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Magneto in the 90s. He even built an asteroid as a refuge for any mutant.
In the third season of the legend of korra, a group of people try to get rid of a monarchy (which is long established as especially unequal and oppressive) in favor of self government. They also try to get rid of the avatar, because she is an infallible being with incredibly outsized power. I love the avatar universe and get how they needed to fight them, but the group wasnβt wrong
The bible
Watch 'The Wire' - the good guys are bad guys, bad guys are good guys. It's all mixed up!
Pokemon Sword and Shield.
Rose is trying to move the country off of fossil fuels and onto sustainable green energy. Somehow Gamefreak manages to portray this as being a terrorist and extremist. How dare he try to move Galar away from coal?
Not exactly a story. I just watched Babylon 5, and it's fascinating how the good guys are the bad guys are the good guys are the bad guys...
Voyager kinda fucks with my ability to set spoiler tags, so here is your Spoiler Warning.
The Cabin in the Woods (even tho the organisation is run by complete assholes, they also happen to postpone the end of the word)
Mass Effect series (the Geth are actually ok having peace with everyone. They just happen to be in a civil war with Reaper worshippers)
Witcher 2 (Letho turns out to be the good guy)
Wanted (the father turns out to be the good guy)
Battlestar Galactica 2004 series (yes, the Cylons enacted the nuclear holocaust on humanity, but there is a case to be made that the vast majority of them have been manipulated by a faction of ancient Cylons, which leads to a civil war later in the show)
Does Dr Doom count for this? He believes he's seen humanity perish in every reality except the one where he becomes the absolute ruler.
Every story of Tom and Jerry.
Does Snape count?
What about Loki(marvel)?
Can't believe it's not mentioned yet, but Alan Moore's Watchmen
- Evangelion, sort of.
- Tom and Jerry
- Metal Gear Solid 3
Falling Down. Prendergrass is the good guy.
Kill la Kill, at least with the primary antagonist as the main villain isnβt really introduced until pretty late in the story.
Game of Thrones, everyone is basically a villain but some of them are actually alright (like the Hound and Jamie).
Satan of the Bible, similar character to Prometheus https://www.enotes.com/topics/paradise-lost/questions/why-satan-considered-hero-paradise-lost-419454
God Emperor Of Dune. Leto II needs his bath time.
Lex Luthor in DCU comics. I argue that the same logic laid out in Superman Red Son applies to all superman. Where he crashed on earth didn't change his affect on mankind.
Suicide Squad (the comic) doesn't quite fit the OP's request but it's so good I feel it deserves an honorable mention here.
The French version of La Femme Nikita, although it's more of a redemption arc than "villain turning out to be a good guy." She starts out as a junkie petty crook who murders a cop in cold blood, spends most of the film assassinating people for the government, and in the end seems to have gotten her life together.
But she starts out as a very not-nice person.
Interview With the Vampire's Lestat was a bloodthirsty murderer. The Vampire Lestat's Lestat was a bloodthirsty murderer ... with a conscience.
Artemis Fowl (Book 1) (he's the good guy in the following books)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban comes to mind.
Does borderlands count?
!handsome jack started off as an honorable person with morals, but was repeatedly stabbed in the back and jaded over time. He still has the mindset of a good guy but the chaotic planning of a bad guy due to the experiences that he's had.!<
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