What is it that makes a character a villain?

**Zeeboe** · 08-29-2012, 10:37 AM

From what I have seen in films - Virtually all villains were victimized at one point. However, instead of being able to rise above it, some people become what victimized them, and the hate spreads like a sickness.

A villain essentially has a negative impact on everyone around them. Because something bad happened to them, and because they cannot forgive and forget, they desire to make the whole world pay because if they are unhappy, then everyone has to be. And if they cannot seek revenge against the actual person who caused them pain, they seek to take their anger out on others.

Heroes and villains in some films are usually faces of rebellion. The hero is the light face of it, and the villain is the dark face of it, but truly, the real villain is usually the system itself that the hero and villain oppose.

08-29-2012, 10:37 AM	#1
Zeeboe Posts: 6,269	What is it that makes a character a villain? From what I have seen in films - Virtually all villains were victimized at one point. However, instead of being able to rise above it, some people become what victimized them, and the hate spreads like a sickness. A villain essentially has a negative impact on everyone around them. Because something bad happened to them, and because they cannot forgive and forget, they desire to make the whole world pay because if they are unhappy, then everyone has to be. And if they cannot seek revenge against the actual person who caused them pain, they seek to take their anger out on others. Heroes and villains in some films are usually faces of rebellion. The hero is the light face of it, and the villain is the dark face of it, but truly, the real villain is usually the system itself that the hero and villain oppose.