Beast Wars Megatron. He got butchered in the japanese version of the show, but on the original american version, he was a spectacular villain. And the reveal that he in fact, had actually planned for their destination and time from the beginning and was following a plan created by the original Megatron (as well as tying the entire show's timeline into G1 Transformers) was amazingly well-done.
Originally posted by DangerousBeauty
I'd say Major from Hellsing or main character from Death Note. My mind draws a blank on his name.
Raito (or Light) Yagami.
And as to the villain, I'd say either Raito Yagami, or the Death Note itself. Mainly because the Death Note was the thing that caused Raito to become so..."Evil," even though, as proved in the series, good and even are seen through relative perspectives.
Originally posted by MelloDraMattIc
Raito (or Light) Yagami.
And as to the villain, I'd say either Raito Yagami, or the Death Note itself. Mainly because the Death Note was the thing that caused Raito to become so..."Evil," even though, as proved in the series, good and even are seen through relative perspectives.
The Note didn't make him evil, his arrogance did that.
Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
The Note didn't make him evil, his arrogance did that.
Not completely true.
When his memory of the Note was erased from him, he was just like any other teenage guy ("Hi!! I'm Raito Yagami!! Pleased to meet you L....Why Daddy!? WHY ARE YOU POINTING THAT GUN AT ME!? DADDY, NO!! I SWEAR, I'M NOT KIRA...BLAH BLAH BLAH..."😉
But Raito + Note = "I AMMMMM GODDDDDD!!!! FEAR MY GODDY-GOD-NESS!!!! RAAAAWRRRR!!!!"
My point is, we're all born with evil inside of us. Something has to influence the evil to let it grow and fester. Someone just doesn't get up and say, "I'm bored. I guess I'll kill thousands of people today because I wanna be 'evil'!!"
Which also brings up another point: Through Raito's eyes, he wasn't the evil one. He was the good guy, making the world better for the 'good' people like him by getting rid of the 'bad' people. And the people who tried to stop him from making the world 'better' by killing the 'bad people' (L, Mello, Near, SPK, etc.) were the 'BAD' people (and if you think about it, Mello and Matt were kind of both "Bad And Good" because of their methods of getting information, but also because of the fact that they were working to avenge L's wrongful death and they were trying to catch Kira aka Raito, who, in their eyes, was a true crimminal.)
Originally posted by MelloDraMattIc
Not completely true.
When his memory of the Note was erased from him, he was just like any other teenage guy ("Hi!! I'm Raito Yagami!! Pleased to meet you L....Why Daddy!? WHY ARE YOU POINTING THAT GUN AT ME!? DADDY, NO!! I SWEAR, I'M NOT KIRA...BLAH BLAH BLAH..."😉But Raito + Note = "I AMMMMM GODDDDDD!!!! FEAR MY GODDY-GOD-NESS!!!! RAAAAWRRRR!!!!"
Simply because he had power to take action as he intended. Ryuuk even points out that most people are scared shitless of the Note whereas Light seized the opportunity.
Originally posted by MelloDraMattIc
My point is, we're all born with evil inside of us. Something has to influence the evil to let it grow and fester. Someone just doesn't get up and say, "I'm bored. I guess I'll kill thousands of people today because I wanna be 'evil'!!"
For most people sure but Light decided that he was going to be Kira in less than a week, that's hardly enough time to get corrupted. All he needed was to see that the Note did what it said it did.
Originally posted by MelloDraMattIc
Which also brings up another point: Through Raito's eyes, he wasn't the evil one. He was the good guy, making the world better for the 'good' people like him by getting rid of the 'bad' people. And the people who tried to stop him from making the world 'better' by killing the 'bad people' (L, Mello, Near, SPK, etc.) were the 'BAD' people (and if you think about it, Mello and Matt were kind of both "Bad And Good" because of their methods of getting information, but also because of the fact that they were working to avenge L's wrongful death and they were trying to catch Kira aka Raito, who, in their eyes, was a true crimminal.)
Which is why DeathNote is so much fun.
Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
Simply because he had power to take action as he intended. Ryuuk even points out that most people are scared shitless of the Note whereas Light seized the opportunity.
Well, thinking of doing something is one thing, but taking action is a whole 'nother thing entirely.
I mean, L was an investigator. He studied cases in which people would have heanous crimes committed unto them, and cases in which "Evil" was rampant. He could have done the same thing Light did when he got hold of the Death Note. He could have killed all these crimminals and made the world a better place, blahblahblahblahblah.
But he didn't. That's the key. In theory, he would have the same thoughts rushing through his head as Raito (Noticed how I've been using 'Raito' and 'Light' interchangeably? Weird..........) but he had enough self-restraint not to do such things.
Why?
Because L was used to it!!! It was his JOB!!! Unlike Ratio, he had seen enough to see that mandkind was imperfect, and not go power-crazy under the influence of the Death Note!!!!!!!!!