Evil Is Cool: Difference between revisions

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[[File:butt slappin awesome1.jpg|frame|link=http://www.commissionedcomic.com/|[[Star Wars|Darth Vader]] [[Dual-Wielding]] [[Chainsaw Good|chainsaw]] [[Laser Blade|lightsabers]]. [[Awesomeness Is Volatile|"If he got any more awesome he'd explode."]]]]
 
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Plus, there are all those marvelous ''[[Running Gag|toys]]''! Wait. Already said that.
 
Compare [[Good Is Boring]]. Contrast [[This Is Your Brain on Evil]] and [[Being Evil Sucks]]. See also [[Balance Between Good and Evil]]. Ignore [[Good Feels Good]], those [[Heel Face Turn|traitors]] don't know what they're talking about. And those ''[[Rule of Three|wonderful]]''... Ahhh, forget it. The reason [[Love to Hate]] exists. [[Dark Is Not Evil]], [[Noble Demon]]s, and some [[Anti-Hero|Anti Heroes]] (especially [[Nineties Anti-Hero|Nineties Anti Heroes]]es) harness the coolness of evil without the actual ''evil''. Oh, and not to be confused with [[Evil Is Deathly Cold]] -- that's a different kind of cool entirely.
 
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== Anime and Manga ==
* The Principality of Zeon in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]''. They have the fancy uniforms and scary [[Cyber Cyclops]], and gained huge legions of fans in Japan and everywhere. [[Mobile Suit Gundam 00|Ali al-Saachez]] is ''incredibly'' popular with the fans, despite being a [[Complete Monster]]. Why? Well, for the girls, there's his [[Evil Is Sexy|rugged]] [[Fetish Fuel|good looks]], and for the guys? Put simply, Ali is horribly evil...and he's [[Badass|made]] [[Laughably Evil|of]] [[Badass Normal|awesome.]]