Blogpost #6 Villains are psychopaths

Whenever we hear the word villain, We always know that they are psychopaths, Evil people who want destruction of the world. One example of the famous villain is the Joker. From his looks only, you could already say that he is a psychopathic person. I have read his back story on why he became the joker that isn't really funny because there is not a thing funny when it comes to destroying the world. He was a successful engineer who work for a chemical company which quitted his job for his passion in life, which is to be a comedian. When he became unsuccessful in his comedy, he was desperate to help two criminals to break inside his former job company. When they were confronted by batman and he fell into a pool of chemicals and when he got out his face was white and his hair was dyed green which totally insane and that makes him who he is now. Today I will research why Villains are usually psychopaths.

Psychology of a Villain
I have read an article by Nicole Galloway-Miller entitled 'Villains: The Psychopath or Sociopath"

The villains have Psychological problems one of the main reasons is ASPD or Antisocial Personality Disorder which means that they have mental illness and they are aggressive, But they are very talented and has above average intelligence. That explains why the Joker could come up with very intelligent strategies on trapping the batman. Sociopaths on the other hand have the Jekyll and Hyde characteristics. which means that they are charming and pleasant. but in the inside they are Evil and full of hate. One example of the villain is Smeagol, He is cute outside but very devilish inside.

Nicole Galloway Miller stated that "the most interesting type is psychopath is the creative one. Basically, they are con artists. This sociopath fits in well with writers, artists, bohemians and revolutionaries. There, he or she can blend in and seek out victims pretending to be a misunderstood creative genius."

I could not help to agree on what she said because it is really true that creative villains are the most misunderstood by their most evil plans that could possibly work by his/her ingeniousness in making plans.

Are they Realistic?

I read an article of Susan Perry entitled "Why psychopathic film villains are rarely realistic — and why it matters''

There could be a possible realistic Villain. We all know that we have our inner villain inside. One example of a realistic villain is the Gordon Gekko from Wall Street. He is probably one of the most interesting, manipulative, psychopathic fictional characters to date. there could be a possible psychopathic villain living in other ways possible aside from killing people.

Ms. Perry stated that “Realistic fictional psychopathic characters do exist,” they conclude, “but they are in the minority.”

There are people that live today who are psychopaths but we dont know them inside. maybe they have the Jekyll and Hyde characteristics which most evil does have.