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KTera
Since: Oct, 2010
Chabal2
Since: Jan, 2010
Mayana
Since: May, 2019
3rd Mar, 2020 01:00:29 PM
He would be the Token Evil Teammate.
S.O.L.I.: Code 7 is coming and nobody will stop it. Your salvation is near.
MiinU
Since: Jun, 2011
3rd Mar, 2020 01:57:48 PM
Seconding Enemy Mine.
I wouldn't mind failure so much, if I didn't fail so much.
Miss_Desperado
Since: Sep, 2016
5th Mar, 2020 08:16:28 AM
See also Angels, Devils and Squid, and Evil Versus Oblivion.
If not for this anchor I'd be dancing between the stars. At least I can try to write better vampire stories than Twilight.
Unsung
Since: Jun, 2016
5th Mar, 2020 11:48:19 AM
Magus is something of a subversion as well, since he only became the Evil Overlord he is to gain the power he needed to fight Lavos in the first place.
For the exact example I'm thinking of: in Chrono Trigger Magus starts out as a Disc-One Final Boss, but later appears as a recruitable character. Despite this, he's still no angel and mainly is joining because he realizes Lavos is a threat to him as well. Most players still let him join as he is the most powerful player character by far. I'm thinking maybe Pragmatic Hero (the party would be this, not Magus.)