Evil Tastes Good: Difference between revisions

* Given that the [[I Cannot Self-Terminate|the only way to kill an immortal]] in ''[[Baccano!]]!'' is to [[Identity Absorption|"devour" them]], an [[Evil Tastes Good]] metaphor is practically required to show up. The [[Light Novels]] don't even try to dance around it, going straight for the cannibal implications of [[You Will Be Assimilated|Szilard Quates]]'s murder spree.

* [[Inukami!]] has {{spoiler|Jesei}} who feeds on despair. He says [[Evil Tastes Good|nothing is more delicious than provoking despair.]] Naturally this means pushing people past the [[Despair Event Horizon]].

* Hexxus in ''Ferngully'' describes [[Card-Carrying Villain|spreading pollution, devouring animals and destroying the environment]] with quasi-sexual glee in "Toxic Love", a [[Villain Song]] ''ode'' to [[Evil Feels Good]] and more so, [[Evil Tastes Good]]. Even more evident in the extended version. While the in movie version danced around it, the extended version has him outright state: "I feel good, a special kind of horny."

* [[Sarah Michelle Gellar]] has an [[Evil Tastes Good]] scene in ''[[Cruel Intentions]].''

* Would iliaster, from [[Infernum]], count? This is the spiritual essence of a soul, physically torn away and polluted with anguish and suffering, and demons must consume it to survive. Iliaster is also used for things like engine fuel and the basis for medicines. Basic iliaster, called plasm, is actually noted as "crude, tasteless and unsatisfying" -- demons—demons who can afford it prefer to soak meat and, occasionally, vegetables (best not look too closely at either) in the stuff to add some more flavor and texture. Strain, iliaster generated from souls forced to labor on through exhaustion, apparently tastes better (though it's only as "nutritious" as plasm), but is mainly used as the demon equivalent of ''petrol''. Agony, generated from souls kept conscious despite intense physical pain, is very potent (five times stronger than an equivalent dose of plasm) and is generally regarded as the wine of Hell. Sorrow, produced through psychological pain, is twice as nutritious as Agony and is the closest thing demons have to sacramental.

* Shark fin soup is considered a Chinese status symbol, its high cost marking it as a special food at weddings and banquets. To source the fins, sharks are finned alive, then tossed back into the sea to die slowly--sharkslowly—shark meat is not as economically valuable as the fins, so their fin-less bodies are left to sink to the ocean floor, unable to swim, where they will be defenselessly preyed upon or die slowly. Add to this that shark fins taste bland and that the soup would otherwise be plain-tasting if it didn't contain fish broth as well.