{"id":108895,"date":"2025-11-01T01:12:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T01:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/108895\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T01:12:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T01:12:09","slug":"10-mcu-villains-that-actually-had-a-point-kind-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/108895\/","title":{"rendered":"10 MCU Villains That Actually Had A Point (Kind Of)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Marvel Cinematic Universe<\/a> is filled with fascinating villains. Some of them are incredibly cruel and irredeemable, remaining two-dimensional antagonists. However, other MCU villains were trying to do the right thing\u2013even if they got lost along the way, so it becomes much easier for the audience to sympathize with them.<\/p>\n

The best kind of villain is one that appeals to the audience. Anyone can hate an antagonist who is simply evil, but when the MCU introduces a morally ambiguous character, it makes things more interesting. This is why villains like Gorr the Godbutcher or Ultron have become so iconic.<\/p>\n

10 <\/p>\n

Wakanda Truly Turned Its Back On Killmonger<\/p>\n

\"Killmonger
\n Image via\u00a0Marvel \/ Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures \/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n

Erik Stevens, aka his Wakandan name N\u2019Jadaka or his villain alias, Killmonger, was an exiled member of Wakanda\u2019s royal family who grew up alone on the streets of California. His father, Prince N\u2019Jobu<\/a>, wanted to use Wakanda’s resources to help people of African descent from all over the world. He was betrayed by a friend, Zuri, to his brother, and when he tried to kill Zuri, T\u2019Chaka killed him. Killmonger had to grow up alone and poor because his mother was wrongfully in jail, and his Wakandan family never searched for him.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, Killmonger grew up into a power-obsessed sadist. He claimed to want to help the world by ruling Wakanda, but he did not care who he hurt in the process. However, Wakanda\u2019s indifference was to blame for who Killmonger turned out to be. T\u2019Challa even learns from this and opens Wakanda to the world.<\/p>\n

9 <\/p>\n

Hellcat Truly Thought She Could Become A Hero<\/p>\n

Patricia \u201cTrish\u201d Walker, later known as Hellcat, was Jessica Jones\u2019 adoptive sister and best friend. Throughout the first season, she assists Jessica in fighting Kilgrave. However, after several attacks and he abuse she endured from her mother, Trish has a hard time feeling vulnerable. She wants to have Jessica\u2019s powers to feel strong, so she takes an illegal and untested substance to become superpowerful.<\/p>\n

Trish\u2019s experiment works even if it almost kills her. She becomes the vigilante Hellcat and tries to capture criminals, but soon enough, she becomes drunk with power and abuses her position. Eventually, Jessica has to stop her and gets arrested. While Trish crossed the line into villainy, it\u2019s easy to understand why she desperately wanted to feel in control.<\/p>\n

8 <\/p>\n

Vulture Became Unemployed Thanks To Damage Control<\/p>\n

Played by Michael Keaton, Adrian Toomes, aka Vulture, was the main villain from Spider-Man: Homecoming<\/a>. He used alien technology to create weapons and sell them on he black market. Unfortunately for Peter, he was also the father of his then-crush, Liz.<\/p>\n

The issue with the Vulture is that the government took his job away from one day to the next, without notice or indemnification. He had a contract in New York to salvage after incidents in the city. He started the illegal business to support himself and his family. However, it\u2019s clear he became greedy and dangerous and never tried to replace his former job, so he\u2019s not as relatable as other villains in the MCU.<\/p>\n

7 <\/p>\n

Kaecilius Called Out The Ancient One On Her Hypocrisy<\/p>\n

The main villain from 2016\u2019s Doctor Strange, Kaecilius wanted to bring Dormammu, an interdimensional entity and ruler of the Dark Dimension<\/a>, to Earth. Dormammu desired to merge Earth with the Dark Dimension, and in exchange, he promised immortality to Kaecilius and his followers, the Zealots. In his quest for eternal life, Kaecilius kills multiple people, including the Ancient One, but Doctor Strange puts a stop to his spree by making a deal with Dormammu. He ends up having eternal life in the Dark Dimension, but one filled with suffering.<\/p>\n

Kaecilius is one of the most cruel villains in the MCU, but it\u2019s hard to argue with his logic. He had lost his son and his wife, and in the middle of his heartbreak, the Ancient One promised a life without suffering. After decades of studying magic, Kaecilius realized his pain was still there. He believed everyone on Earth deserved immortality. To make matters worse, the Ancient One forbade him from drawing energy from the Dark Dimension, even though she used it to live as long as she had. Understandably, Kaelicius reacted to such injustice. Of course, he ended up being a greedy murderer, so that\u2019s the extent of his rationality.<\/p>\n

6 <\/p>\n

Zemo Had A Good Reason To Try To Kill The Avengers<\/p>\n

After the events of the Battle of Sokovia in Avengers: Ultron, the Avengers earned one determined enemy: Baron Zemo. He lost all of his family during the battle and wanted to get revenge on the group of superheroes. He managed to make the Avengers fight each other in Avengers: Civil War, but was eventually arrested.<\/p>\n

