Talk:Adam Taurus/@comment-2602:306:3494:D090:5908:47A7:7499:E7C7-20171128025709/@comment-62.231.136.5-20171129143642

It depends on who gets the sympathetic backstory.

Cinder is less hated because she's so generic as a villain (give me power! Hah hah hah!), because she's a girl (femme fatale points), and because she was crippled by Ruby's attack (pity points). For Adam, his actions towards Blake and dismemberment of Yang ticked a lot of people off, he can be compared to extremist terrorists that are a big issue today, and as a villain he's ascending to the apex of his career.

For their characterization, RWBY is not known for complex villains with shades of white and gray and conflicting hidden motives.