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“Pity. Together we could have ruled the world.”
Nimueh, BBC’s Merlin.
- She’s powerful! Nimueh’s frequently foiled, but as a villain she comes up with some pretty intelligent plans that require a lot of magical oomph behind them; a plague on Camelot, manipulating Merlin into poisoning himself, and of course the fact that as a priestess of the old religion she holds power over freaking life and death.
- She makes tattered dresses look good.
- Nimueh’s strong enough to stand up for what she believes in. Dictator-king Uther Pendragon has executed everybody she loves for something she couldn’t help, but is she going to sit and cry? No way! She dares to fight against him, time and time again.
- She’s smart enough to try and get Merlin onside when she realizes she can’t kill him. (And please, like that wouldn’t be the most kick-ass ever alliance.)
- Her smirking, teasing brand of evil could be one-dimensional, but Michelle Ryan does it amazing justice.
- Fuck you, she’s awesome.
