What villan(s) actually kind of had a good reason for doing what they did?
Mr Freeze.
He is just looking to find a cure for his wife
Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz
Almost all villains in Legend of Korra have a motivation that completely makes sense, but they take it too far and become evil about it.
Edit: not legends of Korea lmao
Edit again: I said “almost all the villains” not all of them!
Of course not Unalaq then.
RIP my inbox... lol
Orm in Aquaman.
Dude was just mad about pollution.
Magneto.
In real life, possibly Wojciech Jaruzelski, the last Communist dictator of Poland.
He'd been in a Soviet forced labor camp during WW II and was dreadfully afraid of the Soviets intervening in his country if they overthrew the Communist government.
Mance Rayder from GoT: For those that don't watch the show: The protagonist (Jon Snow) and others at Castle Black guard a giant wall/ a tunnel in that wall.
On one side of the wall there lives a group of people lead by Mance Rayder.
They want to force their way through that tunnel because the other side is safer.
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Quote from Mance Rayder:
*Here's me being honest with you, Jon Snow, which is more than you've ever done for me.
My people have bled enough.
We're not here to conquer, we're here to hide behind your Wall, just like you.
We need your tunnel.
Now, we both know that winter is coming, and if my people aren't south of the Wall when it comes in earnest, we'll all end up worse than dead.
You want to strike a bargain with me?
Here's the bargain: you go back, you open the gates to us, and I swear to you that no one else will die.
Refuse, and we'll kill every last man at Castle Black.
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John Snow then rejects this proposal, only to propose something similar to Tormund.
"Just so we're clear.
***The Grinch*** never really hated Christmas.
He hated people, which is fair."
\- Jim Carrey
The Grinch!
As an adult, I really feel for him.
I mean he was bullied and he just hates people and materialism, but ultimately gets sucked in and brainwashed like the rest of us
Gerard Butler's character deserved to win in Law Abiding Citizen.
Squidward.
He’s not a traditional villain, but I feel for him.
He just wanted peace and quiet.
ETA: He isn’t the main villain of the overall show, but he is shown to be the main antagonist in many episodes.
Many times he does end up becoming a better person by the end of the episodes, which is what makes him a non-traditional villain.
Squidward felt he was better than everyone else and he deserved more recognition than he got.
He was dismissive of people and annoyed with them, thinking he had more talent to give than anyone else.
What comes to mind specifically about wanting peace and quiet is the episode where Spongebob and Patrick are playing imagination in the cardboard box.
What Squidward wanted was peace and quiet during that episode.
That was his main goal at the beginning of the day.
He wanted to enjoy the new TV and have a peaceful day, but he couldn’t do that because all he could hear was Spongebob and Patrick playing in the box outside.
What makes him the villain here is him constantly interrupting the fun Spongebob and Patrick are creating and being angry with them when they say they’re just using their imagination.
He’s being rude and
dismissive of the two friends, but ultimately in the end, does have fun thinking he’s driving a race car, but in reality is being driven to the dumpster.
Not really the villain, but Sharpay from High School Musical.
Poor girl had been involved in musicals and drama her WHOLE life, but suddenly, the basketballer she has a crush on and a random nerdy girl take over the main casting?
It's ridiculous.
No wonder she lashes out all the time, of course she's jealous.
Sharpay was the real victim in those movies.
Dracula from Castlevania the Netflix show.
Ignorant god-worshipping men who were afraid of knowledge burned his wife at the stake.
Wanted to live like the mortals but instead had the only part of his humanity murdered.
General Hummel (Ed Harris) in The Rock
Pain from Naruto.
That dude suffered for his entire life until he put his powers to use and established rule in the Hidden Rain village: A village in which he could see and hear *everything*.
His belief was that if everybody knows all of the feelings that encompass pain, it would bring about a mutual understanding amongst people, and the worst part is that he isn't entirely wrong, despite how deeply flawed of an outlook it is.
My man was just done really dirty is all.
