Of course, it's worth mentioning that Love Makes You Evil and Crazy. Despite Love Redeems, a surprising number of baddies love either their spouses, parents, children, or even underling/superior while remaining evil. Calling card of the Noble Demon who preaches Even Evil Has Standards. In organised crime settings, a villain will not get far without a reputation for honesty. Though rare, some villains don't lie, and insist that keeping a promise is a matter of honor. Is it any wonder the bad guy did a Face Heel Turn in frustration? Despite Evil Is Easy and The Dark Side making access to power easier, many villains will undergo much more extreme ordeals and protracted effort than heroes, who usually benefit from Hard Work Hardly Works. In general, villainous breakdowns are significantly less common (though also much more spectacular) than a hero falling to bits after a major defeat. Determination Sometimes when a villain keeps on trying despite being stomped into the ground a million times, and still gets up and keeps going after his goals regardless of the constant beatings, you have to at least admire their tenacity somewhat.Though heroes may insist that Ambition Is Evil, villains are the ones who try to make the struggle to get better (even if they have a tendency to overdo it), which heroes typically lack until disaster forces them to change. Much like Color Coded for Your Convenience, there are some virtues that are okay for heroes and some that are more often seen in villains. However, there are virtues and then there are virtues. Who knew elemental evil had such good taste in scones?
Here you have a ball of elemental nastiness who also happens to have one or more positive traits.
Where this can get strange and interesting is when this is applied to a villain who is Made of Evil. A wrathful villain may nonetheless be very loyal to his minions, inspiring great devotion. A slothful villain might compensate with amazing creativity, coming up with amazing inventions, Evil Plans, and limitless funds. Artistically, it helps make the villain a Rounded Character, and helps make them dynamic if their virtue and vice are somehow in conflict.įor example: A Prideful villain might also be very hard working in order to get the power he needs. Without these virtues, authors would have to resort to making them a Generic Doomsday Villain to get anything done. Practically, a villain with a virtue of some kind will have a way to put their schemes in motion and effectively oppose The Hero. The reason for this is both practical and artistic. They don't have to be an Anti-Villain, they just need to have one or more of the Seven Heavenly Virtues or another good trait to get by. However, they can't be all bad for the simple reason that a character loaded down with all of the Seven Deadly Sins (along with whatever other character flaws writers can think of) will be too lazy, gluttonous, envious, prideful, angry, lusty and miserly to do much of anything.Įven if they only have one vice, a villain is going to need a big heaping of icky good traits in order to accomplish their goals. Villains are bad, it goes without saying.
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