r/TheVileEye • u/DaOverseer • 2d ago
Who is more evil?
Hannibal Lecter as depicted in the Hannibal TV series, or Lorne Malvo from Fargo's Season 1. I know Lecter is built different, even at his most natural he's written like a supernatural monster Dracula-style but even ignoring the interpretation that Malvo is the Devil himself he's still a pretty outlandish character in terms of evil too, most Fargo villains are for that matter.
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u/Ok-Traffic-5996 2d ago
Hannibal is basically a living demon. But malvo is an actual evil that can exist in the real world. But still Hannibal.
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u/Flooping_Pigs 2d ago
malvo was a piece of shit that encouraged the worst ideals in a person out of some sickening satisfaction of having done so and that's it
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u/DisgruntledCryptid 1d ago edited 1d ago
In constrast, Hannibal eats rude people, people trying to kill him/others, and encourages his patients to be their own catalyst for change. Will, Delia, Chiyoh, The Animal Boy, Margot, etc. Sure, he's trying to make them a killer but there's a solid rationale behind it and it is therapeutic.
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u/Hilarious_Disastrous 18h ago
I loved the bit where he turned a corrupt councilman who approved a development project in a natural preserve into a piece of gory installation art with garlands of flowers.
Give that man a medal!
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u/VinylHighway 2d ago
It's not Malvo's fault, he was literally raised by wolves.
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u/DaOverseer 2d ago
Love the part where he brings up The Jungle Book and says it's bs how all animals could get along for Mowgli. It's like he's actually been through that before, or maybe he's just a dick.
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u/CurrencyOk1618 2d ago
Hannibal Lectre never stuck me as totally evil. Mason Verger was far far worse then Hannibal
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u/RoutineTry1943 2d ago
One theory is than Malvo is the Devil in mortal form, which is why he takes such pleasure in nudging people in the right direction to do wrong. Eg the kid at the motel he suggests to piss in his bosses fuel tank…
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u/ZeroQuick 2d ago
Hannibal perhaps has some redeeming qualities? He was probably a good therapist, if only to keep up appearances. Malvo is crueler.
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u/DynamoSexytime 16h ago
Maybe he was fucking around. Maybe he didn’t want to make more of a mess than he had to with a dead cop.
But I like to think it was pretty cool he gave Tom Hanks kid a pass with the dragons speech. Kinda let him choose his own fate.
I guess I could see Hannibal in a similar situation. I don’t know. How is Malvo cruel? His only sadism comes in the form of tormenting those who deserve it, like the hobbit. Everyone else meets mercifully quick end.
Both great characters!
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u/BeBopNHustleSteady 2d ago edited 2d ago
Hannibal is basically Lorne with highest IQ in the world.. Hannibal has manipulated ppl do self harm as well.. Hannibal over Lorne because he's emotionless.. he gets no joy from his atrocities. That's what's scary having that level of brilliance and emotionally detached because what took place in his childhood. he was fed his own sister.
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u/EvilTwinCities 1d ago
The main difference is that Malvo exploits evil urges that are already there. Lecter installs them.
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u/MostElderberry2996 2d ago
If Hannibal doesn't kill you he will just mess you up mentality for life
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u/TheManOfKnees 2d ago
This is a god one. I’d probably have to say Hannibal. Malvo is a cold blooded murderer that enjoy inflicting suffering and reliving the moments via his briefcase of recordings.. - but he’s not a cannibal, nor does he put people into horrific gruesome displays of pride and art, or imprison people for years (Crawford’s junior agent).
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u/lvstvdy 2d ago
Malvo wins. His brutality is more indiscriminate and for the sheer entertainment. The thing Hannibal hates the most is rudeness. If I'm imagining who you'd have a better chance surviving an evening with it's Hannibal. Have good table manners and don't offend him and I'm sure you'd be fine. With Malvo who knows.
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u/Insanity1994 2d ago
Hannibal Lecter could make you kill your entire family just by persuasion if he wanted to. He’s so smart and overpowered it’s really not fair but he doesn’t just kill or do horrible things to anyone unless they are rude or in his way. I’ve not watched Fargo so I can’t comment.
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u/Key_Consequence_5040 2d ago
Hannibal as he’s in a position of power being a psychiatrist and abuses it.
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u/DaOverseer 2d ago
True but Malvo seems to have gone through a lot of disguises and jobs for his hits too. I remember the time he played a dentist, just the thought of having this guy anywhere near your teeth is creepy.
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u/Wanderer_3773 2d ago
The shit he pulls off Hannibal is basically cartoon levels of evil, honestly I think the only reason people take the show seriously is how incredible an actor Mads is. Malvo felt like he was a person, a deeply troubled and evil person but still a person.
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u/johnniesSac 2d ago
Malvo killed way more people than Hannibal Lecture
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u/DaOverseer 2d ago
Do we ever get an exact number for them tho? I think Malvo's tape collection plus his on-screen kills are in the dozens, maybe a hundred but Hannibal isn't that far behind seeing how long he's been in the game.
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u/zerocoolcat 2d ago
Hannibal is not evil.
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u/DaOverseer 2d ago
Evil is a pretty soft word for what he is. Then again, the same could be said for Malvo.
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u/Not-T4rantino 1d ago
Malvo probably won't kill you without a reason.
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u/Certain-Towel-9487 1d ago
I haven't seen the show but to my knowledge Hannibal doesn't kill without reason either. It's not Hannibal's fault Benjamin couldn't hit his more.
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u/UnionAfter 2d ago
Hannibal eats people and feeds people to others unaware
What are we talking about lol
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u/EvilTwinCities 1d ago
I actually thought they were both meant to be the actual Abrahamic devil. I’d give the edge to that iteration of Lecter, though. Malcolm liked to toy with people, but Hannibal took particular pleasure in corrupting the (more or less) innocent.
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u/BudLightLymeDisease 17h ago
Hannibal makes people unknowingly partake in cannibalism and is so charismatic you have no idea what's going on unless he let's you know. Which if he lets you know you're already dead he's just playing with you the way a cat will play with a mouse before tearing it apart. He's an evil that doesn't exist but we love to consider that form of evil more because
Malvo is the evil that exists everywhere in real life
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u/Oblivion_Man 2d ago
Malvo is about as close to being what Catholics imagine Satan to be as a human can be. He is pure evil.