There ’s nothing more awesome than an evil mavin . Commanding the power of iniquity , chewing the scenery , manage object of awful power … it ’s a peachy lance . But it ’s not one with a mint of job security . Here are 12 dread mistake that evil adept always stop up devising , which prove their downfall .
Note : For the purposes of this article , we ’re using “ wizard , ” “ witch ” and “ thaumaturge ” interchangeably , and not put any kind of sexuality connotation on any of those terms .
Depending on which interpretation of the story you go by , Morgan le Fay falls in love with either Merlin or Lancelot . And this love is in the main something that gets in the fashion of her power to screw with Arthur and take down Camelot — she ’s too busy imprisoning and/or stalking the target of her love to hatch any other plan . Meanwhile , in Legend , Tim Curry wants to destruct the last unicorn , but he gets straggle into giving Mia Sara a gothy makeover .
In Robert Jordan ’s Wheel of Time series , the Foresaken are the most revere scoundrel — malefic sorcerers with the Dark One ’s German mark on them . They ’re pretty much unfuckwitable . in the beginning there are 29 of them , and then they get whittle down to just 13 . And then those , too , get dealt with . But none of these evil masterminds is taken out by the Light — rather , they ’re killed by the Dark One , who care they might lead astray him . Or they obliterate each other as part of their endless infighting . As Verin excuse in The Gathering Storm : “ The Chosen are like a clump of squabbling children , each trying to hollo the cheap and attract their begetter ’s attending . It ’s easy to determine what they want : Power over the other tiddler , trial impression that they are the most important . ”
This applies across the add-in , since mysterious scoundrel are really fond of terrible death traps . But it ’s especially true when you ’re ordering someone to kill a infant . How often does that actually work ? inescapably , the child gets smuggle away or replace with another baby , or they kill a decoy child made of lunchmeat or else , or whatever . If you really require that sister dead , you ’d well see a lilliputian mangled ( but still identifiable ) body afterwards . Otherwise , you’re able to be pretty certain they ’ll be back , in a dozen years or so .
Everybody return into this one . vicious deception - users always want more world power , and this inevitably direct to Hell ’s bargaining table . Even Doctor Doom did it at one point , which lead to him getting trapped in Hell for a while . From Faustus onwards , make a “ Faustian Bargain ” is one of the sorcerer ’s go - to moves , and it in the main turn out about as well as you ’d ask . In the animated pic Anastasia , Rasputin makes a deal with the devil for eonian youth , but regain that if his orphic ampule is damaged , he ’ll still give out . ( See detail # 6 for more on that . )
From the Emperor in Star Wars to Horvath in The Sorcerer ’s Apprentice , any prison term an evil sorcerer takes on a student or helper , they ’re pretty much hold fast to be denounce or otherwise horribly let down . It ’s heavy to find secure assist — see particular # 10 for more on that — but also , it ’s backbreaking to instruct an apprentice the ways of evil wizardry without also teach the lesson that being a freak involves never treating the people around you with honor . possibly if you ’re an malevolent sorcerer and you take on an apprentice , consider treating him / her as a admirer and comrade , and preserve the spite for your actual enemies ? Also , if you ’ve sound to huge duration to fake someone into being your squawk , do n’t throw it all aside by order him to kill his own son .
Say your power comes from an amulet , or a quartz , or a fancy verge , or some kind of evil goat face . DO NOT wear out IT AROUND YOUR NECK . Do n’t put it on display . Do n’t dash it around . That conk out forfancy magical ballet instructorswho pressure danseuse to do the same terpsichore over and over again — just do n’t fatigue the medallion that ’s the reference of your power around your neck , multitude . Wear it under all your clothes , or better yet blot out it somewhere on your mortal . Do n’t put it where everyone can see it .
This is like every Disney cock-and-bull story ever — usually , the loophole is “ dead on target lovemaking ’s kiss . ” If you ’re an evil magic user and you resolve to put a curse on someone , and you have to include an escape clause , make it something like , “ You will kip evermore , or until someone find a mint - condition original 1985 Yak Face action figure with electric broom attachment , still in the box . ” That way , your cuss will never be damp .
This is essentially theVoldemort clause — you try a prophecy of your own destruction , and then you get so obsessed with it , that you basically make it to hail to pass . Voldemort does n’t require to go after Harry Potter ’s parents , but by doing so , he seals his own eventual doom . But it ’s a unwashed weakness for malign wiz — they try so hard to thwart a prophecy of their own death , they cause it to materialize . Likewise , Bavmorda the evil nance in Willow tries to forestall the birth of Elora , but just stimulate Elora to be sent into expat where she ’s taken in by Willow . fundamentally , if you hear of a prophecy of your own downfall , just neglect it — if it ’s true , it ’ll happen anyway , but anything you do to stress and stop it will just give it more weight .
Often , an evil wizard will have a limited amount of power — and all too often , the function of magnate enfeeble the wizard ’s own spirit - force out , causing him or her to grow old prematurely when it ’s used . Like misfortunate Tom Baker in The Golden Voyage of Sinbad , who gets all shriveled up when he use magic — but he still go around prove off , animating statues and doing cool tricks for people . This is a common problem for vicious wizards — they ca n’t avail yield a show . And then later , when they really need their magnate to finish off their enemy , they ’ve almost run out . See also the Wicked Witch of the West , who only grow three use of the Golden Cap of force and then go out at the worst possible instant .
This is immense . Every vicious hotshot has a awful hench - human , who shaft up everything . Do n’t reach it off to the flying monkeys ! Do n’t leave it to the Stormtroopers ! Do n’t just acquire the Orcs — or Saruman — will be able to treat whatever issue forth up . subordinate always underachieve . It ’s just a fact of life . The only manner to pull ahead , as an evil wizard , is to get your own hands dirty .
To some extent , dress like a wizard pimp is part of the fringe benefit of being an evil sorcerer . What ’s the point of birth aliveness - and - demise ( mostly end ) power , if you ca n’t hold out an amazing cloak , a cool hat , and pot of bling bling ? Nothing says “ I have the power to sour to citizenry to stone and I do n’t give a fuck ” like puffy drawers and pointy shoes . But there ’s also something to be said for the element of surprise : do n’t let them see the wickedness come ! peradventure consider wearing cargo trouser and sensible shoes , and do n’t lash out the Stone of Ormmuu until people have allow their guard down ?
At one power point , Gargamel the evil wizard decides it ’s clock time to get serious about wiping out the Smurfs . At first , he come up with a architectural plan for a Brobdingnagian forest blast that will lose weight the Smurf forest to ash , and force the little bastard to flee into his net . But then he decide that ’s just too bare . So instead , he create … a female Smurf , the Smurfette , to sow in mental confusion among them . Wait . What was unseasonable with the forest flaming thought ? This is typical of evil wizards — they have the power to strike their foe down , but alternatively they hatch Rube Goldberg plots . ( Seethis Cracked articlefor detail on how Skeletor never uses his full top executive against He - Man , because that would just be too promiscuous . ) This partly comes back to the “ delegating too much to terrible henchpeople ” affair , as well .
Sources : As linked above , plus we checked our list of evil thaumaturge againstthis Time list , plusWikipediaandTVTropes .
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