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{{quote|''"That's the problem with heroes, really. Their only purpose in life is to thwart others. They make no plans, develop no strategies. They react instead of act. Without villains, heroes would stagnate. Without heroes, villains would be running the world. Heroes have morals. Villains have work ethic."''|'''Narration''' from ''[[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Last Avengers Story]]''}}
An odd fact about the nature of
▲An odd fact about the nature of [[Sliding Scale of Proactiveness|initiative]] in fiction: If somebody has a plan at the start of the story, that character is [[Ambition Is Evil|probably a villain]].
There are several reasons why this trend exists:
# A villain, in order to be threatening, must want something, and have some chance of getting it.
# Most heroes are [[Protectorate|protectors]] of some kind (cops, doctors (in medical dramas), or the parents of children who are being threatened by some (possibly supernatural) evil), thus making it impossible for them to be unusually proactive before the story starts.
# If the villain doesn't do anything, the audience is entirely within its rights to think that this is a case of [[Orcus
# It's easier to write another story (and given that much fiction nowadays is in some form serialized) if the hero is not the one responsible for everything happening. Less important in one offs.
# [[The Villain Makes the Plot]] is in full play here, as well; and one of the few ways to make a smart villain appear effective is to have him be a [[The Chessmaster|successful schemer]].
# If the hero is proactive about his situation, then the Status Quo will, in most situations, eventually move, which is frequently banned under [[Status Quo Is God]].
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Aversion of this, [[Heroes Act Villains Hinder]], comes from stories centering on the actions or emotions of the hero:
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