Abuse
Be evil
Both terms in one sentence
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Also, in the Crime Syndicate, Owlman does not aim to be evil, only to have control over the world and order, and has a Freudian Excuse in the form of his mother's abuse.
Source: Comic Book / Forever Evil -
Then Let Me Be Evil: The constant emotional abuse from the other Scouts and Scoutmaster Peter is what eventually causes Sam to replace Kai as the killer's assistant.
Source: Film / Welp - The real monster turns out to be their creator, Professor Banno, a Mad Scientist with a god complex who not only deliberately corrupted his creations to be evil, but his abuse of them is what convinced them that humans were evil and deserve to be overthrown.
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