User blog comment:Western Gen/Speculations for Season 14/@comment-66.31.189.65-20160107210353/@comment-4616231-20160110035646

That depends on the kind of villain. I liked Locus as a villain because he questioned things. He wasn't some big evil organization/dude that seemed evil for the sake of being evil, he was an individual with his own beliefs, goals and morals. There was a lot of emotion behind him even if he didn't show it off all the time, like Felix did. Speaking of Felix, he'd probably be closer to the "sinister" villain you mentioned, with how manipulative he was. The difference is that Felix didn't question things nearly as much as Locus did. He was already pretty comitted to being evil, it seemed. Yet I liked Locus more than I did Felix. I feel the emotion behind him made him a stronger character. Felix was still pretty good, but when you have a character be the "sinister evil villain" - I feel it'd work out better if they can be more than just the sinsiter evil villain. Everyone knows how the sinister evil villain acts, and Felix is a perfect, if a bit more colorful, example. He was an asshole 100% of the time. Even when you didn't think he was an asshole, he was an asshole. And that's fine, and some people may find it's his "charm", but that only goes so far. As I watched the trilogy, I was less and less concerned with the "sinister" villain Felix, and more concerned with what was happening with Locus. I guess you could say Locus was pretty sinister in his Darth Vader-esque way, but it quickly became apparent to me that he had more going on than that.

So, do we need a sinister villain? I'd say we're better off with a developed villain. I could probably say a lot more about this topic, but at the very least, this is the kind of villain that I'd like to see, and I also don't want to type more.

Also, it should be noted Sigma wasn't really a villain, he just had to do villain-y things to achieve his goals. Or something like that.