User blog comment:Echo 1/Elements You Should Not Give Your Characters/@comment-5989773-20130511163107/@comment-4366184-20130512064146

I agree with bioniclezilla about the villains, they definitely shouldn't be underdeveloped but they shouldn't be sympathetic, you always want the audience rooting for the protagonist, unless you have a story where you must choose a side and stick with that side.

One good example would be The Dark Knight trilogy, characters like Joker and Bane were both very well done and well developed characters, but you never roted for them, because they still wanted the worst for the city and they portrayed that in obvious ways.