Greetings nerdy list aficionados and welcome back to top 10 nerd you’ve been loving the
couples and so have I let’s look at some couples who are bad to the bone.
Now when you’re a villain it’s kinda hard to make these things stick cause well you’re
more than likely to toss each other under the bus so we’re going to be looking at
all kinds of couples here, two ships passing in the night, what is this and wow I this
kinda makes sense is a great love just everything.
I’m Sasha and these are the Top 10 Supervillain couples you won’t believe exist.
Let’s get started.
Number 10 – Starting it off with a please they hinted at it I wish this had been pursued
couple.
The Riddler and Harley Quinn.
So after Harley made her debut into comics her and the joker split pretty quickly yes
she still had feelings for him and could at times be lured back but for the most part
she was striking out on her own with a solo series ft fun teaamups and eventually with
gotham city sirens.
The series that saw her join forces with poison ivy and catwoman during one arc they need
to enlist the help of a quasi reformed riddler who Harley flirts with hard to get to help
them, but the real hinting comes at the end wherein after helping them Harley gives riddler
a peck on the cheek which he pulls away from and the comic proceeds to have the most melodramatic
narration about it of all time.
I see the hurt in her eyes as I pull away I turn quickly so she won’t see the hurt
in mine.
Woah hold on did I miss a page that escalated quickly and frankly I wish it has escalated
more but the new 52 was around the corner and with it a new Harley who murdered basements
full of children and wore her ex lovers face.
In my heart I’ll always have quiddler.
Number 9 – Destiny and Mystique this is an interesting one cause while never canonically
“happened” fans are convinced that is exactly what was going on and it was just
being subtly coded.
And then 2019 it was flat out confirmed thanks to the history of the marvel universe #2 which
canonized it which I bring up just to have a ha I wasn’t crazy they said I was mad
but they were wrong.
So Destiny is irene adler and her and mustique have been in love since the 1900s.
The two would form the second evil brotherhood of mutants together and just be constants
in each others lives.
Mystique could be herself with destiny and express all her concerns about rogue funnily
enough worries about the future, with a precog that must be interesting.
So in the pas mystique would transform into a man at times when these two were out it
is postulated that a lot of this was to skirt around the comics code authority while others
feel it was a fanon that grew to become accepted and has been incorportated into canon.
Either way I’m not reaching and it feels good.
Number 8 - Lex Luthor and Amanda Waller back to brief what why moments so this comes to
us from superman/batman the series from 2003 and the first big story arc public enemies.
Just everything this is from the time lex is president and of course he’s evil of
course he’s still trying to kill Clark.
And in the process ends up getting himself all jacked up and making out with a very surprised
perplexed Amanda waller.
Waller and Lex working together isn’t too hard to by though working adjacent to each
other would probably be a better way to put it, but these two are way to dedicated to
their respective clandestine tasks for this to be a thing they would just have massive
files on each other.
Does Lex hook up with people even does Waller now I’ve fallen down a rabbit hole, but
what else is new.
Number 7 Harley Quinn and Red Tool – So some would classify this more as an anti hero
couple but killing for money I dunno but leave that aside for a moment cause this relationship
or flirtation rather is quite interesting.
In comic fandom one of the big Harley quinn ships is the crossover pairing between her
and Deadpool which has only ramped up as dc has made her more and more deadpoolesque.
So in her new 52 series and beyond a character named red tool was introduced an extremely
blatant deapdool standin who was completely in love with her in an insane ima kidnap so
we can go to the carnival way, I will do anything for you.
She treats him horribly most of the time except when she needs him though over time the two
come to develop a friendship though he’s essentially the Harley to her anti hero joker.
He’s just Deadpool it works for some people but for others they fall into characterception
so red tool is Deadpool who was at first modelled off of deathstroke cause he was wade Wilson
instead slade Wilson.
Comiception.
Red tool isn’t replacing joker or ivy or even deadshot for most fans anytime soon.
Number 6 – Namor and Emma Frost man was this one unhealthy and an affair but they’re
tenuous anti heroes at best though emma ranges a bit more and villains at their worst.
Namor and emma frost this happened when they were working together and was particularly
prominent in uncanny x-men.
