No One Is The Villan Of Their Own Life
Well, you gotta remember that no one is the villain of their life. No one wakes up in the morning and says - except in bad movies - “I’m a bad guy.” Nobody. Everyone has an agenda - there’s a reason for what you’re doing, there’s someone standing in your way, you figure out a way around them. I do tend to do whole issues here and there dedicated to villains because sometimes I think it’s so easy to have them go, “Bwa-ha-ha! Why did I do that? Easy, because I’m the villain!” and then have Spider-Man beat them up. If you talk to modern comics and fiction that people are used to, the audience knows that by now. The villain monologue is a cliché, and people want to see the other side of things, to explore their side. We’re a post-Sopranos culture. From the cops’ point of view, Tony Soprano is the most horrible person ever, but flip it, and tell the story from his side, and it’s compelling.
-Brian Micheal Bendis
-Brian Micheal Bendis