Board Thread:The Flash discussions/@comment-27700324-20180502172853/@comment-31577509-20180503064959

Xandermcc wrote: Because the people who want to be evil just because they are evil is also a tired cliche. This whole thing of the villains wanting to do the right thing in extreme ways is pretty new.

Also we all know the real reasons the villains are the ones that tell these messages. Because the companies that cause the destruction of the planet are sponsoring our entertainment and if they make it so the bad guys are saying the world is ending by our hand, we are less likely to listen to them.

Or maybe it's because making it so that the hero is the one motivated to cure the evils of the world, results in the story being really tough to write satisfactorily.