Protective

“	I didn't choose to be this. The only thing left of me now... is my daughter.	„
	~ Sandman telling Peter Parker the reason for becoming a criminal.

“	Nobody talks that way about my mother, NOBODY! Ok little broken down runt looks like you're gonna get broken down even more.	„
	~ Muggshot angered when bentley insulted his mother.

“	Go pick up Nasty Nick from the South-East of the city. He's my big brother, so you'd better look after him.	„
	~ The German Contact telling Travis to pick up Nick and look after him.

Villainous Benchmarks whose care for others is altruistic and genuine and not pragmatic at all.

While Protective villains are never Completely Evil, as they show concern for someone they care about, there may still be instances where they can become Completely Evil in one of three ways:

The Protective villain spends half or most of the story caring about someone, but they later reject that caring for their own selfish ends, or their caring gradually becomes corrupted or perverted to the point of being tyrannical and obsessive.
The Protective villain has shown great care and protection for someone in the past, but over time has lost that affection, and even if it still somehow holds on in the future, it completely evaporates at the climax.
The Protective villain cared about someone, but not sincerely, but in the succubus of pragmatic or selfish desires, so that they would have a useful resource with them, but they hide such neglect so that the "native" person would not betray or leave them. This can be called a kind of category "Protective Fakers". Also, villains who are Remorse Fakers and Faux Affably Evil can fall into this category.

Overall, even if a Completely Evil villain did care for someone at one point, they no longer care about them in the present. If this is the case, they should go under Debased instead of this category.

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