Who do you think are some of the coolest Villains in media?

[MysticDevice]

Any franchise, any medium. Everybody always talks about heroes. But villains are always the more interesting characters because the writer get to be more creative with them knowing they have to lose anyway.

[NamerOfStars]

Tell me you haven't played Planescape:Torment without saying you haven't played Planescape: Torment.

Anyway, with Star Wars, you have Vader, the unstoppable 800-lb gorilla, who's a mental and emotional wreck of a human being, essentially enslaved by his loyalty to the man who destroyed him. He's physically and magically (so to speak) very strong, but held back and isolated by the very things that empower him, and the reputation they (and his actions) gave him. A fascinating work of both power and pathos.

But you also have Thrawn, who's so much more directly impressive that I'm not going to go into great detail, so as not to spoil anything. Seriously, go read his trilogy- you won't regret it. I'm told that Disney plans on (or already has) put him in some of their stuff; you probably want to avoid that. They don't understand Star Wars, and they definitely couldn't do him justice; it'd be like them trying to do Claude Frollo.

I kind of have to disagree with you on Maul, though. He was nothing more than an attempt to recapture Boba Fett: intimidating appearance, fancy, agile mobility, and no character whatsoever. He has a grand total of five lines of dialogue to Fett's four, but given how little he actually says, that doesn't add much. He's a force of... well, not nature, but plot, and seems all the more artificial for it.

[AaronKrieger]

MOVIES
- Anton Chigurh: No Country For Old Men (terrifying)
- Joker: The Dark Knight (ignoring the cartoons, since there's too many)
- Bane: The Dark Knight Rises (ignoring the cartoons, since there's too many)
- Darth Vader: Star Wars
- Karl Ruprect Kroenen: Hellboy
- Witch King of Angmar: LOTR Fellowship of the Ring
- Voldemort: Harry Potter
- T-800: Terminator (T-1000 is cool as well, but not as badass)

SHOWS
- Tywin Lannister: Game of Thrones
- Negan: The Walking Dead (GREAT buildup)
- Any Giancarlo Esposito Character
- Fire Lord Ozai: Avatar: The Last Airbender (GREAT buildup)
- Soldier Boy: The Boys (GREAT buildup)
- Madara: Naruto Shippudden (GREAT buildup)
- John Pilgrim: Punisher

[DizzyDesii]

Cole in Charmed, Angelina Jolie as Maleficent, Vivica Fox and Lucy Liu’s characters in Kill Bill. Gerard Butlers character in Law Abiding Citizen. Natalie/Safari in Miraculous Ladybug. Jelena in Hit the Floor. Tommy in Power. Clark on red kryptonite in Smallville. The second Victoria in Twilight. Magneto in Xmen. Damon, Enzo, Sybil and Klaus in Vampire Diaries. Bucky and Thanos. And lastly Slade, Catwoman, and Steppenwolf

[CrimsonAngel09]

For me:

Joseph Seed from Far Cry 5

Stefano Valentini from Evil Within 2

[CrimsonAngel09]

Damn it, accidentally hit send. Wasn't done yet🤦.

Stefano from The Evil Within 2 and Dimitri Rascalov from GTA IV.

[exitseven]

Doctor Doom

[TheMadLad]

That would be the joker 🃏

because he really does have a deep history tied to his personality.

[NathanDavis]

Hannibal... in the series

[Anonymous]

Definitely Voldemort, Darth Vader and Joker.

[Anonymous]

Homelander from the show called The Boys.

[bingbongbangbung]

which is based on a comic book series