Evil Is Cool: Difference between revisions

* ''[[Haroun and the Sea of Stories]]'' averts and references this. The villains are the enemies of all stories - therefore, they despise anything that looks interesting or impressive. The [[Big Bad]], Katham-Shud, even turns into a dramatic [[Eldritch Abomination]] [[One-Winged Angel]] form for all of a second just to contrast this trope to his weaselly, unimpressive self.

* [[Stephen King]] reportedly hates this idea, and his later works try to send the message that "evil is pathetic". This is probably why the villains from his ''[[The Dark Tower]]'' series suffered ''severe'' [[Villain Decay]] in the last book.

* The (extremely fangirled) [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]] Pollution in [[Terry Pratchett]] and [[Neil Gaiman]]'s book ''[[Good Omens]]'' is VERY MUCH Evil Is Cool. And [[Evil Is Sexy|hot]].

** And Crowley

* Among the ''[[Redwall]]'' fandom, the [[Exclusively Evil]] vermin tend to be more well-liked than the [[Always Lawful Good]] woodlanders.

* Although determining who is "evil" in [[A Song of Ice and Fire]] can get quite difficult, there are some characters who simply exude cool. Tywin Lannister, especially when he puts on his [[Bling of War|golden lion battle armour]], his [[Anti-Hero|son Jaime]], the [[Weird Trade Union|Faceless Men]], the [[Always Chaotically Evil|White Walkers]], [[Cain and Abel|both Cleganes]], [[Magnificent Bastard|Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish]], [[The Chessmaster|Varys "the Spider"]], [[Badass Bookworm|Prince Rhaegar Targaryen]], and [[Noble Top Enforcer|Kevan Lannister]]

 

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