Incredibles 2 instal12/31/2023 ![]() ![]() But just as these characters’ motivations can be a place for the audience to parse tough moral quandaries, they serve the same purpose for the movie’s creators. (See: Black Panther, or any X-Men movie that features Charles Xavier and Magneto squaring off over the future of mutants.) For the audience, a villain’s perspective can be a way to work through philosophical questions or beliefs, in a manner that’s a bit easier (and more entertaining) to process then asking someone whether they would pull a switch to divert a trolley from hitting a loved one if it meant hitting multiple other people instead. Heroes can only triumph by answering or overcoming that challenge. The “evil” of a villain lies in their actions - the means they pursue to achieve their ends - but their job is, ultimately, to challenge the hero’s worldview, their ideals and beliefs, with their own ideology. ![]() ![]() The thing about villains, especially in superhero stories, is they’re meant as an antithesis of what the heroes represent. ![]()
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