Anonymous asked: Top five villains and/or morally ambiguous antiheroes?

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Anonymous asked: Top five villains and/or morally ambiguous antiheroes?

okay, so, i’m going to have to split this down gender lines otherwise: impossible. also impossible anyway because it’s all about the villains, so consider this more the villains that i’ve been thinking about this week. or something. well, morally-ambiguous anti-heroes, as apparently that’s where i decided to take this.

men

1. wesley wyndham-pryce & spike/william the bloody

“You try not to get anybody killed, you wind up getting everybody killed.”

“Yeah, I could do that, but I’m paralyzed with not caring very much.”

2. john constantine

“My talent’s for lying. For sticking the knife in when people least expect it. Then walking away with a smile and a wave before they even realize they’re bleeding.”

3. tom ripley

Dickie Greenleaf: Everybody should have one talent, what’s yours?

Tom Ripley: Telling lies, forging signatures and impersonating almost anybody.

4. gaius baltar

“I am not on anybody’s side.”

5. boyd crowder

“I’ll give you 15 reasons in the mag, and one in the chamber.”

women

1. selina kyle (catwoman)

“My world is all just shades of grey.”

2. ros myers

“You have to admit that if there was a war between India and Pakistan it would sort out a few issues.”

3. marquise de merteuil

“I’ve always known I was born to dominate your sex and avenge my own.”

4. faith

“You hurt me, I hurt you. I’m just a little more efficient.”

5. atia of the julii

“Fetch the dogs.”