Quote Originally Posted by Teraq View Post
Exactly. I tend to like the "humans are bastards" misanthropic villains, but the premise of the trope sort of has to involve a tragic backstory that would justify it, or at least showing me that humans are actually bastards.

I'm just seeing gentle weenwoons wrapped in snuggies living happy lives creating and debating things and attempting to use their natural powers in the best way they can, and this one dude who appears to feel extreme empathy for arcane entities but can't be bothered to talk to people around him while being weirdly anxious about death for an immortal guy.

Oh, I suppose you could try... but that would largely undermine the sympathy of much worthier villains.
They didn't seem interested in putting any effort into, so he comes off as little more than a creepy man....