Why villains are better

Will she be redeemed?? Will she slide further down the slope of darkness?? Read on for our top 6 reasons villains are better than heroes:. How can anyone be that perfect? How many heads are you going to turn at your Halloween party in a basic Superman costume? Supervillains have way more edge when it comes to fashion choices. As we learned from Adelina, villains can change their mind in an instant — which makes things way more exciting.

Instead of being predictable like superheroes, supervillains keep you on your toes. At the end of the day, perfection can be boring. PenguinTeen : Cover reveal! Heated competition leads to even hotter romance in this YA summer rom-com from LillieLabyrinth.

Seems plausible…. Supervillainy feels liberating. Power: Maybe you envy the power these evil characters wield. While that's also a reason to adore superheroes, good guys don't ache to dominate. Stories like Watchmen and Kingdom Come show how heroes become menaces when they try to take over.

So when dreaming of superpowers, maybe you relate to characters who dream of power as well, from the Scarecrow who controls individuals' fears to Doctor Doom who's perpetually out to dominate the world. Payback: Batman not only protects the innocent, he inflicts pain upon the wicked and instills in them the fear they'd create in others.

A child who feels bullied wants protection and might want the bullies to suffer in kind. Batman only goes so far. But the Punisher -- driven more by revenge than justice, and more interested in killing mobsters than in saving victims -- seems less heroic.

The part of a person that wants payback might appreciate villains' frequent schemes for revenge. Blaming victims: Psychologist Melvin Lerner observed the just-world phenomenon , a common tendency to assume victims must deserve to be victims rather than believe bad things happen to good people.

The worse the tragedy is, the worse we tend to think the victim must be, so when Hannibal Lecter mutilates and eats not only a person who offended him but also his victim's spouse, human nature motivates us to think the worst of that relative as well.

Better villain than victim: Physiologically, anger activates us and feels better than anxiety or fear. One who feels victimized and cannot figure out constructive ways to stand up, be strong or become heroic might twist the need for self-assertion into destruction. Create New Poll. Sign In Sign Up. Add a New Topic. Are Villains better than Superheroes? Villains are better I think villains are better because they involve more actions.

Report Post. Like Reply. We all know what usually happens to good guys. They do the right thing and then they win. They survive, beat the antagonist, and save the world. But we never know what will happen to the villain. And that makes us care about them during the whole story.