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* ''LightNovel/RedoOfHealer'': Keyaru's “healing” is full-on biokinesis, able to restore a person from anything short of actual death. But since he’s a MaddenedIntoMisanthropy character is a CrapsackWorld, even being his “friend” (read: useful) can’t completely protect you.

** Altair and Malthus (and the latter's subordinates, the Chi Trinity) are straighter examples. Both have HolyHandGrenade powers (Altair being an agent of Heaven while Malthus and the Chi Trinity derive their power from TheLifestream[[note]]yes, the same one from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''[[/note]]. Unfortunately, Altair is a [[TheFundamentalist deranged]], HolierThanThou KnightTemplar who mercilessly exterminates demons and sinners (despite the former ''not'' being AlwaysChaoticEvil (and usually [[HeavensDevils quite benevolent]]) in this 'verse, and his standard for not being a "sinner" are unreasonably strict). [[spoiler:Altair's end goal is to exterminate ''[[FinalSolution all]]'' [[FinalSolution demons]] and [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt obliterate hell]] (which is ''not'' a realm of eternal punishment in this 'verse, but rather a place where even the most horrific of sins can be redeemed through torment); achieving the destruction of hell would make the post-mortem redemption of sinners impossible and doom them to CessationOfExistence.]] As for Malthus and his organization, the Light Demons, they're a band of EcoTerrorists who are [[GaiasVengeance aiming to save the planet]] by ''dramatically'' reducing the sapient population. Malthus is also an extremely vengeful person who will go to great lengths to exterminate not only his enemies, but [[AndYourLittleDogToo all of their loved ones as well]] — and he tends to go after the latter ''[[RevengeByProxy first]]''.

** In [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist the 2003 anime version]], [[spoiler:Dante]] is an expert on medicinal herbs and constructive alchemy and taught Izumi. [[spoiler:Who [[BodySurf hijacks bodies]] and would likely have taken Izumi's had she not left first.]]

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** Perverted talent is rather a big thing among the Forsaken. Mesaana started out as an excellent teacher until she went bad (after being refused some kind of prestigious research appointment), at which point she used her talents to instruct children in acts that make the most fanatic of the Hitler Youth look like amateurs. Ishamael had an unrivaled knowledge of philosophy as it applied to the battle between Light and Dark, and used it extensively after joining the latter. While the ability to access the World of Dreams is used extensively by the Aiel Wise Ones for positive ends, the Forsaken Lanfear and Moghedien prefer to stalk people, give them nightmares, and possibly enslave people's minds... and Ishamael may or may not have used it to destroy some poor sap's soul

* Keyaru from ''LightNovel/RedoOfHealer'' is this UpToEleven. His “healing” is basically full-on biokinesis, able to restore a person from anything short of actual death. But since he’s a MaddenedIntoMisanthropy character is a CrapsackWorld, even being his “friend” (read: useful) can’t completely protect you.

*** TLOK disproves this unique exception and makes the main villains of the first two books be Waterbenders. The one from Book One, Amon, is once again a Bloodbender, albeit one amplified UpToEleven. He can not only bloodbend, but somehow manages to ''take away'' bending virtually permanently; the only way to undo it is by having the Avatar use the Avatar State to spiritually restore it. The one from Book Two, Unalaq, has a natural affinity with spirits and specializes in a Waterbending technique used to purify and appease spirits. He tries to use this to fuse with an EldritchAbomination so he can basically become TheAntiChrist.

* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'': [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency The second part's]] BigBad, Kars, gains powers based around CreatingLife once he becomes the UltimateLifeform, but he is a ruthless, sadistic, and megalomaniacal individual who [[GenocideFromTheInside destroyed his own civilization]] just because they disagreed with his plan of making them the strongest beings on the planet.. Case in point, one of the things he does with his powers is turning one of his hands into a squirrel, which proceeds to befriend another squirrel before ''brutally devouring'' it.

* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'': Both [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency the second part's]] BigBad, Kars and [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo the fifth part's]] NominalHero, Giorno Giovanna, have powers based around healing and creating life, which greatly contrasts with their ruthless and megalomaniacal actions: the former destroying an entire civilisation just because they disagreed with his plan of making them the strongest beings on the planet, and the latter murdering and using countless people to take over the mafia, dooming the boss before him to [[FateWorseThanDeath an endless loop of death and revival]].

