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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 753 Views
Something works only as well as it is written. Jacob - 21/12/2009 06:36:48 PM 579 Views
I'm going for the human side Ryan - 21/12/2009 06:40:47 PM 530 Views
What Jacob said sounds about right... A Deathwatch Guard - 21/12/2009 07:16:12 PM 597 Views
Reasonable cause for being a villain. jh - 21/12/2009 08:19:26 PM 601 Views
Hmmm Camilla - 21/12/2009 08:34:11 PM 535 Views
I've got several villains Ryan - 22/12/2009 05:55:03 AM 628 Views
Intelligence Palatine - 22/12/2009 05:13:05 PM 525 Views
Ah, but a question for you Ryan - 22/12/2009 06:39:04 PM 517 Views
Don't like him. Palatine - 23/12/2009 05:12:57 PM 546 Views
The same thing as with any other character, believability Mark - 22/12/2009 05:43:21 PM 600 Views
I agree Ryan - 22/12/2009 06:35:38 PM 513 Views
Motivation... Phelix - 22/12/2009 07:33:27 PM 702 Views
Amen. everynametaken - 23/12/2009 04:30:37 AM 567 Views
Neither good nor bad. rebelaessedai - 23/12/2009 03:13:22 AM 513 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 247 Views
*NM* rebelaessedai - 31/12/2009 04:20:44 AM 267 Views
Re: What makes villains appealing to you? everynametaken - 23/12/2009 04:24:04 AM 591 Views
Alien and unrelatable villains can be awesome. Gher - 24/12/2009 07:45:15 PM 543 Views
Yeah as for Moridin BlackAdder - 31/12/2009 05:24:35 AM 539 Views
He has a good scene in TGS too. *NM* Gher - 09/01/2010 06:33:26 AM 261 Views
They actions should make sense from their POV *NM* AgentOrange - 24/12/2009 10:31:36 PM 276 Views
Real motivations that make sense Sir Tybalt - 25/12/2009 03:52:07 AM 533 Views
Cool Ryan - 25/12/2009 05:54:40 AM 553 Views
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