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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.
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What makes villains appealing to you? Ryan - 21/12/2009 06:17:23 PM 888 Views
Something works only as well as it is written. Jacob - 21/12/2009 06:36:48 PM 746 Views
I'm going for the human side Ryan - 21/12/2009 06:40:47 PM 678 Views
What Jacob said sounds about right... A Deathwatch Guard - 21/12/2009 07:16:12 PM 770 Views
Reasonable cause for being a villain. jh - 21/12/2009 08:19:26 PM 726 Views
Hmmm Camilla - 21/12/2009 08:34:11 PM 686 Views
I've got several villains Ryan - 22/12/2009 05:55:03 AM 784 Views
Intelligence Palatine - 22/12/2009 05:13:05 PM 669 Views
Ah, but a question for you Ryan - 22/12/2009 06:39:04 PM 655 Views
Don't like him. Palatine - 23/12/2009 05:12:57 PM 695 Views
The same thing as with any other character, believability Mark - 22/12/2009 05:43:21 PM 758 Views
I agree Ryan - 22/12/2009 06:35:38 PM 670 Views
Motivation... Phelix - 22/12/2009 07:33:27 PM 868 Views
Amen. everynametaken - 23/12/2009 04:30:37 AM 729 Views
Neither good nor bad. rebelaessedai - 23/12/2009 03:13:22 AM 657 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 318 Views
*NM* rebelaessedai - 31/12/2009 04:20:44 AM 338 Views
Re: What makes villains appealing to you? everynametaken - 23/12/2009 04:24:04 AM 721 Views
Alien and unrelatable villains can be awesome. Gher - 24/12/2009 07:45:15 PM 683 Views
Yeah as for Moridin BlackAdder - 31/12/2009 05:24:35 AM 676 Views
He has a good scene in TGS too. *NM* Gher - 09/01/2010 06:33:26 AM 333 Views
They actions should make sense from their POV *NM* AgentOrange - 24/12/2009 10:31:36 PM 351 Views
Real motivations that make sense Sir Tybalt - 25/12/2009 03:52:07 AM 681 Views
Cool Ryan - 25/12/2009 05:54:40 AM 701 Views
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