I love saying “of course” instead of “you’re welcome,” like of course I’m helping you that’s what I do, you were foolish to even consider an alternate dimension in which I’m not helping you. you idiot. you absolute buffoon.
You know what we need more of? Condemnation arcs. Show us the villain’s deepest motivations. Show us the family they love, show us them at peace, sharing time with their friends/minions. Show us what reasons they have that they think justify what they’re doing.
And show us that they are wrong.
Show us that they believe that they’re right, but that their belief doesn’t justify what they do, the people they hurt, the damage that they think will be justified if they can only get what they really want.
