History AffablyEvil / Fanworks

* ''FanFic/DungeonKeeperAmi'' has [[ThoseTwoGuys Mukrezar and his Butler]]. One, a quirky GeniusDitz, with a serious [[ComedicSociopathy bloodthirsty streak]] that fails to actually compremise his charisma. The other, WickedCultured, with ManlyFacialHair and a [[BadassInANiceSuit classy suit]]. A literal BattleButler. Both? Awesome.

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* [[AntiVillain Umbra]] in ''Fanfic/AndTheStoryContinues''. He's a shinigami who mostly operates on the usual BlueAndOrangeMorality of his species, and as such is very amoral, [[spoiler:[[AndThenJohnWasAZombie arguably even more so than when he used to be]] [[GoodIsNotNice L]]]]. But he's also rather friendly, cooperative and childlike, bordering on EndearinglyDorky at times. He's the only shinigami that volunteers to help Sidoh retrieve his notebook, is a FriendToAllChildren, and [[spoiler: is in love with Erin, who he's been watching for a few years prior to meeting her (again).]]

* ''FanFic/DungeonKeeperAmi'' has [[ThoseTwoGuys Mukrezar and his Butler]]. One, a quirky GeniusDitz, with a serious [[ComedicSociopathy bloodthirsty streak]] that fails to actually compremise his charisma. The other, WickedCultured, with a BadassBeard and a [[BadassInANiceSuit classy suit]]. A literal BattleButler. Both? Awesome.

* ''Fanfic/TheManyDatesOfDannyFenton'' (''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' WesternAnimation, [[{{Series}} TV Series]], and ComicBooks.): Cree Lincoln from WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor at the start of her date, though she drops the Affably part after Danny dumps her upon discovering her child-hating nature.

* In [[Fanfic/{{Downfall}} Downfall]], most of the villains are motivated by truly noble intents. Of course, any fic that has [[spoiler: Unohana, Ukitake, and Kyoraku]] working to overthrow the Seireitei...it's a given. Bonus points for making [[spoiler: Aizen, Gin, and Tousen]] the ''good'' guys. ''Realistically.'' By the time the reader's done, they want Seireitei burnt to the ground...

* Nora and Ren [[AdaptationalVillainy become Salem's loyal followers]] in ''FanFic/AuntSalem''. They are still their hyperactive and stoically respectiful selves respectively, but they are perfectly prepared to commit any atrocity to defend the Cult of Salem.

** Lucius is a borderline example - he's capable of being perfectly polite to everyone, and usually takes the trouble to be so, but this is usually flavoured by condescension and his point of view sections reveal that he only cares about himself and his family. As far as he is concerned, everyone else can go hang. So he's usually got good manners, but they're more manners for the sake of manners than any genuine regard.

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* In ''Fanfic/PerfectionIsOverrated'', [[spoiler:Meiko Moriya]] might be pretending to be Mai's friend but remains relatively courteous and polite to her after [[spoiler:Mai blows her and Bachiko's cover by realizing that they weren't friends]]. She even apologizes for being relatively familiar with someone she's just met, and goes from calling her "[[FirstNameBasis Mai]]" to calling her the more polite and formal "[[LastNameBasis Tokiha]]-[[UsefulNotes/JapaneseHonorifics san]]".

* [[AntiVillain Umbra]] in ''Fanfic/AndTheStoryContinues''. He's a shinigami who mostly operates on the usual BlueAndOrangeMorality of his species, and as such is very amoral, [[spoiler:[[AndThenJohnWasAZombie arguably even more so than when he used to be]] [[GoodIsNotNice L]]]]. But he's also rather friendly, cooperative and childlike, bordering on {{Adorkable}} at times. He's the only shinigami that volunteers to help Sidoh retrieve his notebook, is a FriendToAllChildren, and [[spoiler: is in love with Erin, who he's been watching for a few years prior to meeting her (again).]]

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** When not engaging in violence, many of the White Fang's soldiers are quite amicable towards each other. It's hard not to fall into this when Adam is a standard.
** Sienna Kahn can also be polite to those who are respectful in return, provided they also get results too.

** [[EvilSorcerer Monsieur Verde]] is also pretty affable. Though considering he's loosely based on [[Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog Dr. Facilier]], that's to be expected.

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* ''Fanfic/AhArchfall'' has Hild, who may rule Hell but she appears to have developed a liking to Jago due to his bluff and open nature. Enough to give him her personal phone number.

