The cunning Shakuni
My favorite negative character is Shakuni from the Mahabharata. What I like about Shakuni is the slow yet steady manner in which he destroyed almost the whole Kuru clan. The reason was anger towards Bheeshma who forced him to give his sister in marriage to the blind prince Dhritarashtra. As a loving relative to the Dhritarashtra family, he nurtured the Kauravas to start a family feud because of which many people of the Kuru clan died. Shakuni’s dream was fulfilled but both he and his son suffered a painful death for it. Shakuni’s life still guides mankind on the consequences of holding hatred.
The power-hungry Octavian
Octavian is a character in the Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan. He is shown to be a legacy of Apollo, granting him prophetic powers, and is the augur, that is the seer of Camp Jupiter. However, he is very power hungry and constantly tries to rile the Romans to fight the Greeks. He constantly blackmails Hazel and argues with Reyna so he can get elected as the new Praetor. He defies Reyna’s orders and tries to provoke and attack Camp Half-Blood. He is a diabolical character who would stop at nothing to achieve his goals. I feel Rick Riordan had given a lot of thought to this character. His power-seeking nature is similar to real, historical senators of Rome. He is a character anyone would love to hate, with his twisted sense of morality and blood lust. Octavian is one of my favourite negative characters because of his every flaw.
Mr. Poopypants
My favourite negative character is Professor Pee Pee Diarrheastein Poopypants Esquire. He is a small, weird haired man who comes from New Swissland to wipe out laughter. He, throughout the story, is a funny guy with dialogues like “Hiya class. I am your cool new science teacher not some guy with a secret evil agent. In the story he teams up with Melvin Sneedly, the school brainiac, who I think does have a sense of humour. Poopypants is the most brilliant evil genius in the world.
A change of heart
My favourite negative character is Janja from The Lion Guard series. In the series Janja is the main antagonist. He is bad in everyone’s eyes, but inside him, he has a kind heart. He and his clan lived in outlands, a place where there is no drop of water, no trees, no plants and no soil, only a place full of large rocks and in the middle of it, a large volcano. When Scar returned, Janja thought Scar will make him powerful, and followed his bad, misguiding commands, which hurt the animals of the Pride Lands. Sometimes Janja failed to follow Scars orders and one-day Scar got angry and made a trap for Janja and his clan. When Janja knew this, he thought that he should not have trusted Scar. He reflected on the damage he had done and how his greed made him do this. And at last, Janja made the decision that he and his clan will help the pride landers defeat Scar. This is why I like Janja.
Hot-headed Hazell
My favourite negative character would be Mr. Victor Hazell from the book “Danny, the champion of the world” written by Roald Dahl. Mr. Victor Hazell is described as piggy-eyed and a roaring snob. These words make me chuckle and are funny. I consider Mr. Hazell as a negative character as he is always disrespectful towards Danny and his father. He also spoke foul and filthy language. He owned many pheasants and often hosted shooting parties where many pheasants were killed. He also owned a brewery where he used to drink beer every-day.
In short, Mr. Victor Hazell is an entertaining man, but with absurd qualities.
The antagonist you will love
Meruem is one of the most compelling and complex antagonists of Hunter x Hunter. He is the king of the Chimera Ants (human-animal hybrids, in simple terms). Even though he is not completely a human, his absolutely spectacular character development captures the struggle between human and animal. When he was born, he was a prideful and conceited creature who killed his own mother and had no mercy for his kin or humans. Over the course of time, he starts showing changes due to his surroundings, comrades, enemies, and his meeting with a girl called Komugi who he wasn’t able to beat in a board game. Because of her kindness and neutrality, he learns to respect others and starts to become concerned for poor and weak people. All the while, he is shown in contrast to the protagonist, who starts becoming inhumane. At the later stages, Meruem’s character conflicts a lot with his ideals and his supposed role. Some fights and moments also make him wonder on which side he is and what his purpose is: What makes it all the more worthwhile is that at the end, we almost begin to think that it is not Meruem who is the real villain but humanity itself that is unfair to him. Even in death, he is away from violence and war, and meets his end in satisfaction, with a human, who shouldn’t be of any worth to him. Meruem is not only an antagonist, but the most noble and respectable king you would ever see.
The God of Mischief
Marvel has given us a fair number of “villains” who end up stealing the spotlight from the protagonists. These antagonists have caught my eye on many occasions owing to their unusual ambitions and quests. One such negative character would be Loki, who first appeared in the Thor movies.
Loki Laufeyson, who later considered himself to be an Odinson, isn’t a typical villain who enjoys physical battles with his rivals. Being the God of Mischief, his strength lies in his wit and cunning schemes. Loki has been my favourite negative character ever since I saw him in the Avengers, where his goal was to invade earth and subjugate its people, claiming that freedom is a lie. Loki’s hunger for power and recognition stems from his intense jealousy for his brother, Thor. His elaborate schemes are interesting to analyse.
He who must not be named
My favourite negative character is Lord Voldemort from the Harry Potter series. I liked Lord Voldemort at first sight, for it’s hard to comprehend how he manages to be such a courageous character. Whenever Voldemort comes to fight Harry, he has this very sarcastic and graceful attitude, which I think is very cool indeed. His shrewd intelligence, which, combined with his magic, can make people do things for him, like when he makes Ginny Weasley open the Chamber of secrets by putting her in a trance and instructing her on what to do, just by the aid of a small black diary. This may look crooked, but when we sit and think about it, it is quite amazing and thoughtful. And then, I’m sure you will start liking Lord Voldemort just like me. He, in my opinion, is one of the most intelligent and splendid negative characters, unlike other villains who literally get themselves caught and destroyed.
The funny antagonist
My favourite negative would be Rodrick Heffley from the Diary of the Wimpy Kid series written by Jeff Kinney. Although the protagonist, Greg Heffley describes his brother to be unfair and rude, Rodrick often manages to tickle a funny bone as he manages to get himself into unpredictable and funny situations. His dry humour and trickery amuses me. One day, when Rodrick and Greg were left alone in the house, the former threw a wild party and locked Greg in the basement! Later, of course, his family found out and he was grounded. His unbothered personality irks the whole family, but I think that it makes the series even more humorous and awesome. So if I were to choose my favourite negative character, it would be him.
The impressive Meredith
Meredith Blake from the 1998 movie The Parent Trap is my favourite negative character, a villain in her own way. The way Meredith uses her charm and flattery to impress her fiancé Nick, while using her strictness and sarcasm to get her own way with his daughters, Hallie and Annie, gets us to dislike but be impressed by her ruthless cunningness. Her attitude and reactions to meeting the twins, along with their pranks on her, adds to the comedy in the movie. In the end, when Nick realises that Meredith is a child-hating. gold digger, he chooses his daughters over her, leaving us laughing at her shocked reaction and failed plans.
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