Because you like Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias in Watchmen

Irene Adler has to use both her brains and her body to survive. Luckily, she's usually the most brilliant person in the room. See them in Sherlock.

It's time somebody has to take over. It might as well be Fish Mooney. See them in Gotham.

Greg Hirsch is new to the Roy family's cutthroat world of wealth and privilege. See them in Succession.

This mathematical genius doesn't have time for small talk; Alan Turing needs to break Enigma, the Nazi's cipher machine. See them in The Imitation Game.

Madman, murderer, or musician? No one knows the Phantom behind the mask. See them in The Phantom of the Opera.

A champion of chivalry, Don Quixote is dutifully bringing good to the world—even when others think he's out of his mind. See them in Don Quixote.

Merciless and manipulative, Queen Ravenna is determined to become the fairest of them all. See them in Snow White and the Huntsman.

With an A.I. as loyal and witty as Cortana, who needs humans? See them in Halo.

This metal-bending mutant may be misaligned with the genetically normal people of the world, but Magneto's got class for days. See them in X-Men Series.

Sylar's victims are found all over the country, many with their brains removed. See them in Heroes.

A few millennia in the mortal realm have caused DEATH to be quite enamored of life. See them in Discworld.

Although Mako Mori may be small and quiet, she is a core of battle-hardened steel. See them in Pacific Rim.