* In ''FanFic/NegaverseChronicles'', the [[MirrorUniverse Negaverse]] version of [[MadScientist Gyro]] is portrayed this way. He will be perfectly polite to anyone he talks to, will show his blueprints when asked, offer gifts or a share of the profits to his fellow criminals, but he also intends to steal Scrooge [=McDuck's=] money and doesn't have a problem with the idea that his [[LivingBattery invention might]] [[PoweredByAForsakenChild kill someone]].

* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' has Baron Zemo, who is perfectly calm and polite at all times, will [[CombatCompliment take the time to genuinely compliment]] a WorthyOpponent on their stratagem/skills, and the most impolite he ever gets is mildly [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]]. He's also a ruthless SocialDarwinist who believes entirely in HYDRA's agenda of placing 'the strong' above 'the weak', as well as being both utterly merciless and beyond deadly in close quarters combat as Greyback, [[spoiler: the aged up kids]] and later, T'Chaka and T'Challa, found out. In the second case, he was also remotely piloting a weapon he had never used before and took down [[spoiler: what was effectively a version of Superman that traded in 25% of the strength for PsychicPowers, [[PhysicalGod Wonder Woman]], [[SuperSoldier a female Captain America]], the Flash, and one of the Warriors Three]].

* ''FanFic/WhiteSheepRWBY'': [[BigBad Salem]] Cinder, and the rest of her minions, while still antagonistic, [[AdaptationalNiceGuy are more genuinely friendly and polite than in canon]]. [[spoiler: Pyrrha is taken aback when Salem's "evil plans" involve giving her a decent lunch and sharing with her Jaune's baby pictures]].

* In {{Fanfic/Uplifted}} most of the high ranking Nazis act like this.

* ''Fanfic/BringingMeToLife'': The albino twins who in their appearances are rather polite, as well as the twin who waves at Max after trying to shoot him and Trinity.

* ''Roleplay/YukariIsFree'' has Nai'tyrrus/Ghostmaster, political ambassador of the [[AliensAreBastards Veluszhi Imperial Military]], and definitely the most polite of its three leaders, unlike his compatriots [[BigBad Warmaster]] and Nerdmaster. This is best exemplified during [[spoiler:his attack on Hawaii]], where he politely takes tea with and speaks courteously to Sasuke and Rei, even while [[spoiler:his ghost familiars are destroying the city, and he even fully admits that he's only keeping Sasuke and Rei around until they bore him.]]

* In ''FanFic/WhiteSheep'', [[BigBad Salem]] Cinder, and the rest of her minions, while still antagonistic, [[AdaptationalNiceGuy are more genuinely friendly and polite than in canon]]. [[spoiler: Pyrrha is taken aback when Salem's "evil plans" involve giving her a decent lunch and sharing with her Jaune's baby pictures]].

** Which is taken up to ''true'' AffablyEvil with his clone in the second season. He has rather less of a vendetta against Sherlock, and is something of a fairly polite and definitely respectful StalkerWithACrush towards Beth Holmes.

* ''[[https://my.w.tt/rgv8oRbQIZ Final Stand of Death]]'': Music/MarilynManson doesn’t hide the fact he’s evil, the evilest man in America, yet he remains calm and a gentleman. He often has kind discussion with the [[Wrestling/WWE Los Boricuas]] while searching for Fusion Gundam.

* [[AntiVillain Umbra]] in ''Fanfic/AndTheStoryContinues''. He's a shinigami who mostly operates on the usual BlueAndOrangeMorality of his species, and as such is very amoral, [[spoiler:[[AndThenJohnWasAZombie arguably even more so than when he used to be]] [[GoodIsNotNice L]]]]. But he's also rather friendly, cooperative and childlike, bordering on {{Adorkable}} at times. He's the only shinigami that volunteers to help Sidoh retrieve his notebook, is a FriendToAllChildren, and [[spoiler:is in love with Erin, who he's been watching for a few years prior to meeting her (again).]]

** Quirrell and Voldemort sing, dance, pick up girls, and watch ''Film/ShesAllThat'' in between plotting to murder Harry. Oh, and one of Voldemort's Horcruxes is [[spoiler: a Creator/ZacEfron poster]].

** Nyx is pretty genial and happy-go-lucky for a MadBomber utterly devoted to someone like Zim. Similarly, Ying is unfailingly polite, but dutifully serves as Nyx's BattleButler enforcer.

* There are couple of examples in ''[[Fanfic/TheLionKingAdventures The Lion King Adventures]]'':

* ''WebVideo/FriendshipIsWitchcraft'' has, naturally, canon FriendToAllLivingThings Fluttershy, who still keeps most of what makes her adorable in [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic the actual series]], even trying to talk Rarity out of donating her sister's college fund to the local ReligionOfEvil, finally giving in at Rarity's insistence. [[spoiler:And accepting the money; who do you think is cult leader?]]

