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Okay, you need to ask yourself exactly how much you are willing to control. In fact, you are going to have to be honest with yourself and ask yourself whether or not you are actually strong enough to rule the whole universe, or just two or three tiny planets. Are you? Think: If you take the whole universe on, that just makes it all the more people who want to get rid of you. On the other hand, if you just take two or three tiny planets, sooner or later you'll run out of people for sacrifices.
You see, you can't just march up and expect to take over the entire world in a few hours. These things take time! You need to be able to piece together a few things in order to succeed. Like a plan, or at least a To-Do List.
You need to know what you are going to do; you need to know what you want; you need to know how you are going to succeed. A plan will let you go a long way. Studies prove the best dictator was someone who started out small with plans to become bigger. It gives us something to focus on. I mean, Dracula didn't just go out on the streets and snatch people up for blood. He started out by stepping on cockroaches, and then moving on to slowly pulling the legs off spiders and wings off flies. If you think you can just rush blindly into a fight and win, no matter what the circumstances . . . that does not work well with us bad guys. The only way you can actually succeed in that way is if you are a good guy (because of the universal plot hole). But you aren't a good guy, so you need to know what you are going to do.
It is a rare thing when the story does NOT end with the knight getting the lady; when the bank robber actually gets to keep the dough; when the jerk goes unpunished . . . And mostly it is because of a sheer twist of the plot. And it is up to you to detect when the sheer twist of the plot comes along, and you have to grab it for yourself!
Now, it can be anything, really. It could be that Lady Destiny and Lord Fate have a twisted sense of humor. It could be there is some way you can actually blackmail/bribe them (chocolate and wine: the universal bribes that work for anything and anyone) . . . To say you are the masters of your own destiny is tempting the Lady's hand in screwing you over royally. So you need to learn how to do whatever you can to suck up to the Ultimate Forces. After all, if they get bored with you, then they will allow Good to win again. So that is the first thing on your To-Do List to do: Suck up to superior forces. You can't hope to defeat them. All you can do is hope they like you.
Another all-important thing to do is cultivate your reputation as the epitome of evil. I mean, Antichrist hasn't come into existence, but the very name makes normal people quiver in fear. That is a reputation! The very mention of Hitler sends people along a tirad of curses and insults (especially if said people are Jews). That is a reputation!
To create something like this, you need a rich, juicy rumor for those wagging tongues. Do something that will get you a lot of attention. An evil laugh is very helpful. If it is done just right, then you will have people quaking in their shoes and automatically realizing you are evil. But a great laugh doesn't ususally come naturally. You need help in that. Here's a card:
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