You’re a villain and you’ve just defeated the hero, but in his final moments he whispers, “they’ll never love you like they loved me”, what would you whisper back?

 

They only loved you because of me. Well, I don’t need to be loved.

 

If I wanted to be loved, I would’ve stood beside you, not against you.

 

You can die with their love, I’m going to live on their fear.

If they loved you, they wouldn’t have sent you to me alone.

 

That’s the difference between us.

You needed their love to feel whole.

I learned to live without it. And that’s why I won.

 

And yet here you are. Alone.

Not a friend in sight, just me, the only one with you at the end.

 

They’ll never use me like they used you.

 

I didn’t become a villain to be loved, after all love is what made me become a villain.

 

That because they would rather love a beautiful lie than face the ugly truth.

 

Love? That was your curse, not mine.

They adored you because you gave them hope.

I gave them truth and they’ll hate me for it, until they finally understand.

 

They never love you, the love the idea of you.

 

Who said I needed to be loved? That was never my goal.

 

I’m not here to be loved.

Im here to fulfill my purpose.

 

They never did and that’s why I have become what I am today.

 

You’re loved by the people, I’m favored by the Gods.

 

And that love didn’t save you at the end.

 

They’ll never love me like they loved you, but love fades.

Fear doesn’t.

Fear makes people remember, makes them obey.

And that, hero, is something your love could never do.

 

They will forget you soon like they forget all those who saved them.

But they will remember me because the scars I left will never fade.

 

Let their love die along with their brave hero.

I’ll carve a new era with fear.

 

Love didn’t make me strong, pain did.

 

They never loved you.

They just needed someone who kept winning.

The moment you fell, their love fell with you.

But me?

They’ll remember me because I never needed their love to matter.

 

I’ve got two things for you hero.

They never truly loved you.

They used you to fight a fight they didn’t dare try to fight themselves.

You’re alone just as am I.

 

You were the lie they wanted, but I am the truth they need,

for I am as pure and true as death itself.

 

They never loved you.

They just loved what you did for them.

 

It wasn’t their love that kept you going for so long,

but your hate for me.

Their love is just the reason you’re dying now.

 

They love you because they needed you,

they love you because their using you.

It that’s love, I don’t want it.

 

They never loved you.

They needed you.

And need is the first thing people replace.

 

Honey, they don’t love you.

They just love you sacrifice yourselves for their advantage.

 

They’ll love the next hero like you never exist,

and I’ll still be here to watch them fall too.