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Originally Posted by RyanW
Most well written villains will likely see themselves as heroes. Even those that recognize their own villainy will see their own actions as either justified or beyond their own control.
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Jules Pierre Mao in
The Expanse saw himself, this way, but he was clearly deluded.
Had he truly wished to protect humanity, he would have announced the discovery on Phoebe, and sought help understanding what his scientists had found.
Instead, he presumed that he was the only one smart enough to run the project, and tough enough to "do the necessary."
The fact that it also had the potentially to make him even more wealthy was just that setting's version of the delusion, "What's good for General Motors is good for America."
He was most certainly a villain, and one of the better ones I've seen depicted, lately.