Always Evil Races in Fantasy [Are Kind of Boring]

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.

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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

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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