Dickens meme, day 4

Your Favorite Villain

I never really understood the concept of liking a villain. I mean, they're villains. They're mean and nasty. What's to like?

So I'm going to take the easy way out here, and let you all answer this one. Then I'll figure out my answer after that!

Comments

[Marian]

I agree...this question always seems weird. :P I tend to think of it as more like "the most interesting villain". In that case, I'd say Tulkinghorn, because he's very cunning, but appears to be a respectable, model-citizen type of guy.

[Nina]

I think it's more like "the villain you love to hate," and actually some of my favorite Dickensian characters are the villains. :P Uriah Heep is my favorite comical villain (there's several layers to his character and interactions), and Bradley Headstone is my favorite serious villain, he seems really realistic and I liked following his storyline.

[Selenia]

Does Scrooge count? :)

[Charity]

Tulkinghorn.

Mostly because he is the one villain, without exception, that I NEVER feel sorry for!

[Gina]

Selenia -- sure, why not? :-) He.does start out that way!

I guess I'll go with Fagin. He does have his sympathetic moments -- though how much of my perception comes from the jolly depiction in the musical, I could not venture to say. :-)

[Christy]

I think possibly Pecksniff. I never had so much fun getting all hot under the collar about someone.
Tulkinghorn is also a really, really good bad guy. Also Ralph Nickleby.

[AprilFool]

I think Fagin has good points, even without the musical. He is the first person to treat Oliver as a human being. My vote is for Fagin.