u/No-Carob-1950

I love me a villain/antagonist that actually shows their competence.

1 - Johan Liebert (Monster) - he always seems like he's two steps ahead of everyone else. A great manipulator who managed to fabricate his whole identity and elude multiple people trying to find him, including a few smart detectives themselves. Heck that's not even his real name (not that he really has one)

2- Azula (Avatar The Last Airbender) - The Fire Nation princess with both incredible skill in firebending and also subtlety. Not only did she almost capture both her brother and the Avatar on many occasions, but also singlehandedly captured the Earth Kingdom capital without any help from the Fire Nation army. Her mistake was overreliance on fear in leadership, which would lead to her paranoia and downfall.

3 - Grand Admiral Thrawn (Star Wars) - a genuis imperial strategist who not only could think way ahead, but also studied extensively the different species and cultures of the galaxy to better understand them.

For me Eva Heinemann from "Monster". If you don't know the anime you might think she looks a bit unassuming but trust me, she deserves the title all the way through. But despite everything horrible she did I still felt pity for her, and I can't fully explain why.

I'm not sure just how bad I'll do in "fixing" her but if Tennma of all people couldn't do it I doubt I have a chance. Then again she does end up fixed, but uhhh... let's just say it takes a bit much.

Also I know that from what I heard both God of War and Pragmata probably fit better here but I haven't played either yet and don't want to pretend I know much about them at this point. Just be aware I'm not trying to bait or anything.

1 - Hugo Bernhardt and the Burmese girl (Monster) - for the longest time neither even tolerated eachother despite living under the same roof, as Hugo killed the girl's mother who was trying to kill him. He doesn't see any chance she'll ever forgive him. It would take the protagonist, Doctor Tenma to bring them closer together and really see eachother as family.

2 - Jinx and Isha (Arcane) - I know that it may be controversial, but I like their dynamic (or at least to the point I watched, I still have a few episodes of season 2 left), even though it kinda came out of nowhere. Though I know Jinx barely qualifies, but still kinda acts like a mother figure.

3 - Kenai and Koda (Brother Bear) - I think It's the root of why I like this trope.

Also give your reasoning

1 - Corkus (Berserk) - I only watched the 1997 anime, so I might lack some context from the manga, but I always saw him as a "what would happen if your regular Joe Shmoe were transported to the world of Berserk". Can you really blame him for being a coward or wanting a life of prestige when the world is what it is? Heck even with his jealousy you can sometimes see where he comes from, even Guts agrees with some of it.

2 - Spider Sister (Demon Slayer) - With this one I dropped the series after the end of season 1, so I don't have the context of later seasons, feel free to provide more context if I make a fool out of myself.

I know most Demon Slayer Demons are somewhat sympathetic due to all of them being once human, but you aren't really meant to root for them. This one was purely based on my hatred of Shinobu and wanting to wipe that smug grin off her face. In fact considering Tanjiro protected this demon from her brother with a twisted view on family and love and the "proposition" Shinobu gave before killing her I really though it would set Shinobu as a villain, or have Tanjiro lash out at her for her sadism.

Also I like spiders.

3 - Lady Eboshi (Princess Mononoke) - I know this is a stretch, but oh well. The point of the movie is finding a compromise and not letting hatred cloud your vision, so both Eboshi and San have flawed perspectives and are driven by the same curse of hatred, even if you can understand why they act like that.

That said Lady Eboshi was one of my first anime waifus, and what's not there to love? She visionary, industrious and compassionate. Sure she's flawed but where's the fun in perfection?

Or I guess simmilar

But maybe someone will get some ideas from this. It was inspired by some random youtube meme I saw a few years ago, but can't find it, so it may be gone now.

The text translated from polish: "Why Toth, the god of knowledge, was also a joyfull companion?: Thoth, god of wisdom and sciences, was often depicted with a head of an Ibis and with a quill in hand. However sometimes he took a form of a baboon and acted like a clown". The quote is from the polish version of the book: " L'Egypte: Pour répondre aux questions des enfants" (couldn't find an english version)

There isn't anything else written about this topic and it is somewhat vague. I had this book as a kid and liked the idea since I like the trope of a wise goofball.

The thing is I couldn't find anything that even suggested him being really joyfull or that the baboon form represented that. Is there something i'm missing (like anything that can suggest or says about something like that) or is it a misinterpretation from the author?

Haven't finished the game yet, but I love her design do much. For those unaware it's a souls-like game set during an alternative history French Revolution, where king Louis XVI pacifies the revolution with an automaton army, and you're aegis, a bodyguard of the queen who's job is to stop the automaton army. So now for the design:

- First of all she's a really nice mix of a robot that's humanoid but still clearly robotic (my type of a robo girl)

- Her moveset is very flashy and theatrical, which references to her being a dancer before being repurposed as a bodyguard.

- Porcelain style body (especially cool for a clockwork automaton)

- It's clearly shown in the gameplay that she's a machine: her footsteps are really heavy, when her stamina is low the gears on her back become really loud and turn red-hot, which also helps in visually letting you know your stamina is low and when she uses items she inserts them directly to her spine, bending her arm in an unnutural way because she's not limited by human range of motion)

Embo (Star Wars)

Mizuki (Overwatch)

Seven (Deadlock)