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[โ€“] KaiReeve 14 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Compelling villains are written with a deeper motivation for their actions than just 'hurt people' or 'be evil' and they have a tendency to challenge the status quo in some way. Such villains become sympathetic because the current status quo is oppressive.

It must be very difficult to write a villain for a contemporary piece of media because they can very quickly become a hero of the people.

[โ€“] yuki2501 2 points 2 months ago

Proof that neither following the law nor traditional morality are being appreciated by today's youth.

The reason for that should be obvious.

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