Pronounced YAK-you-luss
I feel that it's unwise to overgeneralise. Great villains can be great for many reasons, and it's hard to assign any common categories to all of them beyond 'they are well-written'. A great villain can be an Anti-Villain who you almost agree with, a heart-breaking Tragic Villain, a terrifying Hero Killer, or an utterly despicable Complete Monster, depending on the requirements of the story and their role in it.
What's precedent ever done for us?
United Earth
edited 9th Feb '13 6:02:11 AM by TheHandle
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
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Unless you're talking about non humans, at which point they ought to be grotesque. But really, the reason why (for example) Johann from monster is beautiful is not because he is evil, but because the common citizen wouldn't even suspect of what lies underneath the facade, and so they go near...
edited 16th Jan '13 12:08:14 PM by luislucas
One Winged Egret
Charisma.
Crazed Lawrencian
A sense of cruelty often going into the sadistic, as is the case with Frieza and Light.
Proud member of the IAA What's the point of being grown up if you can't act childish?
...can still bite
United Earth
edited 9th Feb '13 6:03:30 AM by TheHandle
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
edited 9th Feb '13 6:03:04 AM by TheHandle
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.