Thread:Mesektet/@comment-27729149-20151002041329/@comment-3581997-20151108125516

You say it is mostly misfortune.

"Most of these villains are not in full control of their actions/emotions and hence the reader/viewer can sympathize with them due to them not being evil by choice, but rather by them being (for the most part) a victim of circumstance"

There you go. It applies.