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Bad Guys
The Deposed King:
--- Quote from: MacPhoenix on January 23, 2014, 09:34:30 PM ---So you all would say the real issue with villains is not so much originality as there ability to affect the audience's emotions?
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You don't have to have every character be a unique and special butterfly. On the other hand your Villain needs to have his own quirks that make him different. Most of the time so long as your bad guy has a good reason for what he's doing and enough perceived power to pull it off, most people will go with it.
I will say that a random mugger can be a one dimensional bad guy and the audience will be happy to see him go down but your ultimate bad guy or even just this book's bad guy needs to be a little more solid.
As for Villain's affecting the audience's emotions, he can be a highly developed character or just someone we can get a good mad on or root for the MC to defeat. The main thing is really the MC and his struggles. A great villain can be a great addition. But look at the Blade movies. How much are you really effecting the audience with teh bad guys and how much more are you effecting things with Blade!
I don't go and watch the hobbit to root against Smaug or the Goblins, so much as to root for the hero against these evil foes!
The Deposed King
Paynesgrey:
And then there's that creepy S.O.B. from "No Country For Old Men"...
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: Paynesgrey on January 24, 2014, 02:01:46 AM ---And then there's that creepy S.O.B. from "No Country For Old Men"...
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I parsed him as halfway between personification of Death rather and villain, which is an interesting combination.
MacPhoenix:
--- Quote from: The Deposed King on January 24, 2014, 01:57:11 AM ---I don't go and watch the hobbit to root against Smaug or the Goblins, so much as to root for the hero against these evil foes!
The Deposed King
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I agree. It is just so easy for me when writing to pour my soul fire into the mc leaving nothing for an antagonist. It is a mental gear I believe these discussions have put me on the path to discovering.
MacPhoenix:
--- Quote from: Paynesgrey on January 24, 2014, 02:01:46 AM ---And then there's that creepy S.O.B. from "No Country For Old Men"...
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I did not see that one any good? Death/ Villain combo sounds like the Hindu goddess kali.
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