>>101124893>that adds nothing to the storyExcept it adds depth and meaning to the story, helping flesh out the opposing side? Do you even into what villains are supposed to represent?
>>101126001Anon, I don't know how to tell you this, but "take over the world" and "do evil stuff lmao" are far from the only "real desires" in the world.
>>101125189>tragic villain archetypeThere is no "archetype". Having an internal conflict is not "archetypical", it's just a trait of a well-written character. Most mainstream capeshit villains are tragic in one way or another. Doom, Magneto, Thanos, Black Adam, Sinestro, the majority of Spidey and Batman rogues galleries. Joker being the big exception to this, but even then, Killing Joke, one of his most popular stories is essentially him getting brough to the human level and given a tragedy.
