Characteristics Of Great Villains

For a story to be interesting and exciting, there has to be conflicts. It doesn't matter if it is a movie or a book, there has to be conflicts, and what these conflicts must have are the amazing and iconic villains. Without them, everything will be pointless, the story wouldn't be as exciting as it should be. They simply make everything better by making the audience hate them. If people hates a specific villain’s guts in the story, then that is such a good sign. Villains are even more interesting in fantasy/science fiction comics. The world of Marvel and DC Comics revolve around its superheroes and villains. No matter how old you are, you know who Superman, Batman, Ironman, Captain America, Wonder Woman are, especially because of the amazing cinematic universe nowadays. However, these superheroes wouldn't exactly be superheroes if it wasn't for the bad guys who are trying to take over the world or just simply being their usual evil selves, but being evil doesn't just mean you're bad. …show more content…
This doesn't necessarily mean that villains are geniuses, they simply don't make stupid decisions and they are just very crafty with their plans. One of the most intelligent tricks villains have, is that they're always two steps ahead of their opponents. They are evil, so they always consider every option, they always think of what might happen ahead of time, so in order to defeat villains, the heroes must always outsmart them.

POWERFUL

Villains must also be powerful, whether it is by having super powers or by simply being a politician, or someone who has a lot of money. Powerful villains hang on to their resources, they have an army under their command, or if a villain has a certain power, then he or she would take advantage of