The Baddest Bad Guy Ever: Andrew Ryan

All of my friends know that Im obsessed with the video game "Bioshock." What sells this game, however, is its main antagonist, Andrew Ryan. Ryan drives the story line in an impressive way; He provides the setting, atmosphere, and enemies you have to fight. Allow me to elaborate; Andrew Ryan was born in the soviet union, pre-Lenin era. As he grew older, he realized the horrors of communism, and instead fled to the United States. Much to his disappointment, the US was not what he was promised; Financial and social equality, and a lack of true creativity or progression. The final straw was when the United states bombed hiroshima. Having lost all his patients with the world, Ryan and his colleagues built an underwater city known as Rapture. This entirely self sufficient utopia took only a handful of societys brightest and best Artists, athletes, industrialists, and Scientists. The Utopia quickly became a Distopia, however, as science began to overthrow morality and personal freedom became anarchy and corruption.

What makes Andrew Ryan such a great villain is the fact that he isnt necessarily Evil. In fact, in his eyes YOU are the antagonist, coming to plunder his city. Hes not a bad man, hes simply a visionary who sees you as a threat. Of course, hes no nancy-boy. Andrew Ryan is stern, severe, threatening, and most of all, Dangerous. When he means to achieve something, he does it, and doesnt stop until the job is done. Even with his dying words, he shows that you're just as much of a villain as he was. HES SO COOL!

Quotes:

"I am Andrew Ryan, and I'm here to ask you a question. Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow? 'No!' says the man in Washington, 'It belongs to the poor.' 'No!' says the man in the Vatican, 'It belongs to God.' 'No!' says the man in Moscow, 'It belongs to everyone.' I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something different. I chose the impossible. I chose... Rapture, a city where the artist would not fear the censor, where the scientist would not be bound by petty morality, Where the great would not be constrained by the small! And with the sweat of your brow, Rapture can become your city as well. "

"What is the difference between a man and a parasite? A man builds, a parasite asks 'Where's my share?' A man creates, a parasite says 'What will the neighbors think?' A man invents, a parasite says 'Watch out, or you might tread on the toes of God...'"

"I believe in no God, no invisible man in the sky. But there is something more powerful than each of us, a combination of our efforts, a Great Chain of industry that unites us. But it is only when we struggle in our own interest that the chain pulls society in the right direction. The chain is too powerful and too mysterious for any government to guide. Any man who tells you different either has his hand in your pocket, or a pistol to your neck."

"A man chooses, a slave obeys."