If you could be a supervillain, what would be your motiv?

[Duck Sandwich]

I suppose I could have some motive like "rather than give people the choice to do good or evil, forcing them to do good through such means as punishing criminals with death regardless of the crime, or using criminals as guinea pigs for medical experiments "for the good of mankind."

 

[Paksenarrion]

Why, REVENGE, of course.

 

[Nemorov]

My motive?

Schadenfreude is funny.

 

[Sonicron]

Whatever happened to the most obvious reasons for being a bad guy? THE FUCKING MONEY! I could actually see myself as a member of the Royal Flush Gang, or something like that.

 

[Wicky_42]

To hunt down and exterminate everyone who spells headlines, titles and threads wrong. Muahahahah - is there no end to my evil imagination?!

 

[paragon1]

Cheese. I'm trying to turn everything into cheese. Why? So it can be eaten, of course. What else would you do with cheese?
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On second thought, don't answer that.

 

[DarkLordofDevon]

I am already a villian. My motivation? Making the world a better place. By force. I'm an Anti-Villian, as opposed to an Anti-Hero. I do bad things for good reasons. Submit for the greater good of mankind.

 

[GrimTuesday]

So that I could get money. With money comes bigger weapons. With bigger weapons comes more money. This goes on until I own half of Europe and have my own Clone Army.

 

[Greyfall]

I would unite the Human race under one banner (mine), and then proceed to industrialize third-world nations, promote science as the sole source of truth (but question it all you wish, it IS science), and attempt to push humanity beyond the reaches of our earth. Evilly.

 

[TheSeventhLoneWolf]

Communism CAN work! You all LIE!

Them proceed to conquer the world and set up a Communist power

I will defeat you all with the communist rights of equality and sharing! (Not my motive, but i just want to give you more excuses. Lol.)

I would open up an ice cream stand. and not serve anyone on a sunny day. because i would've accelerated global warming.

 

[Dapper Ninja]

I would need no motivation beyond "prove that there's a reason I'm the evilest son of a ***** on the planet". Although, I would try to destroy all stupidity in the world after conquering it, so I guess I'd start with destroying all copies of Twilight and then I'd just make things up as I go along.

 

[Naheal]

I already am the evilest son of a ***** on the planet.

Your major religions base their antagonists after me.
When the world ends, I will be there, raining fire down upon the weak and innocent.

Wait, I take that back.
NO ONE IS INNOCENT! *dramatic voice*

*holds up ID card* Sorry, I have that already.

 

[Naheal]

I wonder if you're going to hold to that as I remove your organs via your nose.

Depends. One nostril or both?

 

[Wildrow12]

Lawmakers beware! Tremble and mourn for you sentinels of justice are in for a fight when you throw your hats in the ring against the Lord of Head-Wear, the Top Cat of Top Hats, and the Count of Caps, THE UNBELIEVABLE HABERDASHER!

My goal?: To make every man, woman, child, and duck wear comically huge, foam bowler hats!

Fear me!!!!!

 

[Connosaurus Rex]

I would conquer the world for the reason to enslave the world and make the lost city of Atlantis and My super power would be to build things just from thought, BUT I WOULDN'T HELP THE WORKERS!!! MUHAHAHAHA!!!

 

[Liberuno]

To stop Pauly Shore from making movies... Wait that already happened. Oh well, I guess I will have to go for world domination instead.

 

[mjorkk]

Two possibilities.
1: For the celebrity. Think about it, if you were a legit supervillian in modern society, you could market your image all over the place.. just as long as you didn't seriously hurt too many people, and had a good enough PR team.
2: More likely supervilliany would stem from an insatiable desire to prove that you are as amazing as you know that you are to the world. Whether it's harassing the world's most beloved defender, just to prove that you can, and are therefore better than him, and therefore the world, or stalking/kidnapping attractive/successful people and torturing them in your lair until one by one, the best of the best admit that you are a better specimen of humanity than them, right before you kill them. In reality, it's all about proving you're better than the common man. Comquering the world isn't as important as proving to the world that you deserve to rule them (regardless of whether or not you actually do rule them.) If you want money and women, being a superhero is the clear rout (as long as you have an image that can be merchandised.) If you want to help the greater good at all costs, again, you're still pretty much a superhero, even if your behaviors seem villainous. Sure it'd be nice to be ruler of the world... but wouldn't it be better to prove to the entire world that you SHOULD be their ruler (and then deny them the courtesy) ... because you know that you should... and the fact that they don't agree proves that they don't deserve your benevolent rule... and if you don't KNOW, then you're not a real supervillian... not yet.