Thread:MaxGoji 2.0/@comment-29421682-20161111002013/@comment-28063203-20171218035557

But most people won't and/or don't know that, and despite that, they still appeal to them. Kraven's obsession with Spider-Man is why some people like him, they like his concept of Honor, they like his storylines, but not many people care for his origin. Mysterio wanting to prove himself to his father was something I haven't heard of before, I only really knew about him wanting to make money.

Motivations and backstories aren't what will make or break the villain most of the time in my opinion. When you paralyze a Barbara Gordon for no reason other than to break a hero, kill a Jason Todd and Gwen Stacy just for the fun of seeing a hero snap, destroy Mount Washington in pursuit of an alien watch, that's when I usually care about a villain. I mean, Vilgax from Ben 10 didn't even have a good backstory and motivation, he was just pure evil (at least in OS) and was cool and that's why I liked him.