BAD GUYS ANONYMOUS

[memelikeyoumeanit]

WELCOME FELLOW BAD GUYS

We understand that you don't want to be here. Really. We get it. Or maybe you do want to be here, maybe that court mandated therapy is actually working or maybe you're just glad to have someone to talk to about what it takes to be you. The fact remains is that as much as people like to think that storytelling is divided into good versus evil, it's really not.

No, as humanity has progressed, so has the definitions of good and evil. Every day there are more and more anti-heroes, more and more people driven by cynicism and mistrust as opposed to genuine cackling evil. There's still the occasional cackling witch, but even she wants to go to the grocery store and buy milk without people booing. (No one mourns the wicked? Don't people realize how much that hurts?)

In any case, please pull up a reasonably comfortable folding chair, take a cup of your beverage of choice (we have hot and cold running coffee, blood, you name it). This is a safe place for people who writers across the ages have deemed as "bad" to talk about just what it means to be evil without fear of reprisal.

That's right. Here the meddling potter boy cannot touch you, the scooby doo gang aren't going to pull off your mask. No vampire slayers, no zombie hunters, no cops (we understand that some of you maybe were cops at one point.)

The price of this however is that you check your weapons at the door (they'll be returned to you on the way out) and keep your hands to yourself for the majority of the meeting. This is a safe place for you to share. The only thing about being bad, is staying bad when there's no one there to support you.

1. AS THE MEME TITLE SAYS: THIS IS FOR BAD GUYS ONLY However given how not many people play bad guys if you want to AU your good guy into a bad guy setting that's more then acceptable. Just remember - Bad Anonymous is for bad guys so they've gotta be bad.
2. Post your shares. New arrivals, old shares, maybe you're running through your game again and you just can't handle yet another turn with the Order of the Phoenix or maybe you're tired of people shooting your buddies in the head. This is a place to vent to other villains.
3. Comment and Tag around, sharing your own experiences. This does rely on a slight degree of meta, but come on. Who wouldn't want to give Voldemort advice on how to deal with that pesky potter boy, or help Atlas with his plans to take over Rapture? Everybody from the morally gray to the darker then black are welcome!

THIS MEME CONTAINS POTENTIALLY MATURE SUBJECT MATTER, THEMES, AND POSSIBLY TRIGGERING ELEMENTS.
we are dealing with aspects of villany guys. Please be smart.

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CATO | THE HUNGER GAMES.

[onlygoodfordeath]

[Someone really does not want to be here. And it shows. He hasn't said anything, he's just sitting with his head forward staring at the floor.

All this talk about accepting your place in the world and being happy with who you are. How the hell can you be happy if you lost. If you lost like that.

But he's starting to fidget, and it might be pretty easy to see.]

Re: CATO | THE HUNGER GAMES.

[nevermissing]

This is bullshit. [Clove glances over at her district partner.] Who the fuck are they to label us 'bad guys'. I wouldn't consider either of us bad.

HOLLAND MANNERS | ANGEL/BUFFYVERSE

[wecannegotiate]

[Holland stands by this philosophy. Hell he lives by it, encourages his people to live by it too. Straightening, he smiles.]

I'd like to take a moment to talk about an incident, that still bothers me. Honestly.

I understand that it had to happen. I mean - my firm is in the business of trying to turn people to the dark side. So to speak. All the same the cost of it is high...terribly high. In this case in trying to turn a single individual to the dark side ultimately cost me my wife.

I think what gets me the most isn't...that she's dead. That we're both dead. Hell we're together again and that's just fine. It's that...that I knew I couldn't help her and she had to go.

I like to take a moment then to recite our affirmation. Just pause, take stock a little bit. Because even though the cost is high...without evil where would we all be? The good guys need something to fight against. Even if it hurts.

[tibetanpeople]

[BOB just gives him a little psychotic smirk.]

If "evil" is the way you want to phrase it, then yes. The world would sure as hell be a lot more boring without us.

HARVEY DENT | NOLANVERSE BATMAN

[believe_in_me]

[Two-Face is occasionally rubbing the coin in his hands. He always keeps his eyes on the floor out of respect for the other members of the badanon meetings.

Hard not to. He really can't stand people looking at him.]

Anybody else get a real sense of satisfaction from managing to bring a so-called "good guy" down to your level.

I mean anyone. I can't be the only person who feels very vindicated when you get a good guy willing to play by the way the universe actually works instead of some twisted comic-book logic.

[why_s0_serious]

Always.

[He's shown up today. Late, of course, but he's here. And pilfering cookies and coffee, despite the constant reminder that they're for 'breaktime'.

Turning around, slurping noisily on his coffee--he waves a finger] Hi, Harv.

Music Meister | Batman: Brave and the Bold

[hypnotic_patter]

I try to think of Arkham as just a green room. A place to wait for my next turn on the stage. There's really only two end goals for most villains and I'd really rather be in prison than suffering a karmic death through my own foolish pride.

