I had an idea, considering I'm always talking about how villians and heros are never pure, what makes the best villian in your opinion?
The idea was that a villian like how the Bible depicts the anti-christ is best to me. Say a villian has a large following of otherwise normal people who have just fallen under their charm or believe their promises. A certain ex-president comes to mind and so does a certain billionaire (or all of them).
A villian that proposes to do great things but secretly (or obviously) is a egocentric, charlatan. They bring chaos and deliver little for all the promises. They also reap destruction on the theoretical environment for theoretically useless reasons, threaten disaster, use power to cover up mistakes including appropriating and changing history to suit their desires. Untouchable even to superheroes because they're so well loved by half the population. Someone divisive and polarizing.
In this case they're not redeemable to me even if half the things they do are beneficial. I will probably explore a villian like this too.
Have you had an anti-christ archetype in your stories?
What's your ultimate villian like? (One even Data can not best?)
How can you defeat someone like that or like yours?
The idea was that a villian like how the Bible depicts the anti-christ is best to me. Say a villian has a large following of otherwise normal people who have just fallen under their charm or believe their promises. A certain ex-president comes to mind and so does a certain billionaire (or all of them).
A villian that proposes to do great things but secretly (or obviously) is a egocentric, charlatan. They bring chaos and deliver little for all the promises. They also reap destruction on the theoretical environment for theoretically useless reasons, threaten disaster, use power to cover up mistakes including appropriating and changing history to suit their desires. Untouchable even to superheroes because they're so well loved by half the population. Someone divisive and polarizing.
In this case they're not redeemable to me even if half the things they do are beneficial. I will probably explore a villian like this too.
Have you had an anti-christ archetype in your stories?
What's your ultimate villian like? (One even Data can not best?)
How can you defeat someone like that or like yours?