Thread:LucidPigeons/@comment-24859393-20160410023233/@comment-26205772-20160410024143

What pushes a villain to actually do evil is always going to be one of the most integral parts of their character. Maybe it won't always define it, persay, but it will fuel their actions and it gives them drive to serve important roles in the story. This is why villains lacking motivation, or at least believable motivation, always come off as much weaker than those who do. Compare Mr. Freeze with Doomsday. The former is motivated by a cold hatred against the world and all around him, and who can blame him? He's been so horifically screwed over I honestly can't fault him for turning to near-insanity. This means he can develop flexible relationships with other characters nad have many different angles you can take his character. Doomsday, on the other hand, is usually written without any motivation that doesn't extend beyond "I hate everything grrr" if even that. Because of this, this really doesn't leave much leg room for developing Doomsday's character outside anything that goes beyond his very singular drive. He's not going to create complex relationships with other characters, he won't sit down and question why he's doing this, he'll just destroy everything and everyone because that's the only thing he wants to do.