** In [[BadFuture Dark World]], Rancor, Discord's little sister, is a FriendlyEnemy towards the mane cast despite the fact she's one of Discord's CoDragons and a BloodKnight who is looking forward to her turn to fight them. She does things such as asking Rarity for her autograph (she's a fan of [[spoiler:Rarity's past life, Melody]]), commending them on their fights, and even [[spoiler:giving Apple Pie the last pages of a comic the Valeyard used in a BreakTheCutie on her, revealing it was a BittersweetEnding and not a DownerEnding]] for seemingly no other reason than to PetTheDog. And while she ''is'' vicious when she actually fights them, she spends the majority of the fight talking to them politely. [[VillainousCrush And hitting on Spike]]. Justified as she's a PunchClockVillain who has no actual grudge towards them and is only doing this because her Father told her to.
* In the ''WebAnimation/PonyDotMov'' series, we have [[spoiler: (yet again) Fluttershy! It seems that every time Fluttershy is portrayed as a villain she's depicted as this, although that's hardly surprising when you consider how she is in canon]]. To drive the point home, [[spoiler: she never even swears (whereas the others are shown to all [[SirSwearsALot curse like drunken sailors]]) not even after she snaps and becomes a chainsaw wielding psycho]]!

* [[TheDragon Princess Dinky]] from ''FanFic/BadFutureCrusaders'' is well liked by her followers for always being pleasant and even chatting with them from time to time, despite "[[HiddenDepths the nasty rumors surrounding her]]".
* Fluttershy, ''again'', plays this role in ''[[FanFic/FaithAndDoubt The Abundance]]''. As one of the "Five Queens Of Harmony", she will spread true harmony all over Equestria...by brainwashing ponies into being obedient and kind, and she tries to be the most reasonable one of them all. Trixie, however, deconstructs this; Fluttershy is completely delusional and the only reason she is kind is because she doesn't want to engage in the horrible acts of the other Queens, she just sits back and watches. To Trixie, that makes her the worst one.

* In ''Fanfic/GenderConfusion'', it's difficult to distinguish who the bad guys really are until one of them actually goes out and commits a canon atrocity... and then you still need to remind yourself that, yes, they were the ones in the wrong.

** Barbedo is unusually for this trope not an antagonist; he was the most vicious and monstrous pirate to ever live, and he got worse after he and his crew were [[CursedWithAwesome cursed with immortality]]. To everybody's surprise, Barbedo's friendly enough to Team Aurabolt when they meet him, [[spoiler: handing over the Star Badge animating him without any fuss, agrees to a fight for his ship and takes his defeat to Tiny in a drinking contest with good humor.]] He's unapologetically brutal and loves being the worst sort of pirate, but his friendly demeanor and fondness for his [[TrueCompanions crewmates]] make him likable in spite of that.

* ''Fanfic/RubyAndNora'': Corbin Branwen is the leader of a BanditClan, but he hled his wife’s hand while she was in labor, was heartbroken by her DeathByChildbirth, and seemed to have been a kind father to his children, even if he wanted them to continue the Branwen tradition. None of this stopped [[spoiler: [[TheSociopath Raven]] from killing him to take control of the tribe from him.]]
* ''FanFic/ServiceWithASmile'': Vale's criminal underground, as it turns out, [[NeighbourhoodFriendlyGangsters can be very polite and genial to people they like]]. Jaune, having opened an excellent café with excellent service, manages to get on their good side. Even Cinder is very polite and appreciative to Jaune- [[DeconstructedTrope but she will still not hesitate to kill him if he gets her in way]].
* In ''FanFic/WhiteSheep'', [[BigBad Salem]] Cinder, and the rest of her minions, while still antagonistic, [[AdaptationalNiceGuy are more genuinely friendly and polite then in canon]]. [[spoiler: Pyrrha is taken aback when Salem's "evil plans" involve giving her a decent lunch and sharing with her Jaune's baby pictures]].

* In [[FanFic/{{TheNotSoShortSecondLifeOfBreeTanner}} The (Not So) Short Second Life of Bree Tanner]] and its companion piece, ''Ashes through an Hourglass'', Alec from the Volturi comes across as charming, insightful, and sympathetic, without betraying his more villainous tendencies like manipulating Bree, showing a general indifference to human life, and casually ploting and rationalizing murder.