Types of villains you dislike

[Strontium]

Villains who are ridiculous overpowered and also very cruel. These are just boring to me. It's like, no way the heroes can win, and they don't by the way, so we just have to wait for the next installment for this horrible character to possibly be defeated... and I don't like that.

[indagold]

SU has this problems with every single character that does reprehensible or assholish things which is...practically the entire cast. Amethyst traumatizing steven's dad, Sadie abusing Lars, Ronaldo, etc, etc.

[DiegoPalacios]

Ultron from Age of Ultron?????? I wish they never gave him a mouth because he actually sounds like my uncle.

That`s hillarious!, guess it must be hard to take Ultron seriously after hearing that. XD

[InkSpecter]

I have a type of character that I refer to as 'Hate to Hate'.

This means they were invented solely with the purpose to hate. They are dislikeable because they are intentionally dislikeable and nothing else. They're flat, boring, and annoying.

This kind of antagonist is often even not a real challenge for the hero, and so doesn't even really make them shine. They just exist to be as literally an antagonist as possible! Gross...

A really good example of a Hate to Hate character would be Nelly from Little House on the Prairie.

I feel like amateur and young writers do this more, but basically... I don't want to read about Nelly trying to take over the world, or fight Batman, or whatever, any more than I wanted to see her in the original show.

Don't make these characters! XD

[DiegoPalacios]

Personally, i don`t hate a type of villain, but i hate when they are poorly written or executed.

Some of the things i hate:

• when a villain is extremely hyped, but his performance turns out to be underwhelming.

• using a tragic backstory as a cheap excuse to "justify" or "redeem" the villain after they did some messed up things.

• when they always succeed and become a villanous mary sue

[gh0stcr33p]

honestly I just hate villians who are fully aware of the fact that they're evil and have to be just because well, every story needs a villain I guess.

oh and I don't just mean villains who are villains because they're "bad". I just think the terms "villain" or "evil" shouldn't even be used by an antagonist when referring to themselves. (well... there can be exceptions..) but it's just really unrealistic. I don't think many criminals or just plain "bad" people in the real world have ever referred to themselves as a villain, because then their main existence would just be to antagonize a single person or a group of people. and well, you can't be brought into existence just to be or do that, you just can't exist for them

[Chroma]

I don't like the type of villain who has the justification for his actions with the whole "If there is light there must be darkness" metaphor. It's not a really good justification, cause it just boils down to "Well, there has to be evil, so that makes it okay that I'm evil!"

[Jenny-Toons]

I dislike woobified villains with a passion.

Don't make your villain do horribly messed up things and expect a tragic backstory to sweep it under the rug. It's lazy.

It might be a root cause to their actions, but it ain't an excuse. And too many writers for comics, shows (looking at you, Steven Universe) or whatever use this to make the villains forgivable.

They make their villains do horribly messed up things, things they should be punished for. But the moment they shed a few tears, all is 110% forgiving and they don't face any consequences for the wrong they've done.

Suddenly, the real victims are forgotten and we have to focus on the villain's tragic past.

Bunk that.

If you've made your villain, say, murder innocent children and enjoy it, I'm not gonna care that they lost a puppy when they were 11. Doesn't distract from the child murders.

[MK_Wizard]

The villains I hate most of all are the following;

• The villain with no motive other than being the villain. I can accept a villain being corrupt, a psychopath or even a terrorist. These are simple, but grounded motives, but villains who are just bad because they can be seem childish to me.

• Villains who do heinous things, but all gets forgiven once they turn good. A villain's evil actions are what made them what they are and while I don't mind them seeking redemption, their sins should not be forgiven that easily. Forgiveness and penance is earned and there are some people who will just never want to be buddies with them. And honestly, I wouldn't imagine many decent people would like them after.

• The villain who always has the same plan over and over again. Only the Joker gets away with this because he's the exception. His plan is to be random so it works for him. A villain who does the same thing over and over again is boring and one dimensional.

Note that I don't mind these tropes when they are satirical or parodied. In other words, we're making fun of them and laughing at how silly they are.

[QueenofBabyLoon]

The reason the Joker gets away with it is because he is so deeply in love with Batman that he devices his plan to fail each and every time

I remember when as a child I watched Batman: The Animated Series that Harley Quinn always got really close to killing Batman and the Joker would always f*ck with her plans and go insane at the idea she might kill Batsy.

