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…Voldemort is four times as evil as the Grand High Witch and Captain Hook combined…that’s a bit weird o_O

what! Voldy is below Cruella De Vil and Wicked Stepmother!!! the Wicked Stepmother!!! come on peeps!

Hurray for Voldi!! Btw, ur right Sable, but more people named them so yeah., but he´s our favorite anyways!! youre so awesome voldemort!

By the way, Harry Potter is the most recent book on the list. just something i noticed.

Um…Voldemort is not scary at all! Especially when he becomes all cliched in book seven (that was cringe-worthy to read). I mean, any villain would be scary if he or she was in the room with you, but that’s not the point. Voldemort often falls prey to the villain monologue and the over-the-top antics (“You have one hoooouurrrr!”) and over the course of the series, he essentially becomes a parody of himself.

But yes, of course, he’s evil. And just by the nature of the Harry Potter story is he probably more evil than most. But, in my opinion, he is not particularly scary.

But don’t get me wrong…I like Voldemort, too, and I think he’s interesting.

It just doesn’t help anyone’s argument when they rant about such a thing on a Harry Potter fansite.

So perhaps everyone should explain WHY they thing Voldy is so scary?

Voldy should be at the top!!!!

I love every single one of those books:)
The White Witch and High Witch are very scary, but in my opinion, Voldemort should be much closer to the top. He is terrifying, and just because we see the weaknesses in him doesn’t make him any less scary to all the people that he victimized

Aww, Voldypoo, I knew you could do it! :D

Wow, Voldy’s in good company- or should I say bad company? He’s among the classic villains.

So perhaps everyone should explain WHY they thing Voldy is so scary?
Err… because he is basically Hitler? Worse, Hitler with the power of reading minds and killing you with a stick?

I do think Voldemort is the worst of the lot because of his genocidal tendencies, but I do understand that older, more classical villans would rank higher than him. I suppose a closer look to the statics of the voters- the age groups, especially, would shed much light on this.
You have to admit, that when somebody says “literary villan” only a Harry Potter fan would automatically think of Voldemort. There are many others with a bigger imprint on people’s minds. Most of us weren’t terryfied by Voldemort during our childhoods. I myself had nightmares inspired by Cruella de Vil and The Wolf, and faithfully hated the White Witch since I was seven. They have just been around for longer. Let’s see the results in twenty years’ time.

I agree with most of the villains on the list, but definitely not the order they are in. I think the reason I don’t agree with some is that when I read the book, I always put myself into the story. A villain might not seem too scary to me as an adult in the real world, but I would find them terrifying if I lived in their world.

well said, Bell.

That’s a good point, Corey. I don’t think Voldemort was supposed to be particularly scary in Book 7. He was losing his power. He was to be pitied. He was, ultimately, trying too hard to be evil. The sad thing is, I think he realized it towards the end. He wasn’t the end-all be-all of power. He was losing. I think he felt like he had nothing left but his hatred of Harry Potter, and I think he realized he was doomed before he raised his wand and said “Avada Kedavra” for the last time.

But he would rather die a failed villain than live and redeem himself. That’s what makes him scary to me.