Bad Guy motivation

[ostarella]

Okay, I'm stealing this directly from "Dr Who", episode "The Parting of the Ways" (2005) - it's on now on the Sci-Fi channel  ;-)

"...you hate your own existence, and that makes them more dangerous than ever."  Doesn't that sound like a great generalized idea for TAT bad guys? I think there was a discussion at some point about what motivates our bad guys - and there's the usual greed and power - but what motivates them to take the route they do? Illegal instead of legal? Violence versus negotiations?

Anyway, I just heard that and I thought - I *have* to remember that!  :D

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[beckyblack]

Yeah, we had the discussion around the Deadly Manouvers episode discussion. I did an exceeding long wittering post about motivation.

I did some more similar wittering about motivation in general here.

Oh and you get Dr Who there! Yay!

It is a good quote. That's when the Daleks have gone all religious isn't it? Religious motivation is an interesting one too, as it leads people to such extremes, either a life of service to others in the name of their religion, or to murder and mayhem, again in the name of the religion. So what sends on person down one path and one down the other?

Is there some inherant character flaw what makes a person not prepared to be patient and work to build a career and make money, and instead become a gangster? It can't just be laziness, I'm sure gangsters put in the hours too. Impatience? A realisation that "wait, crime DOES pay!"