Mugglenet.com's Harry Potter Should Have Died - Emerson Spartz [35]
Is Voldemort the most evil fictional character ever?
No!
Voldemort just doesn’t fit the bill as the “most evil” when compared to other fictional villains. For one thing, other characters in the Harry Potter series overshadow him—Dolores Umbridge or Fenrir Greyback, for instance, who are much more nightmarish, not to mention the Dementors. Voldemort also loves the sound of his own voice so much that the readers fall asleep waiting for the action. In every duel, he just stands there talking about what he is going to do. It’s like Dr. Evil planning a drawn-out torture scene, when he could just shoot Austin Powers and have it over with. And the few times Voldemort gets angry, he’s something like Al Capone in The Untouchables, ranting and raving until he seems ridiculous, and then hitting someone with a baseball bat (in Voldie’s case, feeding a Muggle-born to his snake). It’s a joke and more like a caricature of a bad guy.
In appearance, the Dark Lord most resembles a B-grade horror movie monster, such as The Creature from the Black Lagoon. He’s part reptile after all. He’s a bit like Jim Carrey in The Mask, who is more comical than frightening. He can’t compare to the vampires of old, such as the elegant Dracula, who saves the bloodletting for an after-dinner drink, and who at least wear basic black. With his greenish tinge and lack of a nose, Voldemort resembles the demons from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but no kickboxing is required to kill him. Harry doesn’t even need a silver sword or wooden stake—he vanquishes Voldemort with pure sweet love and Expelliarmus. Unfortunately, the death scenes are really lame because the Dark Lord just falls over. It’s a pity that he doesn’t melt into a puddle of green goop like the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz, with a flying monkey there to check his pulse. That would be cool.
It’s just wrong to compare Voldemort to truly scary villains like Darth Vader or Emperor Palpatine of Star Wars, who were once decent people but let evil corrupt them. Voldemort has no good in him and can’t love anyone. His ancestors are inbred and his family abandons him, so he is wired from birth to be bad. At the orphanage, he hangs a bunny from the rafters, then he goes to Hogwarts where he reaches his full potential as a warped teenager. Even the Terminator and Frankenstein’s monster could learn to love, but Voldemort never can. As a villain, he has no depth and is just a cardboard bad guy. He stands up; Harry knocks him down. The end.
Yes!
Voldemort is the most evil villain ever, period. Look at his main goal—he likes to hunt down and kill babies. He tortures people for fun until they scream. He’s like the devil in every horror story, putting the Dark Mark on his followers who bow to him. He’s the nightmare kid who hates his mother and kills his father.
When he is a boy, Tom is only suspected by Dumbledore, who thinks Tom might have a bad side. The teenager completely fools his head of house, Horace Slughorn, in a performance worthy of psycho Norman Bates. Later, when he is vanquished and out of sight, Voldemort is still so frightening that people dare not speak his name, much like the fear caused by the Eye of Sauron from Lord of the Rings. But Sauron never appears in human form and stays far away in Mordor. By contrast, Voldemort is restless and on the prowl, possessing Ginny Weasley and Professor Quirrell—transforming from a mere speck to a hideous venom-drinking baby. His final form of a man with a greenish face like a snake and red catlike eyes is weirder than any other villain in literature.
Voldemort is much worse than the bad guys in Star Wars. It’s true that he uses people in government to gain power like Emperor Palpatine, but the Dark Lord makes sure his apprentices won’t turn on him. He is always the biggest and baddest, and no one is allowed to forget it. Darth Vader might seem just