Line #69 Quotes/AntiVillain


1	!!AnimeAndManga
2	->''"I neither understand you nor accept you. Whereas for the Hero Killer...I don't accept him either...but I'' '''do''' ''understand him. For both me and the Hero Killer we started out...by watching All Might. [[VillainousRescue And back then, I was saved by him.]] At the very least, he didn't destroy because he'' '''wanted''' ''to. And he didn't give up so fickly. His methods were wrong, but he tried to live according to an ideal."''
3	-->-- '''Midoriya''' talking about '''Stain''' to '''Tomura Shigaraki''', ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''
4
5	!!{{Blog}}s
6	->''Apparently someone has tasked the ''ComicStrip/DickTracy'' creative team with adding more “psychological depth” to the strip’s villains so we can understand their “motivations” or whatever, so, here you go: Mr. Roboto robs banks not just because he loves the money, but because bank robberies provide a thrilling change of pace from his otherwise dull life. It’s not clear what he feels like dressing up as a {{Music/Styx}} robot adds to the whole process, or why cyber-cosplay isn’t enough to alleviate the ennui and why he has to bring crimes into the mix, but I think we know enough for us to feel a twinge of empathy when Dick inevitably [[CowboyCop shoots him in the face.]]''
7	-->--'''''Blog/TheComicsCurmudgeon''''', [[https://joshreads.com/2020/01/candle_in_the_wind-mp3/ "candle_in_the_wind.mp3"]]
8
9	!!{{Comic Book}}s
10	->''"You ask me if I'm a good guy or a bad guy, and well... I mean, if I didn't think I was a bad guy when I was trying to '''kill Spider-Man''', how can I trust myself to answer it now?"''
11	-->-- '''Eddie Brock''', ''ComicBook/VenomDonnyCates'' #25
12
13	->''"Our enemy is never as evil as we imagine. And maybe we're never quite as good."''
14	-->-- '''Amanda Waller''', ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''
15
16	!!{{Fan Works}}
17	->''Why was it that everyone always had to have sympathetic reasons for being [Alex's] enemies? Why couldn't he ever have to kill someone who was just a raving murderer, driven by hate and evil and an urge to [[KickTheDog kick puppies]]?''
18	-->-- ''Fanfic/{{Unfamiliar}}''
19
20	!!{{Film}}s
21	->''"You're a good guy, Cassim. But not'' too ''good. Ha ha!"''
22	-->--'''Iago''', ''WesternAnimation/AladdinAndTheKingOfThieves''
23
24	->''"I may be a bastard, but I'm not a fucking bastard."''
25	-->--'''Seth Gecko''', ''Film/FromDuskTillDawn''
26
27	!!{{Literature}}
28	->''"Marcone's good intentions could have paved a new lane on the road to hell. But dammit, I couldn't hate him anymore"''.
29	-->-- '''Harry Dresden''', ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles''
30
31	->''From a distance, one's adversaries seemed fiends, but with a closer view, one saw their sincerity and it was as great as one's own. Perhaps Satan was the sincerest of the lot.''
32	-->-- ''Literature/ACanticleForLeibowitz''
33
34	->''"[S]peaking as one who’s dealt with both sides closely on many occasions, let me tell you that the most visionary, most dynamic, most effective, most selfless, most courageous, most HEROIC people that I have met in the past thirty years - have been supervillains.”''
35	-->-- '''Mephisto the Mentalist''', before listing a number of VigilanteMen, {{Byronic Hero}}es, {{Well Intentioned Extremist}}s, and other Anti-Villains, ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'', [[https://whateley.academy/index.php/story/razzle-dazzle-part-3 "Give'em The Old Razzle-Dazzle", part 3]]
36
37	->''"She isn't a bad guy. She was scary and mean. But she's not bad."''
38	-->-- '''Ben''', ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', on [[VillainProtagonist Skitter]]
39
40	->''"All of you. Me. We didn't save the world. We never did. We saved humanity. We always saw saving the world from humanity's selfish, selfish point of view. I'm beyond that now, Arthur. To save the world, I have to sacrifice humanity.''
41	-->--'''Clyde 2.0''', ''Anti-Hero'' by Jonathan Wood
42
43	!!LiveActionTV
44	->"I know I was wrong. But in my head, I thought I was wrong for the right reasons."
