Full name: Sebastian Hiram Shaw
Alias: Dr. Klaus Schmidt
From the 2011 film X-Men: First Class
Played by Kevin Bacon
Requested by @jem12901 and an anon
Shaw is the leader of the Hellfire club and one of Erik’s most hated enemies. A former Nazi scientist who has no problem performing inhumane experiments on others for the sake of finding mutants for his plans to wipe out humans. Throughout the film, he ramps up his plans for mutant supremacy.
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For one, he shows superficial charm throughout the film. While his actions tend to be absolutely reprehensible, his demeanor remains suave and collected. Even when talking to Colonel Hendry to get the nuclear codes. Shaw calmly calls his bluff about dropping the grenade and takes it himself to absorb it. Shaw tends to have a smug smirk on his face quite often, even when he’s about to kill a bunch of people. He had a smile just before murdering Erik’s mother, and it only grows as he watches Erik’s powers finally reveal themselves.
He also manipulates others into his schemes. He talks about mutant supremacy to take in the Hellfire Club, and does this to the young mutant recruits that Charles and Erik have collected. In a world where mutants are treated as a blight upon it, a proposal to get rid of the oppressive non-mutants is something any young or vengeful mutant would want to hear. In addition, he also manipulates the U.S. and Soviets into his scheme of nuclear wars to gain energy to wipe out the humans. Not to mention, when talking fails, he will fall back on intimidation. With the grenade scenario, he tells Hendry he could blow up the boat and would be fine if he wanted to. Hendry on the other hand, not so much.
Shaw claims to be working for the mutants, but it’s mostly a power grab for himself. He knows that once the ashes settle, he’ll be the one on top and only those who are with him will survive the fallout. He does put up the front of caring for mutants. He chides Emma for shoving Erik off the yacht since they shouldn’t hurt their own. However, he tells the mutant trainees that they should join him or perish, implying that he would kill them if they didn’t join his side. This is explicitly what happens to Darwin, simply to make an example out of him.
"We are the children of the atom. Radiation gave birth to mutants. What will kill the humans will only make us stronger."
His lack of empathy and remorse is clear in everything he does. Shaw is incredibly callous to humans and will slaughter them without a second thought. When Charles reads Emma’s mind to find out Shaw’s plans, it is all fire and destruction, suggesting this is exactly what he told his subordinates would be in store. And while he preaches for mutants, he doesn’t seem to have much concern for any individual mutants as evidenced by Darwin. He’s only about himself and his ideals of mutant-supremacy seem to also be fueled by a grandiose sense of self-worth.
Full name: Sebastian Hiram Shaw
Alias: Dr. Klaus Schmidt
From the 2011 film X-Men: First Class
Played by Kevin Bacon
Requested by @jem12901 and an anon
[EXTENDED SPOILER VERSION HERE]
Shaw is the leader of the Hellfire club and one of Erik’s most hated enemies. A former Nazi scientist who has no problem performing inhumane experiments on others for the sake of finding mutants for his plans to wipe out humans. Throughout the film, he ramps up his plans for mutant supremacy.
For one, he shows superficial charm throughout the film. While his actions tend to be absolutely reprehensible, his demeanor remains suave and collected. Even when talking to Colonel Hendry to get the nuclear codes. Shaw calmly calls his bluff about dropping the grenade and takes it himself to absorb it. Shaw tends to have a smug smirk on his face quite often, even when he’s about to kill a bunch of people. He had a smile just before murdering Erik’s mother, and it only grows as he watches Erik’s powers finally reveal themselves.
He also manipulates others into his schemes. He talks about mutant supremacy to take in the Hellfire Club, and does this to the young mutant recruits that Charles and Erik have collected. In a world where mutants are treated as a blight upon it, a proposal to get rid of the oppressive non-mutants is something any young or vengeful mutant would want to hear. In addition, he also manipulates the U.S. and Soviets into his scheme of nuclear wars to gain energy to wipe out the humans. Not to mention, when talking fails, he will fall back on intimidation. With the grenade scenario, he tells Hendry he could blow up the boat and would be fine if he wanted to. Hendry on the other hand, not so much.
Shaw claims to be working for the mutants, but it’s mostly a power grab for himself. He knows that once the ashes settle, he’ll be the one on top and only those who are with him will survive the fallout. He does put up the front of caring for mutants. He chides Emma for shoving Erik off the yacht since they shouldn’t hurt their own. However, he tells the mutant trainees that they should join him or perish, implying that he would kill them if they didn’t join his side.
"We are the children of the atom. Radiation gave birth to mutants. What will kill the humans will only make us stronger.”
His lack of empathy and remorse is clear in everything he does. Shaw is incredibly callous to humans and will slaughter them without a second thought. When Charles reads Emma’s mind to find out Shaw’s plans, it is all fire and destruction, suggesting this is exactly what he told his subordinates would be in store. And while he preaches for mutants, he doesn’t seem to have much concern for any individual mutants. He’s only about himself and his ideals of mutant-supremacy seem to also be fueled by a grandiose sense of self-worth.
1920s on the left and 1960s (current game time) on the right
From the 2017 game Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Voiced by Glen Morshower
Requested by @jem12901
Rip is BJ’s father and is one of the more detestable characters in the series simply due to how down to earth he is even among the robo-Nazi crap going on. This bigoted domestic abuser is one of the worst I’ve come across. And of the many characters that I’ve profiled, I can honestly say that I hate him the most.
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Rip is an incredibly violent and easily angered. He will take out his rage on anyone within his vicinity. More often than not, that happens to be Zofia and B.J. He also seems to see aggression as the natural order of things, valuing strength over anything, and attempting to force that mindset onto his son.
His lack of empathy is apparent in how he views his family. He continually sees them as nothing more than outlets on which to take out his frustrations, not caring about the physical or mental damage he causes. Especially when he forces his son to kill his beloved dog. And in the end, he allows her to be sold out to the Nazis to keep his own self safe. And since he only looks out for the interests of the straight white man, he will not spare any empathy for anyone who doesn’t fit that criteria. And he sees no problem with selling out B.J. or outright killing him when he comes back to his home.
He only cares about his own interests and how he can benefit himself. The only reason he married Zofia was because of her father’s business. When it doesn’t make him more money, he then blames her for not working hard enough. Even the sole nice thing he did for B.J. by helping him with his night terrors was due to the fact that it was waking him up and Rip couldn’t sleep.
Due to his prejudice, he sees any progression towards equal rights as an affront against what he sees as the natural order. He sees the Nazi’s oppression as something that’s advantageous for him and viewed the world as being out against the white man. Thus, anything that could be viewed as his own fault will be pushed onto others such as the business failure. Not only that, but when he meets B.J. years later, he blames the abuse on his son for not understanding what he was trying to teach him.
The worst part is that he doesn’t believe he is wrong about anything he does. He believes himself to be morally upstanding and thinks anything going against his mindset is completely wrong. He calls B.J. a murderer for killing Nazis even though the Nazis are guilty of killing innocent people for no reason other than their identity. Although, due to his prejudice, he may see that as those people getting what they deserve for being queer, Jewish, or people of color. All the abuse he pushes onto his son is due to him attempting to toughen him up and B.J. “not getting it”.
Rip may not be the most dangerous, but he is easily one of the worst.
