Motives+for+Villains+in+stories

Motives for Villains in stories


 * Challenge the society a little bit to make it better like the Ohm terrorist group in Japan
 * pure agents of chaos like the Joker in Batman
 * challenge society to get rid of the weak parts
 * challenge the society in the name of someone else to give separate groups of people a common enemy like the villain in the Watchmen
 * villains with completely misguided beliefs like Muslim terrorists
 * parasitic type villains that try to improve themselves through the downfall of another just like petty thieves do
 * destroy corrupt society to start fresh like Ra's al Ghul in Batman comics/games
 * revenge (but revenge that is much more extreme than the original insult that triggered the revenge)
 * entity that may be doing some good things, but may be doing some bad things as a side effect (like a company that might be making a neat product but destroying the environment)