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54 Post author: RobbBB 06 September 2013 06:42AM

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Comment author: Document 14 September 2013 12:32:09PM 0 points [-]

I think I once or twice met a villain who didn't, who just wanted everyone dead for their own amusement and all the arguments were met with "but, you see, I don't care."

...which means they were answering questions rather than trying to kill people^W^W amuse themselves.

Comment author: [deleted] 18 September 2013 05:50:59PM 1 point [-]

Usually, these villains actually find it amusing to see humans fail to grasp their motivations, and/or are stalling in order to get an opening through which to kill people.

Comment author: Document 18 September 2013 11:30:07PM 1 point [-]

I don't feel like enumerating examples, but I feel like I usually don't find it convincing (and that it's usually the heroes stalling and the villains helpfully cooperating).