Then they just live in utter decadence until the end of time. They've won. They'll round up the good citizens, make them into slaves, and then spread across and wreck the world until they all die out. The end.
What does evil do when it wins?
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Well, create a utopian playland of course.
Seriously, it depends on the villain in question. Some may have a particular vision of the world they wish to build and run. Some may simply enjoy the pain of others, and will keep the world running simply for a constant supply of victims. Some may have a singular goal, and after that, who knows? Maybe they'd go and live a quiet life.
Of course, for some, it's simply that they could take over the world. They did it because they could, to prove something, or just for the hell of it.
Seriously, it depends on the villain in question. Some may have a particular vision of the world they wish to build and run. Some may simply enjoy the pain of others, and will keep the world running simply for a constant supply of victims. Some may have a singular goal, and after that, who knows? Maybe they'd go and live a quiet life.
Of course, for some, it's simply that they could take over the world. They did it because they could, to prove something, or just for the hell of it.
Maybe they start looking elsewhere to invade like using your Lord of hte Ring example, they start to inade that Elf haven place that Frodo and co went at the end. If Sauron did suceed with that than maybe they start to advance their technologies to the point of reaching outer space so then they can invade other sentient life forms.
I've always thought that all the orcs and goblins would find themselves some nice wives, and settle down for a peaceful life of farming in homesteads across Rohan and Gondor. Or alternatively, the evil collapses as it isn't sustainable and the lieutenants fight it out between themselves, presenting a chance for the good guys to win again.
I thought the master plan of all evil things after the eradication of good was to settle down in a small town and bake sugar cookies
There's no such thing as evil, just different cultures and moral outlooks. The Orcs in Lord of the Rings might be a bunch of destructive backstabbers but that doesn't make them any more 'evil' than Hobbits who are a bunch of jolly loafer. The Orcs probably look down on Hobbits for lacking Orcish qualities. If the Orks were to win the war and spread across the world, their culture would become defacto and all other cultures would be considered evil, degenerate, dispicable, etc.
Well let's see, in Final Fantasy VI...
Kefka becomes a god and sets off an apocalypse (more as a result of becoming a god than him directly destroying the world. After which he creates a tower for himself to rule the now ruined world and occasionally smites people who oppose him... or sometimes just for fun.
Kefka becomes a god and sets off an apocalypse (more as a result of becoming a god than him directly destroying the world. After which he creates a tower for himself to rule the now ruined world and occasionally smites people who oppose him... or sometimes just for fun.
realize that running THE WORLD is very tedious and difficult and proceed to delegate most of their powers to others and then sit in there base laughing maniacally
Yeah that's part of why "evil" always sounds a bit childish to me...
If that is all that "describes" a character, they really have no purpose and are just some generic non-specific villain. Something that has nothing to do with reality and that just collapses like a card house if you think about it.
It's hard to understand why "evil" is used so prominently in the english language by adults to describe real-life things and meant to be taken seriously.
"Evil" is something that belongs in shitty fantasy novels.
That dungeons and dragons movie started off with a monologue that mentioned the "evil king" and I remember how me and my peers were laughing at how cheesy that sounded and you really can't help but sound overly melodramatic when calling something "evil".
If that is all that "describes" a character, they really have no purpose and are just some generic non-specific villain. Something that has nothing to do with reality and that just collapses like a card house if you think about it.
It's hard to understand why "evil" is used so prominently in the english language by adults to describe real-life things and meant to be taken seriously.
"Evil" is something that belongs in shitty fantasy novels.
That dungeons and dragons movie started off with a monologue that mentioned the "evil king" and I remember how me and my peers were laughing at how cheesy that sounded and you really can't help but sound overly melodramatic when calling something "evil".
Sauron's goal was to wage war against the Maiar and Valar, and invade Valinor where he would meet the same fate as Melkor - cast into the void, with his forces scattered. The various players of the Third Age weren't fighting for 'good,' or 'evil,' they were fighting for the control of Middle-Earth. There was nothing ahead of Sauron except a quest for more power.Midgeamoo said:
Saruman would have been destroyed regardless of other events, either by Gandalf, Galadriel, Elrond, or Sauron.
It should also be noted that Gandalf and the other Istari would have certainly been the equals of Sauron without the One Ring. Since Gandalf bore one of the Elven rings, Middle-Earth was in no real danger of falling to Sauron.
Was actually wondering that the other day. Or particularly what Voldemort would do if he would have won and once the euphoria had worn off, what would he do?
Does he have a long term political plan? I was thinking that he would of course kill all those he deemed unfit for his society (blood traitors and mudbloods by his account), and once that was done, standing on top of his fallen enemies, surrounded by devoted followers but not a single friend, punctuating that hammered love moral of Rowling. Reminds me of this gem from 'A very potter musical':
"You would think that killing people would make them like you...but it doesn't. It just makes them dead."
And after quite some time as Supreme Ruler of All an Everything, he would let his minions do the maiming and torturing, get himself a comfy desk job position, take three hour lunch and perhaps take up the magical equivalent of golfing.
Does he have a long term political plan? I was thinking that he would of course kill all those he deemed unfit for his society (blood traitors and mudbloods by his account), and once that was done, standing on top of his fallen enemies, surrounded by devoted followers but not a single friend, punctuating that hammered love moral of Rowling. Reminds me of this gem from 'A very potter musical':
"You would think that killing people would make them like you...but it doesn't. It just makes them dead."
And after quite some time as Supreme Ruler of All an Everything, he would let his minions do the maiming and torturing, get himself a comfy desk job position, take three hour lunch and perhaps take up the magical equivalent of golfing.
Same thing that good does when it wins - carry out their attitude until the opposite comes up again and then battle it. That's the nature of opposing forces, they aren't much of anything without the opposite force to define them. Thing is, once one has been utterly wiped out they aren't contrasted by anything anymore and therefore cease being what they were and become simply a kind of status-quo. Luckily for both sides, total destruction of the opposing alignment isn't possible in the long term and so the struggle is never-ending and they get to continue being defined by one another.
I wasn't exactly asking about the Lord of the Rings plot in specific. It was more what would Sauron do when he had all the power he could acquire? What does one do when they have conquered everything?RvLeshrac said:
It would just be a few orcs and Sauron hanging about and the orcs would be "LOL, remember that one time you lost your ring, good times"
Well I think evil would tax the poor while giving tax breaks to the rich, undereducate the young while telling people "they are our future", spread their evil to other countries and... hang on a second!!!!
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