User blog comment:The Crazy Terror/PE Proposal: Ares (DC Extended Universe)/@comment-39032584-20190905115203

Despite his intention to wipe out humanity, no, I don't think he quite makes it. He genuinely believes humanity is corrupt and that he's the only one who acknowledges that the world would be a better place without him. Sure, this is a result of being blinded by his own hatred for them which leaves him unable to see the good side of them, but it's hard to deny that he's actually got good intentions in his own, warped way.

He's also the type of character that really wants others to see things his way; if he were truly Pure Evil, I think he would look for any excuse to get rid of them. Instead, he actually wanted the other Gods to agree with them, and when they didn't, he saw them as impeding his way towards an extreme, but noble goal, so he decided he had to get rid of them, even though he wasn't necessarily happy about it.