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Reasonable cause for being a villain. jh Send a noteboard - 21/12/2009 08:19:26 PM
Something beyond just greed, power, evil, a cliché love thing...

Also of course an internally consistent character. The personality does not have to be likeable or very sane, but it should work.

Then of course, detail. An appealing villain needs a lot of screentime.

But then, Jake is right. It really needs a good write up.
"People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world" - Calvin.
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What makes villains appealing to you? Ryan - 21/12/2009 06:17:23 PM 942 Views
Something works only as well as it is written. Jacob - 21/12/2009 06:36:48 PM 799 Views
I'm going for the human side Ryan - 21/12/2009 06:40:47 PM 726 Views
What Jacob said sounds about right... A Deathwatch Guard - 21/12/2009 07:16:12 PM 822 Views
Reasonable cause for being a villain. jh - 21/12/2009 08:19:26 PM 782 Views
Hmmm Camilla - 21/12/2009 08:34:11 PM 732 Views
I've got several villains Ryan - 22/12/2009 05:55:03 AM 829 Views
Intelligence Palatine - 22/12/2009 05:13:05 PM 719 Views
Ah, but a question for you Ryan - 22/12/2009 06:39:04 PM 710 Views
Don't like him. Palatine - 23/12/2009 05:12:57 PM 752 Views
The same thing as with any other character, believability Mark - 22/12/2009 05:43:21 PM 811 Views
I agree Ryan - 22/12/2009 06:35:38 PM 723 Views
Motivation... Phelix - 22/12/2009 07:33:27 PM 925 Views
Amen. everynametaken - 23/12/2009 04:30:37 AM 786 Views
Neither good nor bad. rebelaessedai - 23/12/2009 03:13:22 AM 702 Views
That makes me enjoy a story more. Jaimie in the Song of Ice and Fire series was a great example. *NM* Tashmere - 30/12/2009 03:44:23 AM 343 Views
*NM* rebelaessedai - 31/12/2009 04:20:44 AM 359 Views
Re: What makes villains appealing to you? everynametaken - 23/12/2009 04:24:04 AM 775 Views
Alien and unrelatable villains can be awesome. Gher - 24/12/2009 07:45:15 PM 744 Views
Yeah as for Moridin BlackAdder - 31/12/2009 05:24:35 AM 733 Views
He has a good scene in TGS too. *NM* Gher - 09/01/2010 06:33:26 AM 365 Views
They actions should make sense from their POV *NM* AgentOrange - 24/12/2009 10:31:36 PM 377 Views
Real motivations that make sense Sir Tybalt - 25/12/2009 03:52:07 AM 735 Views
Cool Ryan - 25/12/2009 05:54:40 AM 746 Views
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