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Villains: Forces and Meanies.
Every story is build upon change. The evolution from one status quo to the other. What makes this a story worth telling is an antagonist, a force working against the main character, adapting the change, or trying to stop it. Or sometimes even creating it.
Antagonists can both be forces and people. You're main character that is floating on a little raft can both be going up against the tides as an antagonist, or against a wild hyena that landed in his boat. Literally everything can be a stories antagonist, as long as it works against the goals of the main character. Be it a drunk parent, depression, or an evil spellslinger. What kind of antagonists do you like to use in your stories? |
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I completely agree with the rest of your argument, haha. Lord of the Rings for example, isn't a story about the villain itself, it's about the struggle the heroes go through to achieve their goal. |
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Yeah, the joker is really interesting, because I feel like he walks between these two mindsets. He has his own perspective on the world, in which he does the right thing, and it makes him a deeper character, but I don't think his philosphy is something that the writers try to sell to the reader. He certainly recognizes his own deeds as evil, he's just completely unbothered by it. He's both the villain and the hero in his own story, having this twisted perspective, but not trying to get the reader in on it. He might try to make you understand, but he doesn't care about making you agree. |
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