Open Thread: Oracle Hotline

[mithen]

avon came by last week hoping to talk about writing villainous characters, and I couldn't help much because I don't write them much, especially in a comic-book setting! Anyone here specialize in villains and want to chat about how you approach them? I have a feeling there are as many approaches as there are people...

I finished a chapter AND a short exchange story yesterday! So I am feeling good, although my hands have taken the brunt of it and are not so good. :P

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[mithen]

Ooooh, all good points, I like! I especially like the idea of finding the moment they went from being a possible-baddie to an actual-baddie and seeing what that reveals about them.

I'm cracking up a bit at the thing about accidentally slaughtering orphans (okay that sounds bad, but) because Sami Zayn's former alter-ego El Generico was a pure good guy who was wrestling in order to found an orphanage and help orphans. He ended up in a feud with one guy whose motivation was that he hated orphans and therefore wanted to stop him. He just plain hated orphans. Oh, wrestling.