My group’s essentially evil thieves guild (disguised as a jewel cutter’s guild) once saved the city from an invasion under the the pretense of “HEY YOU BASTARDS! THOSE ARE OUR CUSTOMERS!!”
“If you can’t explain why the Villain is the Hero in his own story...you don’t know your Villain well enough.” - I don’t remember who said that, but it was a famous author.
I'm more annoyed with people who label their characters "good" yet do all manner of evil things and just say ooh man I'm only "chaotic", screw that, planing to kill an entire ship and crew just because the npc captain locked you up in the brig after you try stealing everything not nailed down is not "Chaotic" its evil plain and simple. And I would respect such a player more if they just said that they were evil.
I once ran a party of 6 evil characters. The 4 LE killed the CE barbarian and the NE rogue sat back and drank while they did it. Then the LE cleric animated the dead character as a zombie. It was great.
I don't know who this guy is, it was just in my recommended. His weird beard made me stay to gawk, and his golden radio voice, eloquence, and cadence made it great.
"I had to do it, don't you see" That was good. Good delivery, good line. It really evoked a feeling of evil for me. The best villains in stories always think they are working towards some greater good. Or at least they convince themselves.