History Main / EvenEvilHasLovedOnes

** Also, [[TheHero Basil]]'s older sister Amy/Mindstar. She's TheDarkChick for the Dark, an unrepentant murderer and rapist, and more than a little AxCrazy at times, but she's ''[[KnightTemplarBigBrother extremely]]'' protective of her brother, and she even supports his decision to become a superhero rather than joining the Dark like her.

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-->''I like laughing at retards.\\

But darling, I love you.\\

Girl, you know it's true.\\
Darling, I love you.''

* PlayedForLaughs in the ''Music/AndrewJacksonJihad'' song "I Love You", in which the singer serenades a woman he loves while also [[CrossesTheLineTwice going out of his way]] to sing about just how morally bankrupt he is.

** Blitzo is the founder of the [[MurderInc Immediate Murder Professionals]] group. He is an abrasive, rude, crude, petty, selfish and perverted imp with little-to-no regard for the lives he ends and[=/=]or ruins with his business. He is also the [[DotingParent doting]] and [[OverprotectiveDad overprotective]] adoptive father of the hellhound Loona and considers the other members of the I.M.P. the closest thing he has to a family.

Villains who are {{Complete Monster}}s can never qualify as this trope, as they are incapable of feeling love for anyone but themselves. Sometimes, if they show a sort of love that seems genuine, it's revealed to be for {{pragmatic|villainy}} or [[ItsAllAboutMe self-serving]] reasons. Even if it was genuine at some point, that love is [[{{Yandere}} twisted]] into something vile and selfish to the point where it's no longer genuine love but rather possessive obsession.

* While not necessarily ''evil'', [[MadScientist Dr. Jack Bright]] is one of, if not the, craziest of the scientists working for the ''Wiki/{{SCP Foundation}}'', being driven insane as the result of his [[WhoWantsToLiveForever unwanted immortality]]. However, he does seem to genuinely care for his younger brother, [[EmpathicHealer TJ]]. Though, this doesn’t entirely play out in TJ’s favor as [[spoiler:Jack ends up [[KickTheMoralityPet reducing TJ to the mind of a toddler by having him cure several cases of mental retardation]] as a way to protect him from realizing he was being used as nothing more than a tool by the Foundation.]]

Being evil doesn't always mean hatred and negativity 24/7. Even evil characters ([[TruthInTelevision and real people]]) can find someone to love. Often, that love is [[MadLove twisted]], [[LoveMakesYouEvil a cause for villainy]] or [[WasItAllALie an act]] but sometimes a work can show an evil character's love is genuine and deep. This serves to [[CharacterDevelopment humanize]] the character, to give the hero doubts about fighting them, or to provide a weakness for the hero to exploit. At an extreme end, can provoke MamaBear or PapaWolf reactions if they are threatened (or turning into a TragicMonster at worst), or prompt the loved ones to AvengingTheVillain. It also marks the villain as hypocritical and shows his twisted worldview by treating everyone else as insects but excluding the few ones he has feelings of affection for.

Compare EvenEvilHasStandards when an evil character objects to or is disturbed by certain acts towards anyone and not just his own, MoralityPet, MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter, DaddysLittleVillain, TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether, VillainousFriendship, MinionShipping, and UnholyMatrimony. Can often overlap with EvilParentsWantGoodKids, especially if the villain is an AntiVillain. If the evil character in question is a {{mook|s}}, and said love brings them in conflict with their own boss, that's EvenMooksHaveLovedOnes. Guaranteed that it will overlap with MoralMyopia when the villain sees no problem with their own methods, until those methods are turned on the ones ''they'' love. When the villain turned evil as a ''result'' of their love for others, it's LoveMakesYouEvil. Contrast with EvenTheLovingHeroHasHatedOnes, where an AllLovingHero despises at least one character. Can be related to TreatedWorseThanThePet, when someone treats their pet better than they treat a family member.

Compare EvenEvilHasStandards when an evil character objects to or is disturbed by certain acts towards anyone and not just his own, MoralityPet, MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter, DaddysLittleVillain, TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether, VillainousFriendship, MinionShipping, and UnholyMatrimony. Can often overlap with EvilParentsWantGoodKids, especially if the villain is an AntiVillain. If the evil character in question is a {{mook|s}}, and said love brings them in conflict with their own boss, that's EvenMooksHaveLovedOnes. Guaranteed that it will overlap with MoralMyopia when the villain sees no problem with their own methods, until those methods are turned on the ones ''they'' love. When the villain turned evil as a ''result'' of their love for others, it's LoveMakesYouEvil. Contrast with EvenTheLovingHeroHasHatedOnes, where an AllLovingHero despises at least one character. Can be related to TreatedWorseThanThePet, when someone treats their pet better than a family member.

Compare EvenEvilHasStandards when an evil character objects to or is disturbed by certain acts towards anyone and not just his own, MoralityPet, MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter, DaddysLittleVillain, TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether, VillainousFriendship, MinionShipping, and UnholyMatrimony. Can often overlap with EvilParentsWantGoodKids, especially if the villain is an AntiVillain. If the evil character in question is a {{mook|s}}, and said love brings them in conflict with their own boss, that's EvenMooksHaveLovedOnes. Guaranteed that it will overlap with MoralMyopia when the villain sees no problem with their own methods, until those methods are turned on the ones ''they'' love. When the villain turned evil as a ''result'' of their love for others, it's LoveMakesYouEvil. Contrast with EvenTheLovingHeroHasHatedOnes, where an AllLovingHero despises at least one character.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}: Warriors of Chaos'' has a character named Valkia the Bloody. She has a rule called "Consort of Khorne"; it lets her reroll on the Eye of the Gods table if she doesn't like the results. The reason she can is because her patron god, Khorne, who went so far as to resurrect her following her first death, can't stop watching her. This is a god whose throne is made of NothingButSkulls.

