vs Order: Morioh gang vs Kira
Student vs Master: Gyro vs Ringo
Man vs Idol Johnny vs Valentine
Man vs Society:...


Ayo why is Canada into legal puppy murderin’?

It’s always the sweet apologetic quiet ones. *sigh*

I had a feeling those poutine peddling pupper punchers were hiding their true inner Cruella DeVille.

Ayo why is Canada into legal puppy murderin’?

It’s always the sweet apologetic quiet ones. **sigh**

I had a feeling those poutine peddling pupper punchers were hiding their true inner Cruella DeVille.


just sayin the retro symphony for the devil goes hard


Zuko is an amazing character and shows that we all make choices that end up making us. Few of us would choose to be evil, but many people make very self serving choices to the point that they no longer consider or value the experiences of others.


Might I also add Captain Matias Torres into this? He is, from as far as I have seen, the most insane villain ever. (Spoilers for Ace Combat 4, 6 and 7 up ahead.)

Mihaly, Pasternak and Yellow 13 are good people, just that they were fighting on the wrong side. There were noble acts they did. They were almost like you were fighting another version of you. However, Torres and the 300 other men on the Alicorn wanted to kill 1 million, because they derived pleasure from it. There was nothing noble about Torres’s actions. The man, simply put, was a monster. That’s what being stuck under the sea for 2 years does to a mf.


Gypsy crusader is also a good example of "you are really wrong for what you are doing but kinda right i know why are you doing this"


fun fact: from a biblically accurate standpoint, satan isnt a red man with horns. when he was in heaven, he was the most beautiful angel, so beautiful in fact, that god thought that he was being controlled be him. so he threw him out of heaven.


one of the best videos I have ever seen on youtube


“Joker Zuko isn’t real he can’t hurt you”

Joker Zuko:

He joins the Avatar, but then uses a Glock 17 to shoot him while he's in the Avatar State

"You want to know how I got this scar...?"
...
"That's rough buddy."

(The combo's even funnier considering Mark Hamill voiced both Joker and Ozai.)

I looked for too long to find anything mentioning zuko and this I get?


Would have loved to see Hannibal Lecter :)


im surprised that you didn't mention the lego batman movie in the ending segment, its a perfect example of "You Complete Me."


when more gun started playing i started taking this video really seriously


I always liked the villains more than the heroes in every movie.


How did y’all not even reference anything from megamind, that is the literal message of the entire masterpiece

Right?? You have the initial battle of nature (unknown) vs nurture (criminal) end with a victory for nurture, which is often the backstory for villains. Then you have the character intentionally overcome said nurture aspect because of what, in hindsight, may have been in their nature all along. It does a great job of showing how people get trapped in the roles society has given them, but unfortunately doesn’t have the popularity or death toll of other villain-based movies.


am i the only one who roots for the villain if they had a reason behind what they did 💀💀??


Gabi from AOT would be viewed as a hero if we watched from a Marleyan pov and eren would've just be viewed as a chaotic evil character thst lacks empathy. Perspective is key to everything


The threat is ourselves when there is no threat against us


There is a distinct, but often forgotten, difference between a sympathetic villain and an anti-villain

A sympathetic villain is a bad guy whose actions are undeniably bad, but are explainable.  A guy gets abused as a child and grows up to be an abusive husband himself.  There really are no instances where being an abusive husband or father is anything but contemptable, but it is through outside forces that the guy has wound up in that situation.  The Joker is a sympathetic villain.  Killing people is bad, but we see and understand how he got to the place where he can enjoy talking about killing people on the subway.

An anti-villain is an antagonist who not only has a sympathetic past, but to them at least, their actions are not villainous.  Zuko is an anti-villain, since to him, capturing the avatar is a patriotic mission to aid his country in the 100 year war.  Magneto is another prime example.  He's seen the dangers of humanity twice, once as a Jew in the Holocaust and again as a mutant who has been openly persecuted and attacked by the government, and has pretty much taken command of an army to ensure their very survival.  They don't even have to be a bad guy, simply in opposition to the protagonist.  Inspector Javert in Les Miserables is an anti-villain since he is constantly hounding Jean Valjean, but he is the opposite of a bad guy, since he is essentially an incorruptible police officer.

I think a good way to recognize designated heroes and villain could be "Unintentionally unlikable hero" and "Unintentionally sympathetic antagonist". The movies/show/medium with bad writing have protagonists that do shitty things and yet the narrative and the world they live in insist they're doing the right thing, whereas the people they attack are usually just doing their job or get shitted upon even when they do something for the ungrateful protagonists, or aren't actually that bad. It's about a dissonance between what the narrative dictates and how we perceive it.

A prime example could be "The Lost World: Jurassic Park" The reason it's got mixed reviews is because to some viewers, Ian Malcolm's team are a bunch of reckless hippies that release captured dinos causing various deaths, then after they're saved by one of the "bad guys" who gets brutally killed by the T-Rex parents, Vince Vaughn's character takes out the bullets from Pete Postlethwaite's shotgun when the T-Rex attacks him. Thankfully Pete's character doesn't die, but what an ungrateful dick. And the movie wants us to root for him.

To a worse extent Robin Williams in "Patch Adams" is one hell of a designated hero. He makes fun of a paralyzed person (fun fact: paralyzed people CAN hear you) he steals from hospitals (which isn't true to the real life Patch Adams), he and his co-workers don't do a checkup like real doctors should do on the clearly mentally ill guy, then when the romantic token love interest stupidly decides to go over the mad guy's house all alone and gets killed by him, Patch DOESN'T treat her death like a mistake in his ways that he should improve upon, but something he must get over with. Fuck that film.

And don't get me started on General Holdo from "The Last Jedi"...

I think a good way to recognize designated heroes and villain could be "Unintentionally unlikable hero" and "Unintentionally sympathetic antagonist". The movies/show/medium with bad writing have protagonists that do shitty things and yet the narrative and the world they live in insist they're doing the right thing, whereas the people they attack are usually just doing their job or get shitted upon even when they do something for the ungrateful protagonists, or aren't actually that bad. It's about a dissonance between what the narrative dictates and how we perceive it.

A prime example could be "The Lost World: Jurassic Park" The reason it's got mixed reviews is because to some viewers, Ian Malcolm's team are a bunch of reckless hippies that release captured dinos causing various deaths, then after they're saved by one of the "bad guys" who gets brutally killed by the T-Rex parents, Vince Vaughn's character takes out the bullets from Pete Postlethwaite's shotgun when the T-Rex attacks him. Thankfully Pete's character doesn't die, but what an ungrateful dick. And the movie wants us to root for him.

To a worse extent Robin Williams in "Patch Adams" is one hell of a designated hero. He makes fun of a paralyzed person (fun fact: paralyzed people _CAN_ hear you) he steals from hospitals (which isn't true to the real life Patch Adams), he and his co-workers don't do a checkup like real doctors should do on the clearly mentally ill guy, then when the romantic token love interest stupidly decides to go over the mad guy's house all alone and gets killed by him, Patch DOESN'T treat her death like a mistake in his ways that he should improve upon, but something he must get over with. Fuck that film.

And don't get me started on General Holdo from "The Last Jedi"...

@ADT116 Yeah. Protagonists and antagonists are roles that are part of the elements of the story while heroes and villains are characters whose morality are good and evil. For the "designated" part, it means the person can be a hero or a villain because the story said so, even if his/her actions and motives says otherwise.

The so-called "hero" acts nothing like the traditional heroes can do, and more like a villain than the actual villain can do because he/she caused more damage and hurt others. The so-called "villain" maybe hating the hero for different reasons, possibly due to the disturbance by a series of shenanigans, and the "villain" is considered to be innocent.

@Mr. Friendship The words you're thinking of are 'antagonist' and 'protagonist.' Heroes aren't always the protagonists and villains aren't always the antagonists.

I agree with you on Tom, although I guess it could be argued that Tom takes a little too much glee sometimes in wanting to kill/eat Jerry, but then again, that's his nature as a cat. Jerry also isn't totally innocent either. I don't really see them as a hero/villain dichotomy, understanding either's point of view depends more on which one's the protagonist in an episode.

What is more interesting are the designated heroes and designated villains.

Designated villains are bad guys who are viewed as "villain" despite doing the right thing while designated heroes are good guys who happened to be the worst than the villains.

Imagine if a police officer is the villain of the story who did the right thing while a juvenile delinquent is a hero who vandalized pretty much everything, and steal stuff around the place.

Take Tom and Jerry as an example. Tom is just doing his job as a house cat but viewed as a bad guy for the sake of becoming the one while Jerry is a good guy who steals food from the fridge (which it's understandable since he needs food to survive) and harrassed Tom, even if Tom himself started the fight in some time.

Thank you. This is something I see a lot of people confuse. The thing that separates antagonists like Zuko and Joker is that the former isn't actually evil. It concerns me to see people so sheltered that they act like there's no such thing as objective evil. Subjective morality is a post-modernist lie.


1:37 As yes, I remember converting to Harry Potter as a wee lad, only leaving just a few years ago


Yo pienso que no es exactamente una simpatía hacia el villano, si hablamos de humanos, sería más una simpatía hacia el ser humano, ya que si todos nacemos cómo hojas en blanco es entonces la sociedad y la vida que nos toque vivir la que convertirá a una persona en un villano, es decir si a uno le hubiera tocado esa misma perra vida, no hubiera cometido los mismos errores? Uno sería menos malo que aquella persona que no tuvo tanta suerte?


No one gonna talk about how sympathy for the devil was playing in the background


1:36 I like how they're all religious books and then there's Harry Potter


One “villain” that has stuck with me since I was like 5 is Mega mind. I don’t know why I was so attached to the movie but I still watch it and see myself in him, like a lot :)

@Masked Creator damn that’s insightful bro. I had no idea

@Adam Randolph I think that's why it's called "Megamind", Adam

@Adam Randolph protagonist =/= hero. he considered himself to be a supervillain even near the end of the film.

light is the protagonist of death note, but he's far from being a hero.

Megamind was the protagonist literally the entire movie

@caprisun addict I totally see what you mean, I love Megamind as well. That movie deserves so much more recognition, it seems pretty unfairly forgotten :/

@Masked Creator YES THANK YOU OH MY HECK. I feel like no one remembers the movie

Megamind was a great villain.  Megamind really tried to not be evil, tried to reform, but thanks to Metro Man's influence, Megamind thought the only thing he was good at was being bad.  As the movie progresses, we see Metro Man's selfishness and Megamind's problems.  It's a shame it was mostly forgotten.


Right out of the gate the entire video essay falls flat with a very uninformed explanation of morality. Morality is not defined by religion, and it's not difficult for the mind to understand. It's actually a very inherent quality to the human mind. It's only difficult to define since it's such an abstract and contextual construct. Much of what moral philosophy grapples with is trying to create a system that agrees with moral intuition. There are moral philosophies within and without theology, they are not remotely synonymous


12:29 love how CARNAGE is talking about the other guy being crazy XD
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Great video but I wonder if you can do a video on what make a great hero.

I agree. A lot of people undersell heroes in fiction, when a good written hero is a huge part of a story.


The fact that "sympathy for the devil" is playing in the background while he explains the meaning of evil is... I love it

I didn't know because I've never heard this song in my life nor do I even know the name 😭


Most People : "Sympathy for The Villian"
The Quiet Kids : "Empathy for The Villians"

Most People : _"Sympathy for The Villian"_
The Quiet Kids : _"Empathy for The Villians"_


pound for pound this may be emps greatest video


You're right most people aren't trying to be evil. They're just selfish and angry.

Also wouldn't zukos beginning be more man vs society then man vs self later on?


Zuko is one of those characters that makes you understand why they do what they do. You want him to succeed and be a better person but you follow him back into that path where he undoes much of the work forward that he does and you feel sorry for him. His story is so well done that you feel sad when he goes against the group again.


Pleased to meet you, hope you guess we live in a society


this video is insanely good bro your MIND


Huh.

Everyday I start to understand Thanos alittle more


I think the best, most consistent and most interesting set of fictional villains is the one in the Avatar universe.. They really made a huge effort to give a backstory and a reason for pretty much every action taken by these characters and even blurr the line between good and evil from time to time.. this is the case for ATLA and Korra.. just think of the equalists, Zahir, Jet, Azula ...

I think what’s interesting is that even Avatar knows by the end of the day when writing a story with a hero you still need a villain. I’ve seen similar comments echoed and surprisingly few mention Ozai at all

Korra was dog shit in hot water. They made that only because they knew  people would watch it no matter what.

korra's are pretty iffy, but zuko and azula are great yeah


Those TF2 references explain the naming of the section, "Man vs Machine"


I think "kenny tee" sums it up "the joker doesn't inspire violence it shows why it happened to begin with" (not his exact words I altered them a little


In dog man a book by the same author of captain underpants had a character called petey who was bad because people wouldn't give him the chance to change so he embraced the evil


[SPOILERS FOR FINAL FANTASY VII INCOMING! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!]

Only me who felt sympathy for Sephiroth? He wasn't evil at first. When he was in SOLDIER he was a kind and good guy. It was when he learned about his "true origins" that he became evil however. For me it was actually sad to see him go from good to evil. I'm not saying he was good, he just turned evil.


Can we have sympathy for the lost villain RIP MF DOOM.


Even as a kid Robbie Rotten was less than a villain to me


I mainly sympathize with villains if they're hot


I really disagree with the part about the joker. Massacres don't stem from hatred or bullying, madness stems from entitlement


Damn, didn't know EmpLemon also lives in a society.

@Scientist Walter We stared into the Void.

THE VOID STARED BACK.


Several psychopaths have probably watched this


Yo that frame of religious books with Harry Potter right next to the Bible had me cackling! 😆😆😆😆


Whats still weird to me is Anton Chigurh who is not very relatable but is debatably the best villain ever


Lol u started using l4d music and I thought I accidentally started the game up for a second. I liked your video essay (:


You forgot the most important conflict

Gamers vs society

Once the glass ceiling is broken, our oppressed group will prosper once again!

Come on we all know joker is a Gamer like us

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In the Soul series of games ( Soul Edge/Blade, Soul Calibur 1-6, other tie ins... not to be confused with the Souls series of games) the main antagonist of the series is Soul Edge.

Characters aware of the nature of soul edge say that it’s an evil blade that doesn’t belong in the world.

I think they’re wrong.

What is Soul Edge?
It’s a sword that w... meh, back story schmack schtory.

Soul Edge is a parasitic weapon that feeds off human souls. Once a human picks up the sword, Soul Edge will begin to take control of their mind (few have been able to resist). The sword transforms into the weapon best suited for its current human host, and remembers all previous hosts fighting styles.

It then goes on a rampage in order to kill human beings and feast on their souls.

This is not evil. This is being on the top of the food chain. Soul Edge is hungry, and it’s good happens to be human souls.

This is as evil as anyone who’s not a vegetarian or vegan. It’s as evil as a vegetarian and vegan as well. It’s a living creature that lives by consuming living creatures that is going about trying to get its next meal. Of souls...


Do one analysis on Johan from Monster..

He is the embodiment of Evil and no he isn't forgettable like Malefacent


as a wise man once said "AM THE JOKER BABY"


Some villains you can relate and some times think why did hero stop him


The real villian now is.....

No one. That's the beauty of Attack On Titan

@Konitrix until my enemies are destroyed

@Sly Fox  Etzala rügg mal n stügg!<br>Guter Geschmack, 10/10 Ofnekäse. Dadsächlich sogar

@Sly Fox  Etzala rügg mal n stügg!
Guter Geschmack, 10/10 Ofnekäse. Dadsächlich sogar

@Sly Fox Haider etzala überall am Start?!?


Everyone remembers Maleficent but that's more for her design and raw presence than her mindset in specific. Maleficent is the high point of Sleeping Beauty.


The jussie smollet thing came out of nowhere, and lemon can tell the future apparently


If y’all want a unique take on Anton Chigur, you should watch Wendigoons video The Rule of Fire. Good shit


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His lessons will be remembered as The Most Despicable in The Course of Villian History,
Rest In Peace, Mr. Rotten
May you takeover Lazytown in another life

@Stillchill0 well, the problem is, Dr. Pepper doesn't any free time.

@absolutelynotJacob let pepper comment on random youtube videos in his spare time man dont be that guy the foundation is cruel

Hello Dr. Pepper.

The foundation is sincerely asking you to please get back on duty and review the [REDACTED].
Please comply ASAP.