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Anonymous

Are villian protagonists viabl(...) 11/02/25(Sun)15:48:16 No.24850414

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Are villian protagonists viable? Anonymous 11/02/25(Sun)15:48:16 No.24850414 Archived

In my opinion, villians almost always make poor protagonists... they're just one dimensionally evil and have no morality or struggles. How can you make a protagonist exciting and interesting if they are just boring like villians?

Anonymous
11/02/25(Sun)18:30:50 No.24850806

Anonymous 11/02/25(Sun)18:30:50 No.24850806

>>24850414
haha OP I love froggo XD

Anonymous
11/03/25(Mon)05:41:17 No.24852119

Anonymous 11/03/25(Mon)05:41:17 No.24852119

>>24850414
Have you considered that villains might be the heroes of their own stories? It's even possible to twist virtue or law to self-serving and evil ends. And some might even say it's necessary to get ahead.

Anonymous
11/03/25(Mon)07:54:52 No.24852253

Anonymous 11/03/25(Mon)07:54:52 No.24852253

>>24850414
I'm not sure why you thought this dull question would work better as a new thread than a reply on /wg/. I already shared the meme tier list

Anonymous
11/03/25(Mon)08:33:46 No.24852318

Anonymous 11/03/25(Mon)08:33:46 No.24852318

>>24850414
Read Richard Stark’s Parker series. Protagonist is a sociopathic career criminal. He doesn’t target innocents, not out of a sense of morality, but simply because there’s no profit in it, but if an innocent gets between him and his goal he has zero qualms killing them.