"Every villain is the hero of their own story" is true as far as it goes. But this does *not* mean, "Every villain needs to have sympathetic, relatable motivations."
The real world is full of people who just want to dominate, hurt and ruin others. They're the "heroes" in an ugly, terrible story.
One of my characters is "heroically" experimenting on children, trying to create supers without that annoying high fatality rate most empowering tech suffers from.
He knows that "supervillain" label the authorities stuck on him is just stupid people unable to understand his greatness. Maybe a few jealous rivals, too.
@charliejane One thing I'm getting from watching true crime stuff is that most murderers seem to be narcissists who think their crimes are justified because any resistance to their abuse is actually an attack.
They are each the hero of their own very warped life story.
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