Day #13 of the 30 Day Halloween Challenge

[shadowkat]

This is Day 13 of 30 Days of Halloween Challenge

A favorite villain in a film, book or television series.

The Weeping Angels from Doctor Who

Stephen Moffat created the weeping angels - which if you blink, they move and if they get close enough - they throw you into another time line.

The Weeping Angels were an extremely powerful species of quantum-locked humanoids (sufficient observation changes the thing being observed), so called because their unique nature necessitated that they often covered their faces with their hands to prevent trapping each other in petrified form for eternity by looking at one another. This gave the Weeping Angels their distinct "weeping" appearance. They were known for being "kind" murderous psychopaths, eradicating their victims "mercifully" by dropping them into the past and letting them live out their full lives, just in a different time period. This, in turn, allowed them to live off the remaining time energy of the victim's life. However, when this potential energy paled in comparison to an alternative power source to feed on, the Angels were known to kill by other means, such as snapping their victims' necks.

Source - https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Weeping_Angel

I loved The Weeping Angels - best villain ever. I don't, however, consider them exactly monsters...

Comments

[cjlasky7]

I know we're only halfway through this challenge, but I'm playing my BUFFY card--I can't think of anyone else who's half as good at being bad:

Is Angelus the greatest TV horror villain?

The psychological manipulation, the snarky sense of humor, the theatrical displays of murder and mayhem--Sadism as an art form. The best thing about Angelus is that you really believe he's the same guy as Angel, only with the soul removed. (You clearly see Angelus in Angel, and vice versa.)

We tend to underestimate Boreanaz as an actor, but he's been a leading man on TV for over two decades now. Angelus was that first, thrilling discovery of what the man could do when given the opportunity.

https://youtu.be/AgijozVKNXc

[atpo_onm]

Gonna go with Buffy also, and certainly no knock on Boreanaz, but for me, this guy was easily the most fascinating and diabolical of the various villains in the series.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH3JvmtPZfg

"Human weakness. Never goes away. Even his."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebTybhwgX9g

[wendelah1]

Miles Drenttel from thirtysomething was the boss from hell. He seemed almost demonic, I swear to God.

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The Weeping Angels are a great choice. They were very scary, and quite an original creation. "Blink" is my favorite episode of Doctor Who.

[petzipellepingo]

I'd have to go with my old college friend Freddy Krueger aka Bob Englund.