Villains...when I hear this I think of evil scientist and insane dictators, but what makes villains so evil? Surely the villain is also the main antagonist in the story, but is there a reason that a villain is so evil because surely not all villains were simply born that way...In most stories, not just books, the antagonist is bitter for something that happened to them in the past. For example in X-men Erik (aka Magneto) worked with Charles Xavier for the good of all mutants. However, because Magneto believed that mutants were superior, he left the X-men and started the brotherhood. In some stories, however, such as The Lion King, Scar was Mufasa's brother but was bitter towards Mufasa because he believed that the crown was supposed to be his and his rage eventually led to Scar killing Mufasa. So, even family relations can create a villain, especially when one does not get what they want. Many villains believe that someone has wronged them and want to take their revenge out on anyone and anything that gets in their way.
Some antagonists become mad towards the world because they have suffered great loss such as the death of a spouse, and begin to believe that it was someone’s fault. In fact now that I think about it all Villains are bitter because they believe that someone has wronged them in some, what they interpret as, a terrible way. However we must examine the fact that all villains were good before a specific event in their lives turns them bad. After all no one is born evil. To say that when an antagonist realizes the truth that they would turn good is a perfectly reasonable statement, I have seen this many times a great example of this is in lion king two when Kovu feels remorse for betraying Simba. BTW Great examples of all of these things I’ve talked about are in the Percy Jackson series if you have not read I STRONGLY recommend it. YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED. PLEASE guys leave me some feedback and perhaps even a story idea and a big thanks to my first follower Delta Altair, please tell your friends about me!!!! THANK YOU