* Dr Light (AKA Arthur Light), a villain from Franchise/TheDCU, is a guy using a suit that grants him light-based powers. Turns out he also is a rapist and a villain so vicious that the Justice League ended up mind-wiping him so he wouldn't be dangerous anymore. Ironically, DC also has a female superhero named Dr Light, who is pretty much a JerkAssWithAHeartOfGold and has fought her evil namesake on occasions.

* ''Manga/WitchHatAtelier'': The reason why medical witches no longer exist in the present day is that they were accused of using they were accused of using their knowledge and skills to perform grotesque human experimentation, and so were destroyed and the entire corpus of healing magic expunged. Healing magic remains forbidden for any witch to study due to the stigma associated with medical witches.

* [[TheDragon Her Imperious Condescension]] from ''WebComic/{{Homestuck}}'' has the ability to extend life. [[AxCrazy She]] [[TheCaligula is]] [[EvilOverlord also]]... [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen well, herself]].
** She uses her powers to extend the naturally short lifespan of Ψiioniic, making him live thousands of years... after [[FateWorsethanDeath he was turned into]] [[PoweredByaForsakenChild a living battery for her spaceship]]. The fact that she was genuinely enamored with him somehow makes it even worse.
** In that vein, the attributes given to players don't always correlate very well to what they do with those powers once they have them, and can in fact be subverted depending on the player's class. Vriska is a sometimes sadistically cruel hero of light (although the term appears to be synonymous with luck in-universe), and her light-aspect dancestor Aranea goes from being basically good-hearted and harmless to being a WellIntentionedExtremist. Of course, those pale in comparison to Eridan, whose class as a prince combined with his use of the hope aspect mean that he uses bright-and-shiny powers to ''destroy'' hope.

* In ''Franchise/StarWars'', Darth Plagueis was supposedly able to "keep those he loved from dying" through the unique abilities he had developed by mastering the Dark Side of the Force. The fact that he still ''had'' people he loved after becoming a Sith Lord [[TheDarkSideWillMakeYouForget was unusual in and of itself]], although an alternative is that Palpatine was lying in order to ensnare Anakin. In the Expanded Universe book ''Literature/DarthPlagueis'', it's stated that those who he kept alive were mostly [[spoiler:his test subjects]].

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* [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Lupusregina Beta]] from ''LightNovel/Overlord2012'' is a WhiteMage with HealingHands and can recover wounds as long as they aren't too severe. She's also a bonified {{Sadist}} and TortureTechnician who's favorite pastime is tormenting humans.

* The cast of ''Videogame/{{Touhou}}'' is composed primarily of {{jerkass}}es, so a weak version of this applies to most people who have "good" powers. But the strongest example would be Yuuka, the flower youkai, who is, depending on the game, anywhere from extraordinarily creepy to an outright OmnicidalManiac.

** Perverted talent is rather a big thing among the Forsaken. Mesaana started out as an excellent teacher until she went bad (after being refused some kind of prestigious research appointment), at which point she used her talents to instruct children in acts that make the most fanatic of the Hitler Youth look like amateurs. Ishamael had an unrivaled knowledge of philosophy as it applied to the battle between Light and Dark, and used it extensively after joining the latter. While the ability to access the World of Dreams is used extensively by the Aiel Wise Ones for positive ends, the Forsaken Lanfear and Moghedien prefer to stalk people, give them nightmares, and possibly enslave people's minds... and Ishamael may or may not have used it to destroy some poor sap's soul.
* ''Literature/{{Touch2017}}'' has Father, a pretty thoroughly creepy man standing in the lead of a brainwashed cult/criminal empire. His power? Happiness aura.

* Swapping powers is a FandomSpecificPlot in ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' stories, thus changing whom this applies to and what powers they have:

* In Creator/ChinaMieville's ''Literature/PerdidoStreetStation'' and [[Literature/TheScar other]] [[Literature/IronCouncil novels]] in [[Literature/BasLagCycle that universe]], there are professional magic users, thaumaturges, some of whom have impressive healing powers as well as the ability to perform transplants/surgery without risk of harming a patient. Unfortunately, this is a CrapsackWorld, and many thaumaturges with such powers are vile sadists. Instead of using their powers to heal, they play a role in the legal system, Remaking criminals as punishment for their crimes (i.e. painfully turning them into [[BodyHorror horribly disfigured biological or technological mash-ups]]).