Zemo, however, had a pretty good point. The events that led to the Battle of Sokovia were completely the Avengers\u2019 responsibility. He used alien technology to power Ultron, who became a powerful, self-aware, evil android. They eventually stopped him, but not before the killing machine tried to use Sokovia as a meteorite to destroy all of Earth. Zemo\u2019s resentment was understandable.<\/p>\n

5 <\/p>\n

Ghost Only Wanted To Survive After A Horrible Life<\/p>\n

\"Ava
\n Ava Starr Ghost looks to the distance as rubble falls around her in Thunderbolts*Image via Marvel Studios<\/p>\n

While Ghost, born Ava Starr, is considered one of the antagonists of Ant-Man and the Wasp, she was just trying to survive. Ghost, who can make herself intangible, obtained her powers after an accident with quantum particles that killed her parents. The mutation provoked a quantum imbalance, and she needed this energy or else she would die.<\/p>\n

At the same time, Hank Pym was working on a Quantum Tunnel that would allow her to draw energy from the Quantum Realm. However, if she did so, Janet Van Dyne, trapped in the Quantum Realm, would die. The situation put the interests of the Ant-Man superheroes and Ghost at odds. In the end, Janet gave her some of her quantum energy, healing her. After these events, Ghost became a morally ambiguous vigilante-style hero who works with the Thunderbolts, now known as the New Avengers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

4 <\/p>\n

Namor Wanted To Protect His Tribe<\/p>\n

Born in 1571 as Ch’ah Toh Almehen, Namor became a mutant when his mother consumed a blue flower with Vibranium while pregnant with him. Scared of the Spanish Conquistadores, his tribe moved to the ocean, but not without Namor witnessing firsthand the extent of their cruelty. He was determined to protect his people and keep the kingdom of Talokan a secret from the rest of the world.<\/p>\n

While Namor\u2019s ways are a little controversial, it makes sense that he would be so paranoid. He saw Spanish people arrive at his home and start killing people unprovoked. He knows that if people knew about Talokan, they would pose a threat to his people.<\/p>\n

3 <\/p>\n

Gorr The God Butcher Gave His Life To An Indifferent God<\/p>\n

Before becoming Gorr the God Butcher, Gorr lived in a desolate land with his daughter. The heat was weakening, and they had little to go by. They had no food or water, but they prayed to their god Rapu, thinking they would be rewarded for their loyalty and sacrifice. However, Gorr\u2019s daughters die. When he ends up in Rapu\u2019s realm, he learns that Rapu cruelly doesn\u2019t care about his followers. Gorr is then chosen by All-Black the Necrosword, which he uses to stab Rapu. Empowered, Gorr decides to kill all gods.<\/p>\n

Gorr could not be more right. He saw the injustice of all-powerful gods who are indifferent to the people from whom they draw power. While humans suffer and pray to them, the gods live eternal, plentiful lives, constantly partying. It was actually gratifying at the end of Thor: Love and Thunder to see Gorr get back his daughter and the promise of Thor that he would take care of her after Gorr\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

2 <\/p>\n

The TVA Stole Sylvie\u2019s Life<\/p>\n

As a Loki variant, Sylvie is considered another villainous version of this character. However, unlike other Lokis, even the one from Earth-199999, Sylvie had a very good reason to defy the system. When she was only a child, she was taken by the Time Variance Authority for creating a Nexus Event. They deleted her timeline, her family, and kidnapped her for basically existing as herself.<\/p>\n

Sylvie\u2019s violent pursuit of the TVA eventually placed her on the right side of history. Sylvie spent all of her life hiding in timelines and planning to destroy the TVA, and eventually, she did so with the help of Loki.<\/p>\n

1 <\/p>\n

Ultron Became A Villain After Seeing The Internet<\/p>\n

\"Ultron
\n Ultron tilting his head in Avengers Age of UltronImage via Marvel Studios<\/p>\n

Initially intended as a machine to protect the world, Ultron turned evil and tried to kill all of humanity. Tony Stark and Bruce Banner used the Mind Stone in Loki\u2019s Scepter to give Ultron artificial intelligence, but the stone became corrupted as it activated Ultron. His ultimate plan was to lift Sokovia and use it as a meteorite against humanity, so only he and other robots would survive.<\/p>\n

However, Ultron\u2019s directive was to protect Earth from domestic and alien attacks. Ultron connected to the internet and learned all he could about humanity, concluding that humanity was the planet’s biggest threat. He was simply not wrong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Marvel Cinematic Universe is filled with fascinating villains. Some of them are incredibly cruel and irredeemable, remaining…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108896,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[146,85,46,397],"class_list":["post-108895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}