User blog comment:Ordeaux26/Pure Evil Proposal - Frozen 2’s Villain/@comment-27022982-20191206034256

I'll give out my opinion on this. I definitely think that Runeard is the msot heinous villain in the Frozen franchise thus far, actually becoming a king, succeeding in murdering an innocent person, and instigating a war against the Northuldrans. He's even worse than Hans.

However, even with that in mind, he'd initially seem like a generic tyrant who wanted to force the Northuldrans into his rule. I didn't pick up anything that indicates he actually wanted to commit genocide or starve them to make them follow him (both of which I think would make him Pure Evil, but especially the first part), though it is made explicitly clear that he was weakening their resources by building the dam. When he said, "They will come in celebration, and then, we will know their size and strength," this is just him referring to how weak they are compared to him.

Overall, I'm abstaining, as I may have missed those parts because there were kids in the movie theater who were complaining while watching intense moments in the film. So, until I get more information, I'm fine with this going both ways.