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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 817 Views
Something works only as well as it is written. Jacob - 21/12/2009 06:36:48 PM 668 Views
I'm going for the human side Ryan - 21/12/2009 06:40:47 PM 600 Views
What Jacob said sounds about right... A Deathwatch Guard - 21/12/2009 07:16:12 PM 695 Views
Reasonable cause for being a villain. jh - 21/12/2009 08:19:26 PM 657 Views
Hmmm Camilla - 21/12/2009 08:34:11 PM 609 Views
I've got several villains Ryan - 22/12/2009 05:55:03 AM 701 Views
Intelligence Palatine - 22/12/2009 05:13:05 PM 595 Views
Ah, but a question for you Ryan - 22/12/2009 06:39:04 PM 587 Views
Don't like him. Palatine - 23/12/2009 05:12:57 PM 627 Views
The same thing as with any other character, believability Mark - 22/12/2009 05:43:21 PM 678 Views
I agree Ryan - 22/12/2009 06:35:38 PM 580 Views
Motivation... Phelix - 22/12/2009 07:33:27 PM 780 Views
Amen. everynametaken - 23/12/2009 04:30:37 AM 649 Views
Neither good nor bad. rebelaessedai - 23/12/2009 03:13:22 AM 584 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 283 Views
*NM* rebelaessedai - 31/12/2009 04:20:44 AM 299 Views
Re: What makes villains appealing to you? everynametaken - 23/12/2009 04:24:04 AM 658 Views
Alien and unrelatable villains can be awesome. Gher - 24/12/2009 07:45:15 PM 614 Views
Yeah as for Moridin BlackAdder - 31/12/2009 05:24:35 AM 604 Views
He has a good scene in TGS too. *NM* Gher - 09/01/2010 06:33:26 AM 291 Views
They actions should make sense from their POV *NM* AgentOrange - 24/12/2009 10:31:36 PM 308 Views
Real motivations that make sense Sir Tybalt - 25/12/2009 03:52:07 AM 606 Views
Cool Ryan - 25/12/2009 05:54:40 AM 630 Views
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