White-haired, one-eyed dandy bastards
Well, "bastard" is not a nice word, but it is what comes to one's mind when we look at them. They are bad to the bone and love it... and the white or grey-haired ones are sure to leave their mark in many manga and anime series as very charismatic characters.
This is neither the first nor the only page about those very special characters. I know there is at least another page in the Web dedicated to the white-haired bastards, as its author put it (sorry, but I've forgotten her name, gomen nasai !...) and when I read it I've started to thing of those characters as a "category" and that gave birth to the whole eye candy typology thing, after all.
White-haired bad boys are those no hero would like to be pitched against. According to the symbolism regarding hair colors in anime and manga (see more about it clicking HERE), white or gray-haired characters have great spiritual power, intelligence and self-control, which in the East are usually attributed to mature people. Although extremely powerful, such characters prefer not to get involved in fights. They usually impose themselves through their wisdom and keep their calm under any circumstances, which often has roots in emotional issues that make them cold and distant. They seem to have ice in their veins and look down at anyone else, since everybody looks like children beside their great power and wisdom.
Besides that they are incredibly classy and never lose their composure under any circumstances - which makes them even more terrifying in the few occasions they get really mad. However, such characters very often find their doom in their excessive self-confidence, since they never dream that weaker characters can become more powerful than they are or even that envious subordinates can betray them, and only realize too late how fatal this can be...
In the previous page we have seen some examples of silver-haired, cool-blooded bad boys, here we can see a different breed, the "dandy", that is, the ones that enjoy elegant dressing, good food and drink and other pleasures - even at the cost of other's lives! Thus, they are always impeccably dressed (often in white, too!) in a very classic, sometimes even affected way and not seldom are seen holding a wine glass, enjoying the good life they have conquered. However, usually due to some past trauma, all that does not seem to be enough for them, and they go against the world and the local hero to get back something they think the world has denied them.
The "dandy" is usually not so powerful as his white-haired brothers and sometimes is quite a bit stupid. He despises physical effort and, although his power is still very great, he rather lets his goons do the dirty work for him, which is the root of spectacular treasons, when the "dandy" finally finds out - but already too late - that he is the one who has been manipulated all the time.
A special kind of the "dandy family" is the one that has his powers enhanced by a magical eye. However, frequently the eye ends up by controlling them and making them do things that lead to their destruction. They do have a tragic streak, but they chose that way and will not admit they were wrong!
From left to the right and top to bottom:
Prince Diamond (Sailor Moon R), Professor Tomoe (Sailor Moon S) Pegasus (Yugi-Oh), Muraki (Yami no Matsuei) (Muraki's image can be seen bigger by clicking on it).
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No money is being made through this page. All mentioned series and characters belong to their respective legal owners. Pictures from the sites The Dark Moon Castle of Villainy (príncipe Diamante), Sailor Moon Villains (professor Tomoe), Official Yu-Gi-Oh! King of Games Site (Pegasus),Paperthin Pleasures (Muraki). Since I have been surfing the Web a lot to find the pictures, it is possible that I have mixed some credits... If this should happen, please contact me so that I can correct my mistake. Doumo arigatou!
