Villains Too Cool To Hate

[Lord Beautiful]

Occasionally, I will find a villain in some story who is just so cool that I can't bring myself to hate him. For example, I would hate Makoto Shishio of Rurouni Kenshin if he weren't so damn cool. His sheer badassedness prevents me from hating him.

What are some villains you can think of that are too awesome to completely dislike?

 

[NeutralDrow]

I eventually got over my hate for True Assassin from Fate/Stay Night (for leading to the death of my favorite character) for such a reason.

 

[skcseth]

Saren from Mass Effect.
Darth Maul from Star Wars.
Goomba's from Mario. (and not the live-action movie, wtf was that??)

 

[Souplex]

Snowflame, the man powered by cocaine!

 

[Diablini]

Profesor Walrus FTW!

 

[BlackIronGuardian]

The Joker? Or is that too obvious.

 

[Deadpoolsbrain]

The Juggernaut, Carnage, and Magneto.


Edit: One more, Satan.

 

[rickthetrick]

Tyrion Lannister from the song of ice and fire series by george r r martin. Nothing better than a genius midget who hates his whole family.

 

[Clashero]

Frank Fontaine definitely.

 

[OmegaXIII]

Sephiroth definitely. Virgil from DMC3 and Vegeta (although i suppose he's not always a villain)

 

[Ka_huna]

The Joker
Hannibal Lecter
Boba Fett
Hans Gruber

 

[More Fun To Compute]

Colonel Kurtz in Apocalypse Now.

 

[DrRockor]

obviously sephiroth from final fantasy 7 he kicked ass and was completly insqane too

 

[Zyxzy]

Kefka.

 

[Lord Beautiful]

I just thought of another couple of villains.

Maximillion Pegasus of Yugi-oh. I did not like the series, but Pegasus was just plain awesome. Whoever reads silly comics and performs an evil laugh upon amusement is clearly a man to be respected.

Also, I'd like to recognize Cell from Dragon Ball Z. He's evil to the point of flambuoyancy and his arrogance borders on silliness. He's badass and amusing all at once. Much like Pegasus.

 

[Mwood245]

Megatron!
Viktor (Underworld)
Imhotep
Davie Jones

 

[SirHenryBiscuitfist]

Wesker.

 

[Faps]

Hans Gruber by miles and miles and miles

 

[Ibanez887]

Frank Fontaine definitely.

Frank Fontaine is Evil Genius wrapped up in a "sweet" Atlas Exterior
Its impossible to hate him

 

[snaaaake]

Vicious (Cowboy Bebop)
Kun Lan ( Killer 7)
Trevor Pearlharbor (the crazy comic book artist) (Killer 7)
The Handsome Men (Killer 7)
Robo-Ky (Guilty Gear)
The Cobra Unit (MGS 3 Snake Eater)