Ooooooh Spandam!! He's a personal favourite of mine. And unsurprisingly, he has a rough time.
Love:
@Pachylad:
Loathe: Useless yet holds a high position with unbelievable amount of power? Does heinous actions just to further his own goals? Treats even his loyal subordinates like crap? CHECK CHECK MOTHERFUCKING CHECK.
@Syphin:
Loathe: that he was a bastard. The way he treated Robin - mocking her, stomping on her and pulling her by the hair.
@El-Matematico:
Hate: Held an important position by means of nepotism. He's weak, stupid, bad tempered, a bad boss and a terrible human being. His face is broken because he was such an asshole years ago, and he doesn't even care. Everything about him is wrong.
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@Bond:
Loathe: He's a completely selfish, unappreciative, arrogant, cowardly, manipulative bastard who cares only about himself and keeping his power. He is the person I'd least want leading anything of any sort. He's worse than the criminals he sends to jail.
@Mr.:
Loathe: His stupidity also encourages a callous, cruel nature though this could also been inevitable because his father seems to have been an absolute prick. He gloats about his father wiping out an entire island population and equally revels in taunting and brutalizing Robin when she becomes her prisoner. Unlike other marines with a stone cold sense of duty, Spandam is pretty much without honor or sense of duty, carrying out selfish acts of corporal punishment against any prisoner unlucky enough to be of interest to him to hopefully use the war on outlaws for his own political aims. He owes his rank entirely to his high ranking father and makes a very poor argument for nepotism in the WG ranks at that. Even his spectacular failure at Enies Lobby only led him to pass the buck to CP9 and evade any consequences of his gross incompetence. He's just scum even if he has the mentality of a spoiled child.
@Darth:
Loathe: Well… some of you guys might know that I happen to like marines and doctrine of absolute justice. So you'd expect me to defend poor Spanda, right?
Wrong!
I absolutly despise the guy. He is self-centered, cowardly, weak, incompetent, stupid. He abandoned his post, destroyed Goverment island by accident, cares more about his safety than the mission... The leader ought to posses Virtu. He does not. He should be removed from his station, and strip down from all his titles, as a absolute disgrace to doctrine of absolute justice! Leave the real work to the marines, boy, for you are clearly not good enough to carry justice of the world on your back.
@Portgas-D-Ace:
Loathe: Spandam seems to be a spoiled brat who attained the position of chief only via nepotism. His weakness limits his acts of violence only to situations where his opponent has no way to retaliate. Though I can respect and like villains such as Sir Croc for their ambitions, strength and intelligence (even if he personally has committed more instances of heinous crimes than Spandam), I hold no such appreciation towards this cowardly and despicable individual. Robin should have finished the job.
All this. I LOVE all this. These things you guys say, are good things. You wouldn't say that Crocs mental torture of Vivi before he drops her off the palace was his "worst moment", would you?
Spandam is over-the top exaggerated cartoon evil. And that is entertaining as hell to watch. Can you imagine the colossal drag W7 would have been had Lucci been the sole primary antagonist? One Pieces premier Bleach villain? Spandam picked up that fucking slack and CARRIED the whole climax on his scrawny weak shoulders. Lucci was a roadblock Luffy needed to traverse. Spandam was the asshole you wanted to see get beaten to a pulp. He made every major emotional blow of that arc possible. Would Frankys flashback have been as fun had Spandam not been a total dick? No! Would Robins rescue have been as epic had Spandam not abused her as a total dick? NO! Spandam poured cowardly dickishness upon cowardly arrogance until Oda deemed him worthy of 4 consecutive beatdown moments- shot by Sogeking, slapped silly by Robin, crushed by an elephant, and then clutch'd. THAT is how good a villain Spandam was.
Loathe: Nothing. Spandam WORKS.
Spandams biggest problem wasn't that he was a douchebag asshole. Croc, Arlong, Enel, and Doflamingo are highly beloved assholes. Spandams problem was design, and powerlevel. If he had A) appeared stylish or intimidating or b) been a tough opponent, like all of the above, people would have loved him.
After all, thats exactly what happened with Caesar Clown. Spandams spiritual sucessor.
5 out of fucking five, as a villain he passes with flying colors.