Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2014 13:57:53 GMT -7
With respect to winning and losing as a villain, it's far easier for a villain to win than it is for a hero. Because the battle isn't just about who's left standing in the end or who went to jail, it's about perception. (which plays into the whole broken masks idea)
A villain can win even if all they do is give onlookers or the hero themselves the mindset that somehow the hero has compromised his or her own morals. No win scenarios are the easiest. Two or more threatened groups far enough from one another that the hero can't possibly save both, one being composed of John Q public and the other being someone close to the hero or the like. Technically hero or villain, both can win even as they lose. But a villain is never trying to live up to an ideal, or at least doesn't need to. Add to that that villains can work all sorts of mischief through intermediaries and the onus to win is really all on the heroes, because while you can commit all sorts of sordid, foul deeds via proxy as a villain, that's generally not the case for a hero.
For instance I've got Loki, and I've been writing him as almost agreeable in a mischievous, troubled but maybe misunderstood sort of way, but that doesn't mean I can't by proxy, get into all sorts of vicious trouble. The biggest hurtle I think I've encountered so far is picking a hero or two to target. But I've got ideas for the near future, so we'll see...
A villain can win even if all they do is give onlookers or the hero themselves the mindset that somehow the hero has compromised his or her own morals. No win scenarios are the easiest. Two or more threatened groups far enough from one another that the hero can't possibly save both, one being composed of John Q public and the other being someone close to the hero or the like. Technically hero or villain, both can win even as they lose. But a villain is never trying to live up to an ideal, or at least doesn't need to. Add to that that villains can work all sorts of mischief through intermediaries and the onus to win is really all on the heroes, because while you can commit all sorts of sordid, foul deeds via proxy as a villain, that's generally not the case for a hero.
For instance I've got Loki, and I've been writing him as almost agreeable in a mischievous, troubled but maybe misunderstood sort of way, but that doesn't mean I can't by proxy, get into all sorts of vicious trouble. The biggest hurtle I think I've encountered so far is picking a hero or two to target. But I've got ideas for the near future, so we'll see...