Besides, Batman needs us. If we weren't out there in bright costumes terrorizing the public with zany schemes a man waging a one-man war on crime in a batsuit would just seem childish.

[There may be some fanboying of top-rate supervillains, should they come too close to him. Meister really appreciates a good performance.]

[believe_in_me]

[An eyebrow is raised.]

It says something about Gotham City...when there's a man who feels desperate enough to do something about crime that he dresses up in a bat suit in the first place.

[Then again in his Gotham City, that just sort of happened to Bruce.]

jim moriarty | sherlock bbc | ota

[goodoldfashionedvillain]

[ What a lovely place for a consulting criminal. Therapy? Not quite. Recruiting, perhaps, if any of them have the mental capacities to do what a certain job requires. In the mean time, he'll just be sipping the (rather awful, tastes a bit like acid) coffee, and lurking by the door. ]

[givenanonymity]

[He'll just stand here. Smirking. He's not sitting down. Not buying into this.

This isn't villainy. What he does. (He's just crazy enough to believe that.)]

Meg//Supernatural

[cryptkeeper]

[Meg could be paying less attention. Maybe. Possibly. It would take a lot of effort.

She's sitting in the circle, what more could you want from her, really? Maybe to put the people magazine down and pay attention, but that's asking a bit too much. As far as she's concerned she's here and people should be happy they got that much. ]

Cole Turner // Charmed

[deviladvocate]

[ Ah. He's just going to laugh, short and bitter sound. How naive he was to believe that he could be good. In the end, she still left him. But that was fine. Comes with the job. ]

[placeintheworld]

[Sitting next to him, Lindsey snorts. He really doesn't buy into this, at all. Wolfram and Hart's attorney - young, up and coming, the golden boy, just shakes his head.

It's hard not to be annoyed ]

STEVEN HADLEY | CABIN IN THE WOODS

[coolerwithamerman]

Just like to point out. [Someone has a cup of coffee and looks - very at home.]

The majority of us being here? Is fucking bullshit. Bull. Shit. raise your hands if you were just doing your job.

Raise your hands!

[un_bending]

[The chi-blocker lifts her hand hesitantly. She's not sure it qualifies as "just a job", but she definitely agrees that it's bullshit that she's here.]

Not even a bad job. We just wanted the world to be a little more equal.

MARCUS | WARM BODIES.

[bitchesman]

[Someone's got to speak up for the zombies. never mind that it's just grunts and groans. and then.]

victim. of circumstance.

[More groans.]

Learned to. make peace.

[wickedthiswaycomes]

[ As one who is a necromancer who is known for making zombies-- zombie-vampires, whatever-- it simply breaks her heart to hear that. ] Now, now... you don't need to justify anything to anyone.

Loki Laufeyson | mcu, norse mythology | ota

[fated_to_lose]

{ Oh, the trickster loves complicating lives, it's really killing that gives him a certain high and oh yes, he does it for fun. What else do you expect from the god of mischief? He would sooner deceive you and at the last second, deprive you of life the next. Caring not for the consequences because he''s a god who does what he wants, whenever and however it is acceptable by loki.

Though he must rid himself of his weapons by the door, the sorcerer is never without his magic. But for now, so long as you don't provoke him, no ill will come of you. }

I was a king; the rightful king of asgard. I must find a way to destroy thor and take back what was once mine. You know, without actually killing thor. Chain him up and show him true humiliation.

Afterall .. it's only fair to inflict pain on those who did so, first.

[hypnotic_patter]

...isn't he your brother? [Aghast.]

I mean, I'm all for hedonism but you don't have to be so public about it.

Adam Monroe || Heroes || OTA

[hardenedimmortal]

[Adam was bored and slightly disgruntled at being here. He didn't really pay attention to the labels of society, unless it benefited him in some way. However, he felt that the term villain was a little too strong in his case. He had been merely trying to cleanse the world so that humanity could start over and break the cycle of war, destruction, and famine that they'd been stuck in for centuries.

That didn't really make him a bad guy, did it?]

[broodofone]

But conflict beneficial. Environmental pressures drive adaptation. Even poorly optimized species benefit, if any survive.

Terrans could be vastly improved by more famine. Encourages resource competition.

[He, too, is just trying to help!]

Izanami | Persona 4

[invites]

[ The original goddess of death levitates rather than sits, sweeping her immaculate robes about her. She did no wrong. She help others find their true self. ] The Children of Men have grown in my eyes. [ Hey, she lost, but she is a graceful loser. ] But if they continue on that same path or not is unknown. [ A soft smile. And if they deviate from that path, she'll be there. ] What will become of them in the future I only look forward to seeing for myself.

Lauren Reed | Alias | OTA

[thelaurenreed]

[The fact that she was being labeled a villain didn't bother her in the least bit. She had known that the things that she was doing wasn't considered "good" by anyone's standards besides those of the twisted sort. She had never deluded herself into believing that the means that she used to secure her various ends were "pure." No, she had made peace with herself on that front long ago.

The fact that she found herself stuck here, however, was what annoyed her. She would much rather be out there doing her job rather than stuck in here with a bunch of insane people. She shifted in her seat, more than eager for this whole thing to be over so that she could leave.]

[trymynewparts]

[Sitting next to her, occasionally twitching and smirking with an air of superiority at all of this is a woman wearing...scandalous clothing and a smug look.

She shrugs, gesturing at all of them before twisting her finger in a circle near her head. The universal indication of crazy.]

Brick || Powerpuff Girls

[andpuppydogtails]

There's nothing good about bein' bad, and I like it that way! Anyone that doesn't like it can try to say it to my face!

[ UNAPOLOGETIC JERK HERE ]

Leonard Testarossa || Full Metal Panic!

[ant_ag_onist]

[ This one is seated quite comfortably, one leg crossed over the other with a cup of hot tea clasped in his hands. If the label of "bad guy" bothers him, it sure as hell doesn't show. ]

A question, for all of you, and I would call it hypothetical but that would be incredibly transparent of me.

Let's say something terrible happened in the past. Something that has caused trouble not only for you but for many others, an incident that has literally reshaped history as we know it. You know of a way to undo it, to literally repair time itself so this incident never occurred, but doing so requires killing many and letting your conscience fall silent to get what you need.

Is it immoral, still, to pursue that goal?

[beastgeneral]

Morality itself is a binding chain. All that matters is what elevates your species.

General Chloe - Angel Blade

[beastgeneral]

Hmph! The humans have left us a cursed, rotten Earth, that only our species is strong enough to survive in. WE were abandoned there as THEY left to hover above the clouds.

As far as I'm concerned, they've lost all right to dwell in, on, or above it! They deserve whatever we do to them. Geobloods are the superior life-form.

[She's very resolute about this decision and sits with her arms crossed, defiant. Dark Mother was right, they deserved to rule the Earth. Tormenting humans was just a side-benefit.]

[broodofone]

[He can sympathize!]

Terrans poorly adapted. Genetics very bad.

adverse conditions beneficial to species development. Approve.

Haytham Kenway || Assassin's Creed

[becauseisaidso]

[ This one is leaned against the far wall, lips tugged in a scowl with his arms folded sternly over his chest. ]

Nonsense, all of this. All I've done was for the good of mankind and here I am, branded a villain and told to accept it. I think not.

[coolerwithamerman]

..thank you.

Thank. You. [Hadley raises his cup of coffee.] I mean do they think we want to do what we do? Wake up in the morning and say...say...

What'd you do again.

AMBER SWEET | REPO THE GENETIC OPERA.

[trymynewparts]

[Amber seriously cannot be bothered. See Miss Sweet, See Miss Sweet examining her new eyes in a mirror. Aren't they the prettiest shade of cobalt blue?]

Harley Quinn / Nolanverse Batman

[innamorati]

[Clearly Harley agrees, what with all the staring she's doing at the moment. Or some such. Maybe she just has a thing for people who might or might not have scars.]

Victor Fries/Mr. Freeze || Batman TAS

[chillinlikeavillain]

I make no apologies for what I've done. If I'm to be deemed evil for my deeds, then so be it. I can't argue that.

Even an act of love can be villainous.

[wecannegotiate]

What people don't realize. [The evil lawyer's voice is very quiet.] is that we are essential. The world doesn't work without us.

Yu Kuchiba || The Qwaser of Stigmata

[breathtaker]

A "bad guy", is it?

[ His lips tug up in a grin. ]

If you have to do terrible things to get what you want, why not enjoy them?

[beastgeneral]

Ha ha ha ha ha! Exactly!

Kabuto Yakushi || Naruto

[scalpels]

Raise your hand if you love the look on your ally's face when you betray them. Surely I can't be the only one?

Re: Kabuto Yakushi || Naruto

[placeintheworld]

[The most tentative of tentative hands goes up.]

Niklaus Mikaelson || TVD

[displaysofviolence]

I don't like the word villain. I prefer libertine.

[trymynewparts]

Libertine? How fancy.

[tibetanpeople]

Everyone tells me I'm "evil". Because what? I possess a few people, murder a few more? I am what I am and I won't let society tell me that what I do is wrong. I'm just me, BOB.

Poison Ivy | DC Animated

[chloros]

The real criminals are the ones who get in the way. Like Batman. Some of us are just trying to make the world a better place.

[chillinlikeavillain]

He means well, but his interference can be tiring.

[ Then again, Freeze's idea of making the world a better place is pretty much the exact opposite of Ivy's, so... ]

Teague Martin| Dishonored

[bornintonothing]

[Martin frowns and lowers his head.]

We were not always so corrupt.

[givenanonymity]

[/cue an amused snort]