Villain motives

I choose to add a regular god tier of villains with good motives but basically still kill people

Having well developed motives for the villains in our writing gives them depth and makes for a stronger and more interesting story overall.

Need to motivate your villain? Here are 39 motivations that can be used in any genre story or novel. | Fiction Note by Darcy Pattison

Sooo...scary thing is the third to last sounds like my OC Rafe, (who is supposed to be a hero)

"Villains should be hated" "Villains need good motives" "Villains can't be heroes" Everyone has a different opinion on antagonists. Alongside the protagonist, they make up one of the biggest driving forces of a story. It's up to you to decide how evil they are and what they represent. You choose whether they get redemption or whether they are forever despised. But how do you make a villain... well, villainous? Let's take a look at how I make my readers HATE a character – and how you can…

"Villains should be hated" "Villains need good motives" "Villains can't be heroes" Everyone has a different opinion on antagonists. Alongside the protagonist, they make up one of the biggest driving forces of a story. It's up to you to decide how evil they are and what they represent. You choose whether they get redemption or whether they are forever despised. But how do you make a villain... well, villainous? Let's take a look at how I make my readers HATE a character – and how you can…

Villain motives on choosing sides (hero-love removed)

The Dark Knight villains quotes.

An individual needs motivation as well as justification to deliberately sin. A combination of both transforms a hero (or even an average joe) into a bad guy. That’s when he starts twirling his mustache, adjusting his monocle, and stroking his snow-white cat. All he has to do is habitually twist the truth in three areas.