This does seem to make sense with the pattern of the bad guys being the the types who can plan things out to the smallest detail, as those are the types more expected to be in charge.
It does seem possible that it just follows the usual method of telling a good story, where the bad guy is as powerful as possible so that the good guy seems more powerful for winning, though it may go the opposite way as well, with "good stories" coming from the types of feelings that create these stories.
a lot of these stories, but the "toppling" ones, and "preserve the current setup" ones seem to come from a mindset useful for competition, where people would frame however they were competing on one of these terms, or people who could frame it one one of these ways, would be better able to work themselves up for competition and justify it to other people. (See various gossip and complaints in small talk: On the one hand you have "underdog" versions where the boss is the bad guy, on the other hand you have egotistical celebrities who are getting too big ideas compared to where they should be compared to more established ones.)
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