Female Villains and Antagonists >:)
For @Arceli in the AVAC Club
I also feel like a lot of 2000s-2010s kdramas had step-mom and SFL villains but for the life of me I can't remember any off the top of my head.
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1. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Chinese Movie - 2000
The OG badass female villain
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2. 3 Will Be Free
Thai Drama - 2019, 10 episodes
Mae was one of my fav antagonists of the show. And she didn't even really mean to be an antagonist. Poor babe :')
- badass
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3. The Story of Ming Lan
Chinese Drama - 2018, 78 episodes
Not sure if it's really a spoiler, but one of my fav end game villains. Also just so many female villains in this one
- two of the villains/antagonists are seductresses
- political/schemers
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4. Faith
Korean Drama - 2012, 24 episodes
One of the antagonists is a
- badass fighting woman
- seductress tendencies
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5. Arthdal Chronicles Part 1: The Children of Prophecy
Korean Drama - 2019, 6 episodes
One of the antagonists is just such a fun woman
- Badass fighter
- Schemer
- Seductress
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6. My Fuxxxxx Romance
Korean Drama - 2020, 6 episodes
She's a... HEARTBREAKER
- Jealous SFL
- seductress
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7. Story of Yanxi Palace
Chinese Drama - 2018, 70 episodes
Tension in my back just thinking about her.
- Politics/scheming
- Jealous SFL
- seductress
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8. Eternal Love
Chinese Drama - 2017, 58 episodes
I CAN'T STAND HER.
- Politics/scheming
- The jealous SFL
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9. The Eighth Sense
Korean Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
The main antagonist is a woman, but she doesn't really get much in the story until I think the second half?
- Jealous SFL (technically she's not the SFL but she fits the archetype)
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10. Queen Seon Duk
Korean Drama - 2009, 62 episodes
Mishil is in the top 10 villain of all time. No question. This IS a hill I will die on.
- Politics/scheming
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11. Princess Pearl
Chinese Drama - 1998, 24 episodes
This is kind of a parody of political scheming dramas
- Politics/scheming
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12. Ikebukuro West Gate Park
Japanese Drama - 2000, 11 episodes
We have several women antagonists in this one. This is an episodic story format and at least one of the villains only shows up for one or two episodes.
- [one villain] schemer (conwoman)
- [another antagonist] redeemable villain
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13. The Murderer and the Toy
Korean Drama - 2024, 8 episodes
- Schemer (conwoman)
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14. Raise de wa Chanto Shimasu 3
Japanese Drama - 2022, 12 episodes
*smiles politely in fear*
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15. A Chinese Ghost Story
Hong Kong Movie - 1987
The villain is not really defined, but this character is definitely queer in some way and that is intentional.
- Queerness is the horror
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16. The Swordsman 2
Hong Kong Movie - 1992
Thanks to the power of forbidden techniques, our villain becomes a woman.
- Badass fighter
- Queerness is mean to be a part of the villainy
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17. Connect
Korean Drama - 2022, 6 episodes
I haven't read the webtoon, so please correct me if I'm wrong, but it seemed that Oh Jin Seop's journal implied he might actually be a trans woman? This wasn't shown in the first season though so I'm not sure. Waiting on season 2 to find out more.
- Queerness is part of the horror
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18. Fengshen
Chinese Movie - 2023
You can always count on those fox spirits to be our feminine antagonists
- fox spirit
- seductress
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19. Painted Skin
Chinese Movie - 2008
- Fox Spirit
- Redeemable villain
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20. Painted Skin: The Resurrection
Chinese Movie - 2012
Fox spirits for the win
- fox spirit
- seductress
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21. Half of Us
Chinese Drama - 2023, 24 episodes
They're all villains in some ways.... can't explain much because of spoilers though
- Redeemable villains
- Scheming
- Badass fighters
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22. Queen Cheorin
Korean Drama - 2020, 20 episodes
One of the antagonists was a woman. She's kind of weird though because sometimes she's not the antagonist.
- Mothersome woman
- Politics/scheming
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23. Ooku: The Inner Chamber
Japanese Drama - 2012, 10 episodes
omg can a villain BE anymore hateable?! IS IT POSSIBLE?!
- A mothersome villain
- Politics/scheming
- Redeemable villain
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24. Empress Ki
Korean Drama - 2013, 51 episodes
Someone PLEASE correct me if I am wrong, but I think there were a few female villains in there?
- Mothersome villain?????
- Politics/scheming
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25. The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion
Korean Movie - 2018
- Mothersome villain
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26. Coin Locker Girl
Korean Movie - 2015
I honestly don't remember this that well. I just remember it was some sort of toxic mother-daughter relationship
- Mothersome villain
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27. The Villainess
Korean Movie - 2017
It's been so long since I last saw this but I think
- Mothersome villain
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28. Girl from Nowhere
Thai Drama - 2018, 13 episodes
She is both the protagonist and the villain
- chaos demon
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29. The Double
Chinese Drama - 2024, 40 episodes
Villain
- Scheming
- Seductress
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30. Kaso Girei
Japanese Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
Antagonist... I actually can't think of a female-specific archetype of antagonists that she would fit into. Okay then. Yall pass the bechdel test