User blog comment:Grizzhly/Do they count as villains?/@comment-31262433-20170319183256

the guards in Robin Hood do count because they engaged in acts that were petty and cruel even for the time period and it's not always a valid excuse to follow the authority of the land.. look at Frollo's guards, they followed the authority of the land but that authority was genocidal and wicked.. there comes a point where even military following authority can be seen as evil in the sense that they do nothing to stop the evil that is being done by the authority.. yes, you may be a "bad soldier" if you disobey an order but you may be a worse person if you follow through with orders like "steal from the blind and hungry" or "kill these innocents" : add to the fact Prince John was seen as a usurper and the true King was away in the Crusades and it is clear they are more hired thugs than loyal soldiers.