Unapologetically Evil Villains Are The Best Type Of Villains - Tumblr Posts

I love me some "You are not a threat to me, I'm just toying with you" type of villain that 90% of the time backfires on them, this is why when you want to toy with the hero you first check if you're the big bad or some neutral funny haha morally gray unstoppable force of nature.

Btw here's the TV Tropes page for this trope since you said you wanted more though ironically none of my examples are there, there's also the It Amused Me page which is kind of like a supertrope to this.

I love those characters that are like "I could kill you and easily win this battle if I truly wanted, but I want to give you a fighting chance so I can watch you struggle."

Those characters that know how to end everything and have the power to do so, but they dangle it over the other characters' heads and watch them fight over it.

EVEN BETTER, they know their capabilities, but hide it from everyone else until a moment forces them to reveal the power they have.

Like the other characters never stood a chance against them, and they knew that but watched them try it anyway for the pure joy of it.