Oh, c'mon, what's wrong with Hades? He's a pretty nice guy. Not his fault he drew the lot of being god of the dead... why is Hades always so evil in media? Why? Death is scary. We fear death because we simply do not know what will happen to us once it inevitably comes a knockin'. So, by default, anything associated with death can't be good, right? And since Bad Guys Do the Dirty Work, a god who brings death must be an evil one, right? Examples of Everybody Hates Hades include: