Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-23790511-20150908170507/@comment-25857155-20151012182756

Well, here's an interesting one! I've got a list, actually. ^_^

1) Xehanort, from Kingdom Hearts.  The old man version.  This dude's plans are so complicated and deep that they make the individual plots in Game of Thrones look like children's plans to steal cookies from the jar atop the fridge.  Not to mention, he has some form of time travel, is a Keyblade Master, and an incredibly powerful magic user (see the cutscene from BBS where he raises a freaking cliff out of nowhere).

Oh, and his English voiceover is freaking amazing. XD

2) Anti-villain or not, spot 2 goes to Loghain Mac Tir from Dragon Age: Origins.  He is a character you really cannot understand without looking into the game's lore a bit, to see the things that went down between him and Maric back in the day.  If you look into that, you can see where his initial actions actually made a bit of (twisted) sense, and then looking at his close company (Howe) you see exactly the shape his insanity takes.  His character absolutely fascinates me.

3) Tywin Lannister, from Song of Ice and Fire (more commonly known by the TV series title, Game of Thrones) by George RR Martin (aka GRM).  This is a villain whose goals I can relate to - money and power.  Really, it's quite a shame that the devious bastard... well.  I don't want to spoil anything for anyone who hasn't found out yet.

4) Darth Vader.  Yeah, I said it.  You know why, too.

Well, maybe not. Honestly, I like the Sith ideals far more than those of the Jedi on the whole - what kind of empty life must they lead, after all, to cast aside such things as passion? Sith follow their hearts, while Jedi follow only logic, in theory. How can someone so cold truly be considered "good?" Yes, most Sith are insane, but at least they display human emotions. Y'know, Keyblader "follow your heart!" bullshit that I love so much.

5) The Dark Lord Sauron.  Not the giant eye version, but well before that, during the time of Numenor.  He was one seriously sneaky sonovabitch.  Well played.  Also, he's a corrupt Maiar on the level of Gandalf at full-power, but without the wizard's restrictions, and he was behind the forging of all but 3 of the rings of power. Good stuff.