MIRANDA/EMILY FROM THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA.
imagine having to work with an arrogant person who practically spits in your face because they think they’re too good for something you see as your passion.
miranda gave andy a job that millions of people would die for, only for her to complain about it.
could they have handled it a little better?
yeah, but they were completely valid.
in my opinion, the friends/boyfriend should’ve been labeled as the villains.
they got benefits from andy’s job, but the second she needed to do it, they complained and even made fun of her.
they were so unsupportive of her because it didn’t fit their personal agenda.
Well from my point of view the jedi are evil!
The Vulture in Spider-Man Homecoming.
Was Samuel L Jackson in Kingsmen the first convincing eco-villain?
Basically a Thanos mentality before MCU Thanos.
The principal in Ferris Bueler’s Day Off.
Ferris was a pain in the ass, skipped school and lied.
Maybe he was a little over the top, but I don’t blame him really.
When I watched the Joker, I felt so bad for him.
All that pain and he couldn't even get the right resources and help because he was from the lower class ):.
The talkshow host made fun of him and only invited him to make more fun of him.
So cruel.
We see this in our real society.
Edit: I want to make it clear that I am not justifying his killings.
That is in no way right at all.
I am simply saying its sad that Arthur suffered from many issues in his childhood into adulthood and couldn't get the proper help.
Instead of offering him help, society also made fun of him or disregarded him as unworthy.
Hades, Zeus was an ass.
The dinosaurs in the initial Jurassic Park movies.
It's not their fault they were brought back from extinction and needed some meat to eat/defend themselves.
They're just trying to live their "best lives" too...
Stannis, he was fighting for years for what was his by right
Jareth from Labyrinth.
Sarah asked him to take the kid, after all!
Pinky and the Brain.
There was an episode of Animaniacs, can't remember which one or what characters were in it, but they travel to the future and it's a Utopia.
Turns out the future is one in which they finally manage to "Take Over The World".
Apparently, whilst they may be pretty awful in trying to take over the world, Brain has a good plan for what he intends to do once he's in control.
Jamie Lannister, kingslayer.
He saved the lives of millions by breaking his oath.
zuko and azula, They're both just trying to earn their fathers affection.
Azula is actually sadder because she never had an uncle iroh or support groups,and she lost her mind because of her abusive father zuko didn't (Given zuko had a scar by the same abusive dad but still!)
Thank you for coming to my ted talk
Blade Runner: Roy Batty
I believe penguin didn't actually know what he was doing.
After all the guy was raised by penguins
The EPA agent in Ghostbusters
N from Pokemon
"Who steals a dead woman's shoes?"
*Wicked* is a brilliant counternarrative to *The Wizard of Oz*.
Pong Krell.
Haha, just kidding!
beep that slimy, evil piece of beep
Go to beep for more hate of the awful beep that is Pong Krell
Does anyone else think satan got a raw deal?
He was the lead in heaven's choir and then he got booted out of heaven with his homies.
Maybe he's just a disgruntled employee who wanted a more robust employee recognition program.
Ozymandias (at least in the graphic novel, haven't seen the show) is definitely chaotic good.
Poison Ivy is just trying to save the world from global warming.
Johnny from Karate kid.
Bad guy in Jaws just trying to live his best life.
I will say this forever: KING BOO IN THE FIRST LUIGI'S MANSION GAME
E Gadd was trapping ghosts inside of paintings against their will, and King Boo freed them.
E Gadd is the real villain, as half of those ghosts were totally harmless.
Would you want to be sucked into a painting by a crazy scientist so he could use you as decoration?
King Boo was protecting his people as a king should.
His only real "crime" was getting the Mario Bros involved because of whatever grudge he had against them.
They made E Gadd friendly to ghosts in later games, and made King Boo more evil to better justify going after him, but that doesn't change his role in the original game.
If circumstances were different, neither of the Mario Bros would have helped E Gadd.
The Mule.
He was just trying to restore order to the galaxy ahead of schedule.
The Seldon plan was falling apart anyway.
You are just asking people to say Thanos.
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