Always Evil Races in Fantasy [Are Kind of Boring]

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Always evil races in fantasy and sci-fi are a staple. You need that army for your protagonist to fight. But you know what? I think that an entire species of pure evil is kind of boring. In this video essay, we go through several cases of "evil races" to determine if they're truly pure evil or not, how writers try to make these forces of darkness compelling, and when evil might be at its most compelling. -- Chapter Guide 0:00 Prologue 4:28 Chapter 1: Evil Villains are Good 8:25 Chapter 2: What Goes Bump in the Night? 14:20 Chapter 3: What About Demons 21:03 Chapter 4: The Cenobites 27:35 Chapter 5: The Afflicted 31:42 Chapter 6: "We Live in a Society" 38:28 Chapter 7: The Age of the Orc 44:26 Chapter 8: To Overcome Your Evil Nature 47:35 Chapter 9: Game of the Year 2023 52:06 Chapter 10: Get to the Damn Point Already AGramuglia Socials: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@anthonygramuglia?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/AGramuglia Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/agramuglia.bsky.social In this video we discuss the following: Lord of the Rings A Nightmare on Elm Street superheroes Halloween Starship Troopers Killer Klowns from Outer Space Aliens Cthulhu Evil Dead The Exorcist Dungeons & Dragons Doom Devil May Cry Frieren Berserk Hellraiser Dracula Night of the Living Dead Resident Evil Return of the Living Dead Warhammer 40K Halo Zombies Independence Day Humanoids From the Deep Final Fantasy Shadow & Bone Skyrim Baldur's Gate 3