Batman had the best villains, honestly. Of course, I hate Bruce Wayne, so yeah, I am biased.

[DasIstWunderblyat]

• I hate it and consider it overdone when the villain are just straight up asshole to his henchmen, or cold-bloodedly kill off his minion just because small mistakes . It makes sense to show us how the villain is depraved, authoritarian, and in some situations a small mistake can be fatal. Yet, for fuck's sake especially when the villain is told as smart and charming, shouldn't they make their men feel welcome so they'll be useful and loyal? If they're really thinking practically, an employee's live costs more than the bland tea they make I'm rooting for villain who throws birthday party for their minion or holding mook of the month

• Why do he (kill/steal/rape/hack/maim/terrorize)? "BeCaUsE He Is A PsYCHoPaTh" and only that. I don't think that's how exactly psycopathy works This is so overused to the point I can't help but be wary when someone describe their villain is psychopath.

• The evil race/species. Why would an entire race be evil? That would be super racist if it's transferred to human analogy. The most possible explanations are they're just surviving for their cause that is seems immoral or threatening for human (e.g vampires), just created/brainwashed by the villain, or in an alliance with a villain; a.k.a real reasons. They won't be all evil just because they're (Insert species name here), and even their reasoning make them evil there must be at least one person who is good.

• Don't want to kill/harm children or women. Well if all villains like that we would be saved from many atrocities, but the truth they're not. In real life people are more willing to harm women and children. This is especially for series that are dark/gritty, I meant they show torture of a man but have no guts showing a kid get shot in the head, weak.

• Is it wired in every brain of every straight male/ wlw villain that a heroine/female love interest must be sexually harassed/ violated upon being caught?

[Shanny8]

@Kann I'll do you one better- the villain that has a contingency for everything to keep "the plan" on course; no matter what happens, they have a counter for it that ensures that they come out on top.

[Maps]

Villains that overstay their welcome. Anyone remember (was it called boo???) from Dragon Ball Z back in the day? I swear that filler lasted like three weeks because that bubble gum baby would NEVER DIE. It was soooo boring.

[JeanGuillet]

disney villains. the character visual design for those guys is great, but they're just awful cardboard cutouts, each and every one. really just ruins the films. bonus points: disney villain death.

[QueenofBabyLoon]

Of course, coming from you who just begs for an opportunity to connect with villains, this is greatly frustrating
How can one start a searing love story with the next sociopath/psychopath when he has virtually no personality traits to warrant such deep feelings? Poor Jean, that moment when you realize you have devised and thought-up the greatest villain of all time and there is nothing for you to see anymore.
How blasé you must be!

[Rodimus13]

For me, ones that have no motivation or reason for anything they do. Even being crazy is a better reason than the evil for evil sake. Ones that are "evil so that's what we do cause evil" isn't interesting unless it's meant to be comedic on purpose.

Hubby doesn't like the ones that keep getting stronger for NO REASON, so even if the hero makes a step forward it turns out it wasn't a step at all. Cell from DBZ is one of his best examples for stuff.

[QueenofBabyLoon]

I love you. That is all I have to say. You virtually just destroyed every villain that I have come across in my history of worshipping villains.

You are smart, Kainat. You are very smart.

[AVXP]

The Martial Arts or fighting villain who PLAYS and MOCKS the hero during the final confrontation.
When they clearly have the hero beaten and pause to joke or insult and that allows the hero to recover and finally win.....
I always end up with the sense that the hero was never better than the villain- it was just that bad guy didn't take the fight or the hero seriously enough.

[JeanGuillet]

I like villains. I prefer to dispense with heroes and just have enormous layers upon layers of interlocking villainy, where each stab in the back comes back around to bite them until everything devolves into...happily ever after & wire fraud. So basically the plot of the Count of Monte Cristo.

[QueenofBabyLoon]

Isn't there anything more frustrating than the villain's monologue?!

Friend, just killed the damn hero and then monologue to his corpse as much as you want. Keep his scull just for that. Hamlet did so, so can you!

If I could just once see the villain bypass the damn monologue, kill the hero and WIN, I would die a happy, satisfied woman.