How does Voldemort compare with other villains?

[Random Death Eater]

The Dark Lord has no comparisons. He is far more villianous.

[Daggerstone]

*is still holding out for the proof* Chaos, panic and disorder? Anyone?

[jookyle]

Originally Posted by Lord Voldemort

I am clearly superior to all other villains. Even Grindlewald was nothing next to me.

Please, flashing green light is nothing to intelligence. Which, you have very little of.

[Daggerstone]

Intelligence without a bit of AKing won't get you anywhere. *shrugs*

[jookyle]

Originally Posted by Daggerstone

Intelligence without a bit of AKing won't get you anywhere. *shrugs*

Until you decide to move to the left.

[goonie102]

Well It's Hard To Compare But Voldemort Would Be In My Top Five Of The Best Villians

[Karleecakes]

You know, I love Moldy Voldy and all, but I just think as villain, he's rather...generic. Archetypical vengeful villain, of course he's smart and ruthless to boot, and no real motive other than, "I want to kill Harry Potter and rule the world." It's been done so many times before, although I've got to admit, JKR managed to breathe some new life into the tired stereotype.

[ally_xx]

I'd say he was the top of the list before Harry killed him.

[Avian_Letrix]

I have to say, Volde is the third on my list behind The Joker for first and Sauron... what a guy who is insane and deadly... plus he has a gun so sorry joker wins

[EmmyRocks]

I think he's tied for first, with the Joker. Both very scary characters, IMO.

[Avian_Letrix]

lol that would be a battle to see.

SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY

COME SEE THE ULTIMATE SHOWDOWN

JOKER VS VOLDEMORT

, POTTERS AND WAYNES GET IN FREE ORDER NOW AND RECIEVE A PIECE OF THE LOSER NORMALLY COSTING YOUR SOUL

SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY

[EmmyRocks]

[gertiekeddle]

Since this is a discussion area, let's continue to it and reduce the chitchat, please.

[SevrusSnape]

I would definitely put him in my list of top 5 villains, he was definitely original in the sense that he created 7 Horcruxes. Darth Sidious whom I'm sure is considered as one of the top villains has a similar situation to this having died a total of 4 times and coming back alive 3 of those times

[Jigga]

Voldemort is in the top 10 but my ultimate villain is Darth Vader. Vader has such an interesting back story

[skullangel]

It would be tie between Dark Lord Sidious and Dark Lord Voldemort... Except Dark Lord Sidious would lead by a nose seeing he held power till he got killed by Darth Vader.

It is my 2 sickles that Sidious and Voldemort are quite similiar. Where one succeded the other failed.

[Rich]

I think he is different than the ordinary villian. He has a story behind him, one that one can connect to. He used to live in an orphanage, so one can just wonder about what his life was growing up. Because of him manifesting nothing but anger and hatred over the years, you can start to see why he became how he was. I've only seen LoTR from the list of movies with villains in the orginal post, and I think Sauran is just another villian. Obviously, it's a little different because of the theme of the movies and what-not, but still, there isn't as much background about him that makes him much different, unlike Voldemort.

[DH_epicwin]

i think he is best compared to the joker except in motive (at least heath ledger's joker) he enjoyed killing for no reason and relied on nobody for help. the joker worked pretty much alone, and didnt depend on anyone for help. of course, where heath ledger's joker loved discord and chaos, voldemort wanted immortality. i'd say the joker was more successful in his goal IMO because voldemort is dead.

[excusemydust]

I've been fascinated by the discussion of villain status in relation to Lord Voldemort and I'm prone to agreeing with those who say that Rowling's arch-villain is rather generic. For me, the prime archetype of evil has always been Cathy Ames from John Steinbeck's East of Eden. She served as a dialogue for the same discussion that Rowling opened with Voldemort - nature versus nurture and whether evil is born or made. Whereas Rowling seems to want to suggest ambiguity on that count and places the ultimate responsibility on the individual's choices, Voldemort's past and childhood seem to suggest the opposite - he was a bad egg from the start, even though he had the opportunity to change if he wished to.

From pp.95-6 of East of Eden

I believe there are monsters born in the world to human parents...And just as there are physical monsters, can there not be mental or psychic monsters born?...As a child may be born without an arm, so one may be born without kindness or the potential of conscience...to a monster the norm must seem monstrous, since everyone is normal to himself. To the inner monster it must be even more obscure, since he has no visible thing to compare with others. To a man born without conscience, a soul-stricken man must seem ridiculous. To a criminal, honesty is foolish. You must not forget that a monster is only a variation, and that to a monster the norm is monstrous.

As a side note, I've always thought that Dolores Umbridge was at least partly based on Cathy, although Umbridge is often declared a truly original villain. Cathy also had an office covered in lace and wore copious amounts of pink, and was a terrifying sadist. Also, Cathy is sometimes depicted as a cat - something that Umbridge also rather fancies; the cat is, in myth, the familiar of Satan.

[meerkatmclovin]

i think that voldy is extrmly original compared to other villains. most villains, such as the classic Disney ones, wanted the protagonist killed but used very strange methods on how to kill them. voldy simply wanted harry so he himself could kill him, no one else was allowed to kill him because of the prophecy. voldemort also kept on trying to get harry so he could kill him, in the disney classics after the antagonist failed to kill the princess or whatnot simply disappeared and everything was happy again, voldy kept on building his army and tried many times to capture and kill harry, but he never succeeded obviously