User blog comment:Magma MK-II/What makes a hero a villain?/@comment-1969141-20101121193250

Well I cannot myself put a final point to this debate, but I definitely agree that its the intent that defines a villain, not the threat posed, I also agree that toons are more hard to define as villains since they are constantly involved in battles of withch the responsible is not always the same person.

I for one consider a character a villain if he acts in a seriously selfish, disturbing, violent, annoying or harmful way. Starting a fight doesn't really sounds villainous to me if someone doesn't seek to really, harm, maim or kill another. (Especially in a toon universe.) But I also consider the number or the lenght of villainous occurences. To my mind (and to my mind only) a villain has to commit many misdeeds and/or to do bad/dangerous/violent things over a large period of time. Since Donald only started fights or behaved frankly badly on rare occasions, I find difficult to consider Donald Duck and Fudge as full-fledged villains.