Mindfire
Istar
How do you go about thinking up your villains? Obviously they need goals and whatnot, but I'm thinking more along the lines of personality and beliefs. How do they think? How do they rationalize their actions? That sort of thing. When it comes to shaping the villain's mind and motivations, what's your favored method? What philosophy best lends itself to villainous behavior?
Personally, I favor objectivism for this purpose, with a dash of materialism/naturalism. In my opinion, this is the ultimate one-two punch of philosophical villainy. Once you believe there is no power greater than yourself and that all other men are nothing but meat, all bets are off morally speaking.
Personally, I favor objectivism for this purpose, with a dash of materialism/naturalism. In my opinion, this is the ultimate one-two punch of philosophical villainy. Once you believe there is no power greater than yourself and that all other men are nothing but meat, all bets are off morally speaking.