IMO The Regent is actually the most villainous of Guardian's major antagonists because his only motivation is the protection of himself and his own power. Yes, to some extent I agree with this. I haven't been totally convinced by a couple of fics where the Regent is the main antagonist, though, just because...mm...his evil is directed toward the status quo? and if the status quo is better, he's not going to make special efforts to be evil just for the sake of evil?
I think the crux of creating an interesting antagonist is making their point of view understandable, even if you don't agree with it. