Ever Cheer For the Bad Guy?

[kjh242]

Usually if the "good guys" are dumb enough.
Also, Code Geass is arguable. Sure Britannia was trying to take over the world, and all their leaders were weirdos, but Lelouch is just such a douche...
Also, why didn't anything ever happen to Nina? (the lesbian who tried to nuke tokyo like three times or something...)

 

[thethingthatlurks]

Not nuked, that would destroy more than just a single town. Destroy the village, burn it to the ground, and you have an adequate comparison. It's a single place, wholly unimportant to the planet as a whole, and it will likely be ignored by most people.

...so if someone burned a place to the ground, it's perfectly justified so long as most of the world doesn't care?

My house is one part of a town, making it even smaller. If someone came and burned my house down, I'd most definitely consider the person that did it to be evil. Based on your logic, the person that did it isn't evil so long as I'm the only one who cares?

I have seen the light.

Are you in any way shape or form involved in a war against a presumably legitimate authority? If so, yes. If not, no.

 

[wrecker77]

In frosty the snowman, I rooted for the sun.

Cookie for the reference!

0T: Not usually. Most times I just want to see the villain more. Most of them don;t really get a chance to develop as much anymore.

 

[The_Deleted]

Kratos. By III he was hilariously aggressive... but you gotta love the big goof.

 

[Nick of Blades]

I usually root for the bad guys, such as the Decepticons in Transformers and The Empire in Star Wars.

 

[Miumaru]

Not offhand, but I like the villians that just lost their way as opposed to pure evil. All Doom wanted was to talk to his mommy.

 

[DarkenedWolfEye]

I cheered for the werewolves in B&C: the movie, because that movie was terrible and I saw the werewolves' side more than the humans' side.

 

[Arafiro]

Throughout GSestiny I just wanted Kira to die a horrible death. He always came and ruined everything in every battle, although frankly I couldn't even identify who the "bad guys" were sometimes. I rooted for ZAFT until the last episode.

 

[massaffect123]

I usually find myself feeling sorry for the faceless peons, not the leaders usually. You know, the poor infantry type grunts who are just doing their jobs to put food on the table. Of course, it probably doesn't help that I imagine all of them having families with at least five kids, but yeah...

 

[thethingthatlurks]

I meant on the level of "evilness," not in terms of believability. Star Wars isn't really on the same level as a cartoon

Not nuked, that would destroy more than just a single town. Destroy the village, burn it to the ground, and you have an adequate comparison. It's a single place, wholly unimportant to the planet as a whole, and it will likely be ignored by most people.

Oh, bad time to mention that I love The Prince, or Nietzsche's work?

Sure is, because the only philosophy I despise more then Machiavellianism is Nihilism. That, and certain Determinists who use their philosophy of choice to justify everything. Fucking Determinists.

Regardless of their "importance", killing a fucktonne of innocent people is, by any stretch of the word, evil, moreso if nothing is accomplished by the task.

Star Wars and Saturday Cartoons shouldn't be compared. The makeup of cartoon serieses and sci-fi movies are completely different. And even then, how are they less evil than Team Rocket?

I'm pretty sure Machiavellianism isn't a word, but you maybe realpolitik is what you're looking for
Oh, and it's existentialism, not nihilism. Nietzsche hated nihilism, and he is only associated with classical nihilism, not the modern "I kill because I can" sort of nihilism.

But something was accomplished! A potential threat was removed, and the empire had a show of power that intimidated its enemies. You might call it evil, I call it necessary

Wait, Team Rocket is evil? I always thought they were just doucebags for the sake of being doucebags, and possibly comic relief...

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

When the villain is more interesting character (which is quite often I find) is a much more interesting character then the heroes, I root for the bad guy. Urseula from Little Mermaid, Mephiles from Sonic 06, Freddy Krugger, these guys are the real show stoppers.

 

[the farkinator]

I cheered for Matt Damon in The Departed. DiCaprio pisses me off.

 

[DMShade]

I cheer for the Bad guy usually for certain reasons. Mostly, because I think they don't deserve to 'go out' just yet. They should be allowed to rack up more Awesome Villainy points before we make this their climactic showdown. You want them FURTHER over that moral line, or they're just so Honourable in their Evil you'd be pissed if they went out like a Punk; you want the one-on-one against the storm or a sunset duel to the end where the winner earned it and the loser gets to go out with grace.

 

[superbatranger]

In Law Abiding Citizen, I wanted Clyde to kill everyone.

This. Oh my f**king God this.


Also, does Dexter count as a bad guy?

I'd call him an anti-hero. He's taking care of "unchecked versions" of himself, but in a way that isn't approved by society. Which is killing them, cutting them up, and dumping them in the Atlantic Ocean. He's more or less a good bad guy, a serial killer vigilante, if you will. Oh, and I cheer Dexter on every episode.

I also wanted Clyde to kill everyone and exact revenge. He was so close, too! Damn you, Jamie Foxx with your meddling.

 

[Icecoldcynic]

I wonder how long it takes for Death Note and Code Geass (up to interpretation mind you) get mentioned.

Lol who would want L to win? I was with Light all the way! Obviously though this is the opposite of what the thread wanted. I suppose L does have a lot of fangirls, so they might have rooted for him.

Personally I rooted for the humans in Avatar. I hated those blue monkey things.

 

[CrazyGirl17]

Would Doctor Horrible count?

 

[Kingshadow6]

I was just about to make a thread on this, actually. I just saw Avatar a few days ago, and the whole time, I was rooting for the military to win. If Jake had just done his job instead of doing what he did, the entire conflict may have been resolved peacefully.