It’s Complicated: The Relationship Between Hero And Villain (Part 2)
Overlap If you look at the Venn diagrams you can see the relationship, ideally, of hero to villain. No villain should be entirely evil and no hero entirely good. Why? Because each character both reflects and depends on the other to make them whole. They need each other symbiotically to bring out both the […]
It’s Complicated: The Relationship Between Hero And Villain (Part 1)
Villains are essential to any story. We all know this. No hero gears up unless a villain demands their attention through misdeeds either directly or indirectly. And internalized villains (drugs, alcohol, greed, ego, etc.) are just as strong (maybe stronger) as any physical baddie and they are in place as well before anything really gets […]
