Nothing kills my motivation for stopping a villain harder then when their end goal isn't villainous.

  • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    Yeah there are so many of these, especially in jrpgs.

    • Wilhelm from Xenosaga: Corporate CEO who uses time travel to fix what he regards as human imperfections. Confusing because he's an evil CEO which I understand, but he also time travels to save people's lives and end wars and stuff like in Quantum Leap. He's considered in the wrong because he shouldn't have unilateral time powers so you kill his dudes with your giant robots. Well, ok.

    • Ghaleon from Lunar: Wizard who lost his friend in a war, then swore he'd end all pointless conflicts and bring peace...which he does through declaring himself Magic Emperor and enslaving millions of people. Ok.

    • Delita Heiral from Final Fantasy Tactics: Peasant boy becomes a knight and rises up through the ranks, only to be betrayed and his sister is killed in a Byzantine power grab. He swears vengeance against the whole system that led to his sister's death and swears to make the world better. He stages a grand revolution against the monarchy and church, seizes total power and...becomes an evil dictator. Oh, ok.

    GOOD jrpg villain is Kefka from Final Fantasy VI. He's an magical gay clown who likes doing mischief, and that's it, that's his whole story. :joker-troll:

    • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Wilhelm from Xenosaga: Corporate CEO who uses time travel to fix what he regards as human imperfections. Confusing because he’s an evil CEO which I understand, but he also time travels to save people’s lives and end wars and stuff like in Quantum Leap. He’s considered in the wrong because he shouldn’t have unilateral time powers so you kill his dudes with your giant robots. Well, ok.

      This makes sense because there are no good CEOs. Any CEO claiming to be good is lying.

      • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        Yeah, he's also a cult leader who explicitly worships Jesus. Xenosaga goes places, I talk shit but honestly I love those games.

    • SaniFlush [any, any]
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      2 years ago

      Kefka Palazzo was given magic powers through an abominable, torturous black magic program which drove him to despair, and then put in command of an army by a guy who didn’t give a fuck so he could do war crimes. He’s the living embodiment of The Consequences of My Actions.