Poll: Dark Lords

[Cuniculus]

Meh, I picked Gannon because he's the only one who keeps fucking coming back every single time he gets defeated. Sauron? Let me drop this ring in some lava! DEAD. Palpatine? Got pushed down an elevator shaft (or its equivalent). DEAD. The Lich King is cool, because at least it takes 40 people to take him down, but still. DEAD.

 

[velcthulhu]

Ganondorf was defeated by a diminutive Robin Hood-wannabe in tights. Palpatine was defeated by his own lieutenant and his farm-boy son. Sauron was defeated by Frodo Baggins.

Fixed that for ya.

I lose one hundred geek points.

It's alright. In a way, I was wrong too. I mean, Samwise was the one who threw the Ring into the fire, so...

Gollum fell into the fire while holding the ring, actually.

Didn't Sam push him?

Maybe in the movie. Not in the book, though, and I hated the third movie so I don't count it.

 

[Flap Jack452]

Sauron is unstoppable, the whole thing about him dying and his reign being destroyed by a hobbit was all a fluke.

 

[Flying-Emu]

Maybe in the movie. Not in the book, though, and I hated the third movie so I don't count it.

Mm... I liked the set-up and camerawork of the first one, and the sheer sense of epic inherent in the second.

Only thing I really remember from the third movie was Legolas killing the Oliphaunt and Gimli saying "That still only counts as one." While funny, it turned the scene into a buddy-cop flick for me. Not good.

 

[fenrizz]

Big Brother

He's more than just an overlord, he's a metaphor.

This.
Also, Arthas.

 

[klakkat]

Treya from KOTOR 2. She didn't want to conquer the galaxy, she wanted to destroy the Force itself (which would theoretically extinguish all life in the universe) and came close to pulling it off...

Big Brother being the runner-up. For several reasons: first, he was commentary on real people and events. Second, he is a sneaky ************; everyone is too paranoid to oppose him. Third, he forces potential rebels to constantly question WHY they want to oppose him. Finally, he might not even exist. Yes, that's right, he's most likely a group rather than any one person. That makes him scarier because he's an IDEAL, and those don't go away, they don't die quietly in the night. As long as the people believe in him, he's immortal, and without the assistance of pathetic magic.

 

[RelexCryo]

The Overlord from Overlord, because the Overlord is me.

Ganondorf was defeated by a diminutive Robin Hood-wannabe in tights. Palpatine was defeated by his own lieutenant and his farm-boy son. Sauron was defeated by Bilbo Baggins. I don't know who Arthus or the Overlord were defeated by, but going by the other three, it was probably pretty embarrassing for them both.

The only possible choice IMO is Big Brother. "He's" the only one of the entire list who succeeded in everything he did. Partly, of course, because there was no Big Brother - just a succession of greedy bureaucrats using the cover of fake socialism to screw everyone over for their own benefit. Not entirely unlike the modern day British Labour Party (also advocates of universal surveillance, except when it comes to their own wage packets). And that comparison was FAR too easy to make.

Although I agree with The MadDoctorsCat, Big Brother was by far the most successful, The British Labour Party are probably the most dangerous/successful of the Dark Lords, largely because they actually exist.

 

[queensbomb]

Palpatine. Maybe Ganondorf considering the sunuvabitch NEVER DIES.

 

[The Shade]

I said Sauron, but compared to Morgoth, Sauron was a pansy.

Melkor will prevail! Tremble before his Balrog army!

 

[antipunt]

Laharl haha

 

[JayDub147]

I gotta say Ganondorf. Sure, he sucks at his job, and he's just not good at... confrontations, but he have to admire his persistence. I'm mean, he's had his plans foiled over what is probably the course of several centuries, by the same kid too. He's been shot with arrows made of pure light, stabbed in the face chest, you name it, and this guy still comes back for more!

 

[Mray3460]

Jesus Christ his coming will bring the end of the world.

To quote my original post.

"And before anyone says anything: No, Saten/Hitler/Stalin/Nero/G.W. Bush/Bill Gates/any other historical, RELIGIOUS, political, mythological, or otherwise non-fictional person does not count."

 

[bilkobob]

Oh, I voted for Arthus, I thought it said arthritis. Man, cause that stuff hurts like the dickens. You young whipper snappers what with your Dark Lords and your rock and roll music. You are all on the pot aren't you?

 

[EscapeGoat_v1legacy]

You know, I was all for saying something traditional, like Sauron, but then I saw Big Brother, and my mind was made up.

His control over his dominion is so utterly complete that he can alter history and force people to love him. I swear he is what all evil people aspire to be.