Poll: Who is the real Dark Lord?
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When I hear Dark Lord, the name Sauron practically punches me in the mind until I acknowledge it.
Voldemort, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, You Know Who, Tom Riddle... stop me if these ring a bellCCCPIronCurtain said:
Hearing "Dark Lord," I generally think of your typical, black-hooded-cloak, manipulative, and powerful Sith-type person, an ominous shadow engulfing the lands in which his/her nefarious plots will largely take place. No one character comes to mind, just the nightmarish idea of a malicious being, which is probably fitting.
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EDIT AGAIN: Also, if you ever wondered... "Dark lord of the Sith" Darth. I'm curious what "Jedi" is an abbreviation for.
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What really makes someone a "Dark Lord"? Reckless use of power? Big, black cloaks? Needlessly spiky helmets? I think there's more to a "proper" evil overlord-y person than ridiculous human resources and cartoon villian ethics. Looking at most of the listed candidates, I think most of them were trying to accomplish something more than accumulation of power. Vader supposedly wanted to improve the galaxy as he defined "improve", Voldemort (if memory serves) wanted to do the Magneto thing and exterminate those he deemed unworthy or something, Satan... has too many goddamned incarnations, (make up your own fucking demons, writers of the world!) Hitler wanted the "master race" to control the world, (or maybe it was just "be the biggest bastard in history," for all I know) etc.
I think the difference between a Dark Lord and a formidable, power-crazed fuckhead is having an "end justifies the means" goal (you know, besides "more money/power") s/he's willing to do anything to achieve and actually goes through with it no matter how their former friends and family look a them now. Of course, this also might describe quite a few anti-heroes and the like. Maybe it's the minions?
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I think the difference between a Dark Lord and a formidable, power-crazed fuckhead is having an "end justifies the means" goal (you know, besides "more money/power") s/he's willing to do anything to achieve and actually goes through with it no matter how their former friends and family look a them now. Of course, this also might describe quite a few anti-heroes and the like. Maybe it's the minions?
[sub]I had half an hour to kill.[/sub]
EDIT AGAIN: Also, if you ever wondered... "Dark lord of the Sith" Darth. I'm curious what "Jedi" is an abbreviation for.
If !Benjamin 'Yahtzee' Croshaw! is such a Dark Lord, then why did you spell his name wrong. You couldn't get away with that with a proper Dark Lord. It's in the handbook and everything.Okysho said:
Really? Sauron and Vader are always referred to as such.CCCPIronCurtain said:
I'm assuming you're a HP fan, and/or have not seen much LoTR/SW.
Who is the real dark lord?
The top 5% of banking officials in the USA. Most of them are in the FED, so they can create bullshit laws that are totally illegal in nature to skim money from the banking system.
OT: The giant squid man.
The top 5% of banking officials in the USA. Most of them are in the FED, so they can create bullshit laws that are totally illegal in nature to skim money from the banking system.
OT: The giant squid man.
Then let them take offence, they're perfectly welcome to do so.kayisking said:
OT: Sauron. He basically represents everything that is opposite to the good of Middle Earth.
I was going to say the Lich King, but Arthas himself was a good man so the character has too much moral depth to simply be the "Dark Lord".
satan...did you people see the night on bald mountain scene in fantasia?
dude doesnt even have to get his hands dirty, he just manipulates the ones above.
dude doesnt even have to get his hands dirty, he just manipulates the ones above.
A Weakgeek said:
This is now Revan's thread
damn straight
darth revan + star forge at his disposal, he'd rip sauron in half just because he felt like it.
you seem to be forgetting your lore arthas is the second host to the lich king nerzhul was the first and bolvar is the 3rd lich kingPandalink said:
as seen below
the lich king himself is the Nerzhul anyone who is wearing the armour can control the evil if they can