** Snarsnik, the chief Night Goblin of the Eight Peaks, is a nasty little piece of work, but he adores his pet squig Gobbla and treats the creature as a dear friend. In ''TabletopGame/WarhammerTheEndTimes'', Gobbla is killed by a Skaven Packmaster and Snarsnik suffers a VillainousBreakdown, loses all will to fight and just wanders off into the distance, never to be seen again before the world is destroyed.

** Stolas is a [[Literature/ArsGoetia Goetian Prince of Hell]] who callously runs the gamut on maleficent things ranging from grand scale operations, like having politicians who try to bring attention to Global Warming silenced just so more people will die, to much more petty schemes, like basically blackmailing Blitzo into SexForServices -- despite the fact that Stolas is already married -- his infidelity with the lowly imp being something that ''really'' [[AwfulWeddedLife pisses off his wife, Stella]]. All that said, for all of Stolas' bumbling and fumbling around he still deeply loves his daughter, Octavia, and it's ''strongly'' implied that he thinks she's the only good thing that ever came out of his and Stella's marriage. Also, [[AbhorrentAdmirer for all of his creepy antics]] towards Blitzo, and the imp's cold attitude towards Stolas in return, it's also strongly implied that he is the only person Stolas has ever sexually and romantically desired in his entire long life.

Being evil doesn't always mean hatred and negativity 24/7. Even evil characters ([[TruthInTelevision and real people]]) can find someone to love. Often, that love is [[MadLove twisted]], [[LoveMakesYouEvil a cause for villainy]] or [[WasItAllALie an act]] but sometimes a work can show an evil character's love is genuine and deep. This serves to [[CharacterDevelopment humanize]] the character, to give the hero doubts about fighting him/her, or to provide a weakness for the hero to exploit. At an extreme end, can provoke MamaBear or PapaWolf reactions if they are threatened (or turning into a TragicMonster at worst), or prompt the loved ones to AvengingTheVillain. It also marks the villain as hypocritical and shows his twisted worldview by treating everyone else as insects but excluding the few ones he has feelings of affection for.

* Wrestling/VinceMcMahon refused to grant Wrestgling/MickFoley a title shot until Foley had Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon in a variation of a nelson hold, prompting a clearly concerned Vince to give in to Foley's demands.

Villains who are {{Complete Monster}}s can never qualify as this trope, as they are incapable of feeling love for anyone but themselves. Sometimes, if they show a sort of love that seems genuine, it's revealed to be for [[PragmaticVillainy pragmatic]] or [[ItsAllAboutMe self-serving]] reasons. Even if it was genuine at some point, that love is [[{{Yandere}} twisted]] into something vile and selfish to the point where it's no longer genuine love but rather possessive obsession.

* In ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' the archdevil Dispater's most notable trait is his surprisingly functional romances. While neither [[{{Retgone}} he nor anyone else]] has any idea what his relationship with his first wife was like, he's been married two other times. His marriage to Feronia lasted a few centuries, which is a short marriage by deity standards but a long time for a neutral goddess of freedom to stay with the archdevil of ''prisons'', and the two are amicably divorced and stay in touch, while more typical fiendish breakups involve eternal torment or becoming nemeses. His third wife Erecura, also a non-evil deity, is apparently quite happy despite having been thrown into Hell by Pharasma.

* When the hero has the chance to kill the villain, he decides not to, because "He's not a murderer". The villain calls him out on this because he had no problem killing one of his mooks, pointing out that said mook was the godfather of his children and was a very dear friend of his. On that note, he also points out that the mook had a family of his own

Compare EvenEvilHasStandards when an evil character objects to or is disturbed by certain acts towards anyone and not just his own, MoralityPet, MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter, DaddysLittleVillain, TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether, VillainousFriendship, MinionShipping, and UnholyMatrimony. If the evil character in question is a {{mook|s}}, and said love brings them in conflict with their own boss, that's EvenMooksHaveLovedOnes. Guaranteed that it will overlap with MoralMyopia when the villain sees no problem with their own methods, until those methods are turned on the ones ''they'' love. When the villain turned evil as a ''result'' of their love for others, it's LoveMakesYouEvil. Contrast with EvenTheLovingHeroHasHatedOnes, where an AllLovingHero despises at least one character.

* In ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'', the main villain Wolffy is near-constantly hit with a [[FryingPanOfDoom frying pan]] by his wife Wolnie due to always failing to capture the goats for them to eat, but the two still love each other very much regardless. The two also have a child named Wilie that they care for.

* Literature/TheBible mentions this to make a point: If evil people know how to give good gifts to their children, then how much more does God know how to give gifts to His? Also given as one of the reasons we are supposed to love our enemies: Even evil people love those that love them, so there is nothing really extraordinary about loving those that love you.

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Being evil doesn't always mean hatred and negativity 24/7. Even evil characters (and real people) can find someone to love. Often, that love is [[MadLove twisted]], [[LoveMakesYouEvil a cause for villainy]] or [[WasItAllALie an act]] but sometimes a work can show an evil character's love is genuine and deep. This serves to [[CharacterDevelopment humanize]] the character, to give the hero doubts about fighting him/her, or to provide a weakness for the hero to exploit. At an extreme end, can provoke MamaBear or PapaWolf reactions if they are threatened (or turning into a TragicMonster at worst), or prompt the loved ones to AvengingTheVillain. It also marks the villain as hypocritical and shows his twisted worldview by treating everyone else as insects but excluding the few ones he has feelings of affection for.