User blog comment:The Pro-Wrestler/Pure Evil Proposal: Darkseid (DC Animated Universe)/@comment-1705775-20191123214352

he's the only villain in DCAU that Superman specifically wanted to kill, aside from Mongul and Mongul isn't much better.. Darkseid had some "love" for Orion but even that was like a razor-edge.. he eventually beat Orion too "spoil the rod" - he was also one of the only villains so bad every other villain in the climax, even Lex.