History WellIntentionedExtremist / Webcomics

** Last but certainly not least, we have Altair, a Catholic fundamentalist who seeks to cleanse the world of sin... which, to him, means slaughtering anyone who doesn't fit his definition of a Christian. He's responsible for both Mysto's StartOfDarkness and Artemis's insanity, as he murdered their loved ones in cold blood. Despite his bloodlust, he genuinely believes he's following the will of Yawheh (a.k.a. {{God}}). Much like Miko Miyazaki above, even [[DePower being stripped of his power]] and flat-out ordered to stop his asshattery '''by God Himself''' doesn't get Altair to realize he's wrong. [[spoiler:God does eventually find a use for Altair, though, by setting up a XanatosGambit in tandem with Triglav in order to push Mysto towards redemption.]]

** On the heroic side, Vaarsivuus was heading in this direction as well, as their SurvivorsGuilt after the Battle of Azure City and injured pride push them to increasingly extreme and ruthless actions in service of doing the right thing. Even [[TheDitz ditzy]] NiceGuy Elan, who is TheHeart of the group and reluctant to ever believe anything bad about his teammates, could see what was happening and called V out by pointing out their increasing similarity to [[HeroicComedicSociopath Belkar]]. Eventually a genuine threat to V and their wounded pride led them to [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0634.html make a literal deal with the devil]] in pursuit of the ultimate magical power that they always wanted, with the rationale that they can use it for good, but they are barely able to contain their own anger and desire for cruel vengeance. It takes a brutal loss to and a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech from [[BigBad Xykon]] to make them realise that might does not make right and begin [[TheAtoner to try to mend their ways]], even though later revelations about the nigh genocidal consequences of the their DealWithTheDevil might make true redemption impossible.

* Herman Steward from ''Webcomic/{{Housepets}}''. Initially hired as a [[PunnyName steward]] to the wealthy Milton Ferrets, he approves of Keene Milton's goal of bringing equality between animals and humans, but grows aggravated by his being RichInDollarsPoorInSense, repeatedly wasting his money and squandering his chances to actually create progress. [[spoiler: Steward begins plotting to put someone more capable in his spot, first by aiding another member of the Milton family. He gets fired for his insubordination, and [[ItMakesSenseInContext cursed into the form of a badger. His attempts turn to utilizing magic(k) and the demonic to get his way, still believing fully that he's in the right even as he starts to [[BecameTheirOwnAntithesis Become His Own Antithesis.]]]]

* Herman Steward from ''Webcomic/{{Housepets}}''. Initially hired as a [[PunnyName steward]] to the wealthy Milton Ferrets, he approves of Keene Milton's goal of bringing equality between animals and humans, but is repeatedly aggravated by his being RichInDollarsPoorInSense, repeatedly wasting his money and squandering his chances to actually create progress. [[spoiler: Steward begins plotting to put someone more capable in his spot, first by aiding another member of the Milton family. He gets fired for his insubordination, and [[ItMakesSenseInContext cursed into the form of a badger. His attempts turn to utilizing magic(k) and the demonic to get his way, still believing fully that he's in the right even as he starts to [[BecameTheirOwnAntithesis Become His Own Antithesis.]]]]

* The robot Blunt in ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'' just wants to protect humanity... [[spoiler:and has no problems with a plan to lobotomize millions of robots to remove the chance that any of them could harm a human]].

* The robot Blunt in ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}''. Just wants to protect humanity...[[spoiler:and has no problems with a plan to lobotomise millions of robots to remove the chance that any of them could harm a human]].

** [[JustTheFirstCitizen Baron]] [[EmperorScientist Wulfenbach,]] absolute ruler of Europa. He demands obedience of his subjects, kidnaps the children of notable [[MadScientist Sparks]] to his floating citadel in the sky, sends criminals and troublemakers to the [[GeniusLoci Castle]] [[DeathTrap Heterodyne]] to repair it, [[SnipeHunt despite nobody even possibly knowing how to,]] and has burned entire towns down to the ground to contain unmanageable problems within. He's also absolutely fanatical about keeping the Heterodyne bloodline under control, which puts him at odds with the protagonist Agatha, herself the last known heir of the family. The thing is, he has a point. Prior to his taking control, Europa was a chaotic, feudal place of madness where most Sparks ran wildly and warred against each other with their insane creations, the worst of which included the exceptionally powerful Heterodyne family, which for at least fifteen hundred years had been, with two very notable exceptions, irredeemably evil warmongers single-handedly capable of bringing Europa into ruin. Everything Baron Wulfenbach has done, however horrific, has been to restore peace and order to the country, [[TheExtremistWasRight and he did a damn good job of it too.]] [[spoiler:Not only that, but once he [[TimeStandsStill freezes himself along with the entirety of Mechanicsburg]] in a bid to keep Agatha from reclaiming the seat of her power, Europa quickly descends once again into a terrible anarchy unmatched by any before.]]
** Othar Tryggvassen, GentlemanAdventurer!, from the same series. He has the same goal as the Baron, but a different method: [[GottaKillThemAll He plans to kill every Spark in the world]], [[NoPlaceForMeThere ending with himself]], due to the sorry state Sparks have left the normal folks of Europa in. As a result, he's a hero to the common folk and non-sparks, while the sparks (including our protagonists) all despise him and [[RunningGag tend to throw him out of airships]].
** Pretty much ''every'' Spark (who isn't already a full-time villain) is, at one time or another, one of these. It goes with the Sparkiness. Even Agatha. As demonstrated [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070216 here.]]

