Quote Originally Posted by Revolutionary_Jack View Post
The foundation of Doctor Octopus is that he's a bad guy, a megalomaniac and an evil person. That's who he is. That can't really be changed. A character created to be a villain and successful as one cannot be compared to the main character and supporting cast.

And Doctor Octopus is still widely known as a villain. Look at the recent video by Seth Meyers at around 08:10:


"Hollywood has convinced us that evil people are all geniuses... Some of them hold Ph.Ds like Doctor No, Doctor Doom, Doctor Octopus".

That's how the civilians see Ock.
I think the villain's redemption arc is depends on rather is villain REALLY deserved to have redemption arc by showing him or her regretting their action and willingly to atone it and the writer's skill supporting it. Otherwise, it can come off as karma Houdini or writers embellishing the villains from their evil deeds.

Quote Originally Posted by Celgress View Post
I won't derail this thread further. Here is my last word on the subject (don't expect a reply) -
No one cares, dude.