45	-->--'''Frank Sobotka''', ''Series/TheWire''
46
47	->"You start to tell the story, you think you're the hero. [[HeelRealization And then when you get done talking]]...
48	-->-- '''Detective [[spoiler:[=McNulty=]]]''', ''Series/TheWire''
49
50	!!{{Music}}
51	->''We were once so close to heaven\
52	Peter came out and gave us medals\
53	Declaring us the nicest of the damned''
54	-->-- '''Music/TheyMightBeGiants''', "Road Movie to Berlin"
55
56	->''I told him, "You can have my cash,\
57	But first you know I gotta ask:\
58	What made you wanna live this kind of life?"\
59	He said, there ain't no rest for the wicked\
60	Money don't grow on trees\
61	I got bills to pay\
62	I got mouths to feed\
63	There ain't nothing in this world for free\
64	I know I can't slow down\
65	I can't hold back\
66	Though you know I wish I could\
67	Oh, no, there ain't no rest for the wicked\
68	Until we close our eyes for good"''
69	-->-- '''Music/CageTheElephant''', ''Ain't No Rest For the Wicked''
70
71	->''No one knows what it's like\
72	To be the bad man\
73	To be the sad man\
74	Behind blue eyes\
75	No one knows what it's like\
76	To be hated\
77	To be fated\
78	To telling only lies\
79	But my dreams\
80	They aren't as empty\
81	As my conscience seems to be''
82	-->-- '''Music/TheWho''', [[Music/WhosNext "Behind Blue Eyes"]]
83
84	!!{{Theatre}}
85	->''"And tho' I'd be the first one to say that I wasn't a saint,\
86	I'm finding it hard to be really as black as they paint.\
87	I'm reviewing the situation.\
88	Can a fellow be a villain all his life?"''
89	-->-- '''Fagin''', ''Theatre/{{Oliver}}'' ("Reviewing the Situation")
90
91	!!{{Video Game}}s
92	->''"Don't make yourselves the villains of my story."''
93	-->-- '''Ivor''', ''VideoGame/MinecraftStoryMode''
94
95	->''"I'm not some cannibal, Lee. Some killer out in the woods. Some...v-villain. I'm.... just a... dad. I coach little league."''
96	-->-- '''The Stranger''', ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadTelltale''
97
98	->''Black-hearted evil, brave-hearted hero\
99	I am all, I am all, I am''
100	-->-- Theme of '''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'''
101
102	->''Standing here, I realize\
103	You were just like me\
104	Trying to make history''
105	-->-- "It Has To Be This Way" ({{final boss}} theme), ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance''
106
107	->''[[spoiler: Dr. Maruki]]'s an adult with a warped desire, but... That desire's just a wish for us all to be happy, right?''
108	-->-- '''Ann Takamaki''', ''VideoGame/Persona5 Royal''
109
110	->''It's just that it's weird to hear him talking about Dad that way. I wasn't expecting him to be so...well, nice.''
111	-->-- '''Estelle Bright''', regarding '''[[spoiler:Colonel Alan Richard]]''', ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky''
112
113	!!WebOriginal
114	->''[[Franchise/LyricalNanoha Nanoha]]'' doesn't have villains, it has ''antagonists''.
115	-->--''[[http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?720814-WIW-Nanoha-A-s/page27 WIW Nanoha A's]]''
116
117	->''Some villains are complicated. They're less villain, more antagonist. Their backstories are nuanced or [[TragicVillain tragic,]] their [[WellIntentionedExtremist motives complex,]] their character oddly relatable and even [[HeelFaceTurn sometimes redeemable.]]''
118	-->-- '''Red,''' WebAnimation/OverlySarcasticProductions
119
120	->''No one will escape the fury of the Flag Smashers, a movement with a nefarious plan... to deliver food and medicine to refugees. But don't worry, they'll kill ''just'' enough people to qualify as villains.''
121	-->--'''WebVideo/HonestTrailers''' on ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier''
122
123	!!RealLife
124	->''I think of her kind of as an 'anti-villain', a person in the villain's role who is not actually villainous.''
125	-->-- '''Rich Burlew''', creator of ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''

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