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Altena from Noir is a great behind the scenes villian. You don't see much of her on screen except for writing letters and her narrative commentary until the very end, at which point "the heroes"* are coming for her and they aren't stopping until she's dead. * A pair of highly skilled assassins...

One of my favorite Shakespeare plays is Twelfth Night, or What You Will. It's his silliest and most lighthearted play. The closest thing to a villain its got is Malvolio. He's a pompus ass who thinks everyone else is acting like a fool and gets called out for it in a very satisfying way because...

I think a good villian should have a good reason for why they are the villian. If the bad guy is the bad guy just because there has to be a bad guy then the story isn't interesting. Take Richard III from the Shakespeare play of the same name. He is the younger brother of King Edward IV and...