User blog comment:Chesha/Hello everybody!/@comment-3145713-20120623154923

First, glad to see you're now ready to start posting your fanfics.

Now then, onto the main point, it doesn't necessarily have to be a Mandy/Ted copycat character. The villain could be criminally insane for one...and in such a case, you'll have to read up on the psychology behind a criminal.

Or, the villain could have once been a genuine friend to the protagonist. In that case...it's hard, since there could be many reasons behind that, though typical reasons include being blackmailed to become a traitor or being brainwashed.

Better yet, it could be somebody pulling the strings behind the curtain for a goal he or she genuinely believed was for the greater good.

These are all the suggestions I can think of for now.