#idea of evil

[the-two-germanys]

Frontispiece. Witches Still Live; a study of the Black Art today Theda Kenyon Illus. by Siegel New York: Ives Washburn, Publisher, 1929.

[takunwilliams]

Nasferatu Zodd 2025

[fictional-gods-tournament]

Comeback Round

The 4 with the most votes will be on round 2

Idea of Evil (Berserk)

Darkseid (DC comics)

The Wyrm (Werewolf: the Apocalypse / World of Darkness)

Ryuk (Death Note)

Haruhi Suzumiya (Haruhi Suzumiya)

Naga (Fire Emblem Awakening)

Father Time (Regular Show)

Voting ended onMar 7, 2025

Characters' info under the cut

Idea of Evil (wiki)

Domains: God of the Abyss, embodiment of humanity wondering why they're suffering

Propaganda:

The Idea of Evil is the overarching antagonist of Berserk. A conceptual being born from humanity wanting a reason for their suffering, it serves to do exactly that, and cause even more suffering through its proxies, The God Hand.

Darkseid (wiki1, wiki2)

Domains: Evil, Tyranny

The Wyrm (wiki)

Domain: Death, Destruction, Entropy

Propaganda:

It is the overarching antagonistic force of WtA and a great evil across the WOD cosmology with tons of interesting lore

Ryuk

Domains: shinigami / god of death

Haruhi Suzumiya (wiki)

No domain.

Naga (wiki)

Domain: Light/good/"divine"

Propaganda:

She's the original divine dragon who blessed one of her teeth to become a sick sword that's super effective against evil dragons. She also helped a band of heroes from a doomed future to travel back in time. And, most importantly, her name is really fun to use as a swear -something I did irl after I first played awakening (sweet Naga no!)

Father Time (wiki)

Domain: Time

[but-a-humble-goon]

The way a lot of people in the Berserk fandom talk about the Idea of Evil is really weird to me. People say things like "we don't even know what the Idea of Evil's master plan is yet!" as if it's some kind of final boss/supervillain who can be punched in the face. It's GOD. Not A god, THE God. And not in the Greek mythology sense either where it's functionally just a really strong dude. It's a god of the Abrahamic variety, an omnipotent, omniscient formless presence that permeates all of existence and dictates the course of fate by its whim. It doesn't have a master plan. It's master plan is to keep existing and keep being god. A lot of it seems to just be people trying to look for some sort of meaning in what it does when the whole point is there isn't any. The God of this universe is an uncaring asshole who really does just let all the pointless suffering in the world happen because it can. Don't look to it for any kind of answers or catharsis, the only lesson it has to impart is that nothing means anything so do as thou wilt. It's not the kind of evil that can be fought by hitting it with an oversized sword. You fight it by telling it to go fuck itself and filling your own life with as much happiness and meaning as you can find on this bitch of an earth.

[bscully]

Idea of Kirby

[ninebaalart]

[metabotulism]

[berserk-confessions]

I have this theory that, since the Idea of Evil came from people’s willingness to believe in It, It feeds off their belief. I feeds off their hopelessness, their fear, their cowardice. So, I think, in the end, the only way for the Idea of Evil to be vanished is for logic, science, and inquisitiveness to thrive, as well as compassion. That’s a very kind, humanist interpretation of the sometimes Lovecraftian world Berserk shows us, but as a humanist and a writer, the idea of humanity subconsciously creating and destroying entities through their knowledge (or lack thereof) if very appealing to me. At the very least, it’s given me ideas as a writer.