User blog comment:Queen Misery/Jerk Versus Villain/@comment-1969141-20110126004806

Well Inferno Pendragon has a blog where he tries to define the "moral horizon" that makes a character villainous. As I said in this blog, it is mostly the intention that differenciates a villain from a jerk, as a jerk is often dumb and picks on other for fun, without fully realizing the extend of his actions; while a villainous bukky revels in the torment he causes on his victims and to exert a domination.

I for one thinks that the number of villainous actions over a determined timespan and the intention or lack of remorse behind said actions makes the difference.