* It's been stated that Roxy Lalonde from ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' doesn't really plan her actions often, and they tend to do more harm than good. But she usually means well and enjoys helping her friends, even though she's done things such as blowing up her best friend's computer and coercing her into revealing her feelings for Jake.
** A clear example from ''Homestuck'' is Aranea, who wishes to create an alternate timeline where the BigBad never comes to power, and then use her unique abilities to make that timeline become the main universe. Of course, in order to do so, she is willing to kill anyone that gets in the way, including those opposed to the very Big Bad she's trying to stop.

* In ''Webcomic/TheWarriorReturns'', this is revealed to be the ultimate motivation of one of the fallen Warriors, who wishes to [[spoiler:end the GroundhogDayLoop that Seongjun's powers have trapped the world in by turning Minsu into a Demon Lord who can kill him]]. But to achieve this goal, he willingly plays the part of a villain responsible for hundreds of millions of deaths and displacing countless others.

** Redcloak, if one reads ''Start Of Darkness'', falls squarely into this. He wants to improve life for the goblinoid races, but attempts to do so by putting down the other humanoids via divine blackmail, instead of by actually helping the goblins improve their lot.
*** He may have started out that way, but, when he's given an option that would allow him to get ''everything he wants'' without having to resort to blackmail, he chooses to risk sacrificing all the living goblinoids, the world, [[spoiler: and potentially ''the god he claims to serve'' by rejecting the offer from Thor, just to not have to admit everything he did up to that point (including killing his own brother) was for nothing.]]

* ''WebComic/{{Paranatural}}'': One of the themes of the comic is extremists using good intentions to justify evil deeds... even if the deeds have nothing to do with their good intentions.

* Parodied in [[http://www.pvponline.com/comic/2009/09/08/recipe-for-disaster this]] ''Webcomic/PvP'' strip.
* [=VespAvenger=] from ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'' is a well intentioned extremist who doles out rather extreme punishments to [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=743men those who mistreat their girlfriends.]]

** The F'sherl-Ganni as a species implemented a technological lockdown on the Galaxy through their PortalNetwork and Clone-And-Interrogate process, which killed the equivalent of the Galactic society's total population several thousand times over in {{Expendable Clone}}s. They did all this to prevent the [[OmnicidalManiac Pa'anuri]] from restarting their war on the Milky Way, as well as to keep forbidden technologies that inevitably start pan-galactic wars (like Long Gun tech) out of the hands of the newer races. Even [[DeusEstMachina The Fleetmind]] finds it difficult to fully condemn them after their system is dismantled.

* This is exactly how the main character was going to turn out in ''Webcomic/ToPreventWorldPeace''. Until her FaceHeelTurn, anyway.
** In fact, before she goes AntiVillain [[VillainProtagonist Protagonist]], '''all''' the {{Magical Girl}}s are destined to turn out like this.

** The crowning example is arguably Drathilox, who hails from an unpublished ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' fanfic. Drathilox, like the Trophic Blenders, seeks to eliminate violence. But where the Trophic Blenders see competition for food as the root of all violence, Drathilox instead blames prejudice, bigotry, and hatred. To eliminate prejudice, Drathilox seeks to [[AssimilationPlot transform all beings into Drathlings]] — [[HiveMind essentially his mental slaves]]. Drathilox firmly believes that stripping away the distinctions of race — [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill and free will along with them]] — is the only way to abolish violence.

* ''Webcomic/Trevor2020'': [[spoiler: Dr. Maddison]]. He wants to stop the [[spoiler: SuperSoldier]] project he’s been forced to go along with, and instead of a mundane solution like leaking info to the press to turn public opinion against the [[spoiler: military]], he opts instead to orchestrate [[spoiler: Trevor’s escape]], so [[spoiler: Trevor can kill the other members of]] the medical team, and (presumably) wait for the military to sweep in afterwards and clean everything up.
* Professor Broadshouders in ''[[http://zebragirl.keenspot.com Zebra Girl]]'' has made it his life's mission to rid the world of demons — and doesn't care who he has to hurt, damn, or kill to get the job done. Up to and including himself.

* In ''Webcomic/TheWarriorReturns'', this is revealed to be the ultimate motivation of one of the fallen Warriors, who wishes to [[spoiler:end the GroundhogDayLoop that Seongjun's powers have trapped the world in by turning Minsu into a Demon Lord who can kill him]], But to achieve this goal, he willingly plays the part of a villain responsible for hundreds of millions of deaths and displacing countless others.