Emma was with Cyclops at the time but Namor persuaded her with his smooth why can’t
we do this you’re not married you’re just bound by a whim and a word can you feel how
much he wishes sue would leave reed in that sentence cause I can.
So these two would hook up and are quite the power couple they also work cause they both
know it’s a no strings attached type deal but they’re both really cold.
Ice cold.
I wasn’t surprised by this I mean emma and scotts relationship started off as a psychic
affair where she would sometimes roleplay as jean and there are strong hints that namor
likes how much emma looks like sue.
It’s all very messed up which is par for the course for a villain relationship in my
opinion like they’re not great people it’s not that odd they would have flawed relationships
when even the so called virtuous heroes do.
Number 5 – The Hood and Madam Masque, and just after saying that we have this surprisingly
sweet one.
So the hood is a newer villain created in 2002.
While madame mask is from the 60s and was a villainous romantic interest for iron man.
Brian Michael bendis wanted to do something with the hood as he felt he was a great new
creation that not a lot was being done with.
And one of the things he did was give him a romance with madam masque.
And ok what can I say I’m a sucker for I don’t care what you look like he sees the
villain within and was there for it, for a time.
Also can we talk about how madam masque and iron man used to make out with their masks
on, how I have questions was it just metal bashing against each other, that’s what
it looks like.
Number 4 – Scandal Savage and Knockout.
Scandal Savage is also a newer creation from 2005 made for Gail Simone’s new secret six
series.
She was the daughter of vandal savage meaning he was finally catching up with ra’s al
ghul characterization having children.
She would be an integral member of the secret sic and form a relationship with knockout
who first debuted In Superboy (vol. 3) #1 (February 1994) she was a former female fury
so this is a power couple for sure and one of the more together villain relationships
out there.
But scandal’s also the type to compartmentalize and keep her feelings close to her chest.
This relationship gained attention for being an open queer relationship.
Gail Simone is all about that.
Number 3 – Mystique and Sabertooth.
So Mystique and sabretooth’s union is one that produces horrifying results for the marvel
universe in that the two have a son together Graydon Creed a huge figure in the anti mutant
movement.
He formed the friends of humanity.
So Mystique keeps an eye on Graydon who she gave up for adoption and wow that must be
a disappointing stakeout.
So Mystique seduced Sabertooth aka Victor Creed while he was in Germany on a mission
and she was posing as a spy.
So not exactly an out there open pairing.
Though it would become one later.
Mystique isn’t bound by what people look like.
They’re both passionate and have a kind of instinctual understanding of each other.
They can be a bit of bastion in between the madness that is their lives.
Did you know they had a team up comic yeah they did sabretooth and mystique so people
were here for this, you don’t just get a teamup comic well I mean sometimes you do
if they’re trying to boost your popularity but it has to be people the company thinks
fans would want to see together.
Number 2 – Carnage and Shriek yes there was romance for carnage bizarre twisted romance
just like you’d expect well if you were expecting a romance at all.
Both of these characters are from the 90s her and carnage would teamup in the event
maximum carnage a crossover form 1993.
She is one of the people Kasady carnage frees when he escapes from ravencroft.
They would recruit Doppelganger, Demogoblin, and Carrion.and place themselves in a position
in a position of being parents to them like a little dysfunctional symbiote family.
Shriek was all over him.
And some fans were all over this just crazy villains doing their utmost to well do what
villains do best.
These two still get fanart.
There’s kinda of a proto joker Harley thing going on here too but it branches off pretty
quickly.
Number 1 – Thanos and Hela You probably saw this one this was one of those things
that got articles galore articles with headlines like thanos and hela just got steamy.
No stop.
Why all the press well thanos and hela were big in the mcu popularity charts at the time.
This began in the unworthy thor #5 but really is it that odd Hela is the goddess of death
and Thanos was formerly obsessed with death so it’s really almost like a transference.
Two cosmic beings who will be around long after most of their enemies not thor though
cause well he’s nigh immortal.
Would you support this or do you feel like it was one of those horizontal marketing things
to try and draw attention cross promotion is very real and sometimes it’s subtle.
So those were ten super villain couples you never knew existed how many did you know and
do we need those hero villain pairings that happens a lot the lines blur when you’re
a superhero or villain I mean you see the same people all the time sometimes you talk
to them.
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