User blog comment:ThatScrewyDuck/PE Proposal: Lord Roderick/@comment-4708882-20190723203749/@comment-39032584-20190723225138

Apart from the fact all giants have a taste for humans and wanted to invade the lower world when able, what stands out for me is that Roderick is doing what he's doing all just for power and domination, which makes him seem far more malicious. And all Fallon explicitly mentions is that he wants to be the one to get the princess. Other than that, his goal is the same as the rest of his race, with the possible exception of wanting to be in charge too, but again, primarily so he coud kill the princess as revenge for the king' actions.

I agree that Roderick's villainy is far from original, but wanting to do something on at least the same scale as the giants and the fact that he gleefully betrays his allies (and by extension, his entire kingdom by enslaving the giants and trying to use them to destroy it) really gives him an edge. The giants have always despised humans and are like natural predators to them, so their actions aren't nearly as bad from their perspective; Roderick is essentially selling out his own race for purely selfish reasons. I understand if he doesn't stand out enough to you, but he definitely comes off as worse than the giants.