In comics or cartoons, is the villain sometimes favored, or is he/she supposed to be hated only?

Answer 1

of course villians can be favored.... Venom has always been favored...

Answer 2

there are many comics and cartoons where the villain is shown as merely a person driven over the edge, or caught up with the wrong crowd.

In "Superman - Red Son", an elseworlds tale where Superman lives in Soviet Russia he is merely doing what he feels is right, but is percieved as the villain through capitalist America's eyes.

Deadshot, a popular contract killer in the Batman world, had his own comic series a few years ago where it was shown he had a child and killed rival gangs in the area to protect his family and their neighbours.

The Villains are hated for their actions, but people can feel sympathetic when they are defeated and shown to be nothing more than a dillusional person, or someone who thought they were doing the right thing.

it's not always black and white, and with the right writer, even the most evil of people can generate sympathy by the readers/viewers. This is also the case outside of the colourful world of comics and cartoons, Darth Vader, a man who took part in killing hundreds upon thousands of people, and even an entire planet, had good in him.

This is true to real life, even the most psychotic murderer has loved ones, there is good in everyone.

of course in cartoons and comics with below average writing, you'll find alot more straight-up-evil villains (Skeletor from He-man, he was evil but no-one really knew why)

I prefer the villain with the touch of humanity in them as opposed to the directly evil villain with little other character traits than their "evilness"

Answer 3

It helps to create a Villain with characteristics that make it appealing to the audience that way when they fall from the readers grace there is a since of loss or outrage.

Answer 4

well, in a lot of cartoons/comics I watch/read, I often favor the villian, like one of my favorite charecters in Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind is Kushana, the villian. I think it depends on what comic/cartoon you are referring to.

Answer 5

you can always love them and even hate them