When someone is deemed the villain of a story, the audience doesn’t expect to be captivated by their words. They’re audience are supposed to cheer for their downfall, and no one is supposed to mourn the wicked. However, villains have lackeys, those who believe their words enough to follow them, so there must be something in them that is worth following. There are tons of villains who were not only right in world, but for us the audience. Though some were more surprising than others when put under a microscope.
In a thread on X (formerly Twitter), movie and TV show fans shared their hot takes about which villains were 100% right. Some were right on the money immediately, while others needed some convincing. Even we touched on some of these in our own list of villains. Examples that were correct immediately? Magneto from X-Men.
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Magneto — man survived the Holocaust, saw humanity repeat the same hate with mutants, and said “Never again.” Kinda had a point. – @Qirelyth
Magneto. His methods were extreme, but he was right about humanity’s fear and oppression of mutants—history backed him up. – @Simplyzana
Magneto was a 1000% correct, he tried to find common ground with non-mutants and they still tried to eradicate him and every other mutant in the world. -@English_shamar
