Villains of the DCU general thread 2023

[Primal Slayer]

A place to talk about, show some love, maybe the opposite for some of those villains that may not warrant their own thread.

[Frontier]

Some of the most iconic and memorable villains in comics .

[K7P5V]

Hoping 2023 will be a productive year for those who oppose the DCU hierarchy

[j9ac9k]

This guy needs some love

[Mai Zen]

I kinda hope DC put Darkseid on the sideline for some times

[Mantis-Ray]

Speaking of villains, I'm reminded of the weirdness of Tom Taylor's Suicide Squad where how out of character he tries to write Deadshot as a noble merc. Plus he tried way too hard in making him cute such as him being unrealistically supportive to his daughter wanting to be a superhero or giving him a puppy with a punny name.

https://www.reddit.com/r/DCcomics/co..._way_too_hard/

Like if we're being in character Floyd would no way be so supportive over his daughter wanting to be a superhero.

He would also find the entire concept of Liveshot where she doesn't kill with long range weapons personally insulting due to the immense respect he places on the concept of the gun.

[j9ac9k]

Speaking of villains, I'm reminded of the weirdness of Tom Taylor's Suicide Squad where how out of character he tries to write Deadshot as a noble merc. Plus he tried way too hard in making him cute such as him being unrealistically supportive to his daughter wanting to be a superhero or giving him a puppy with a punny name.

https://www.reddit.com/r/DCcomics/co..._way_too_hard/

Like if we're being in character Floyd would no way be so supportive over his daughter wanting to be a superhero.

He would also find the entire concept of Liveshot where she doesn't kill with long range weapons personally insulting due to the immense respect he places on the concept of the gun.

I never read these stories, but from your description, it sounds like the whole point was that he was changed by fatherhood. Agree or not, perhaps that was just what the writer intended?

[Multiverse]

My Top 10 DC Villains

1) Darkseid
2) Black Adam
3) Joker
4) Sinestro
5) Vandal Savage
6) Brainiac
7) Krona
8) Ultra-Humanite
9) Prometheus
10) Amanda Waller

Honorary Mention (in no order): Deathstroke, Gorilla Grodd, Ma'alefa'ak, Ocean-Master, Psimon

[Timber Wolf-By-Night]

I kinda like my villains to have a wide variety of power levels, motivations, MO's, and indeed, levels of villainy and morality. Lately it seems like most fans want their villains to be all-powerful world conquerors, bloodthirsty mass murderers, or utterly morally depraved degenerates who have no humanity or lines that they won't cross. Hell, some seem to be morally outraged at the mere hint that even the biggest villains might not be 1000 percent utterly evil.

[Mantis-Ray]

I never read these stories, but from your description, it sounds like the whole point was that he was changed by fatherhood. Agree or not, perhaps that was just what the writer intended?

He's been a father for years already and while he cares for his daughter it never changed how sociopathic he is.

Its more all of a sudden Deadshot is just a good guy, Taylor really softened him to OOC levels. Even his wife welcomed him back with open arms despite having a previously tense relationship with him.

[Primal Slayer]

Amazo is one of those villains that I like overall and it may be time that it becomes sentient enough to just be its own big bad

[Styles]

Love me some Brainiac. Hope he shows up in a movie someday

[Styles]

Also Eobard Thawne; the Reverse-Flash