Effective & Realistic Villains
01-08-2015, 06:08 AM
I suppose the intention was to be simplistic?
Because you actually CAN have a story with no antagonist:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NoAntagonist
Also Villain Protagonists:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Ma...rotagonist
A story doesn't always have to have Black and White Morality. It could have Black and Grey for instance:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Ma...ayMorality
You can even have Evil versus Evil:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Ma...VersusEvil
Making a Good Villain Bad Part 4 is a perfect example of the Well-Intentioned Extremist:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Ma...dExtremist
Because you actually CAN have a story with no antagonist:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NoAntagonist
Also Villain Protagonists:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Ma...rotagonist
A story doesn't always have to have Black and White Morality. It could have Black and Grey for instance:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Ma...ayMorality
You can even have Evil versus Evil:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Ma...VersusEvil
Making a Good Villain Bad Part 4 is a perfect example of the Well-Intentioned Extremist:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Ma...dExtremist
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