04 Feb 2013, 3:32 pm
04 Feb 2013, 10:35 pm
salad wrote:
Tensu wrote:
I'm not at all a fan of either franchise, and neither villain would make my top 100, but I'll way in none the less.
Both villains are trying to cheat death, but for different reasons.
Orochimaru is curious: he wants to see every single jutsu that can possibly be done. I would probably feel the same way if I lived in his world, though I wouldn't go to his extremes.
Voldemort, as I understand, is simply afraid to die.
Orochimaru is a man with an actual ambition.
Voldemort is just a coward.
Maybe Voldemort is the more powerful of the two, I wouldn't know enough about either franchise to say. But he's not a more interesting character than Orochimaru, and thus loses this context.
Both villains are trying to cheat death, but for different reasons.
Orochimaru is curious: he wants to see every single jutsu that can possibly be done. I would probably feel the same way if I lived in his world, though I wouldn't go to his extremes.
Voldemort, as I understand, is simply afraid to die.
Orochimaru is a man with an actual ambition.
Voldemort is just a coward.
Maybe Voldemort is the more powerful of the two, I wouldn't know enough about either franchise to say. But he's not a more interesting character than Orochimaru, and thus loses this context.
orochimaru is easily one of the greatest villains. his goal isn't just to know every juts. he wants to attain omniscient status and omnipotent abilities and be the "ultimate being". he wants to unlock all the mysteries in the world and be the one to discover everything. and no voldemort is no where near as powerful as orochimaru. orochimaru has 4 eco hokages at his disposal. he's one of the strongest naruto characters at this point.
I stopped following the show shortly after they appointed the gambling addict as the new hokage, so last I heard from Orochimaru was his speech during the attack on the hidden leaf village. It was a cool speech, and if I had followed the series more closely he may be a lot higher on my favorite villains list, but I got annoyed with all the darkteasing: saying a character is dead or permanently injured and then bring them back.
And power is less interesting to me in a villain than motive.
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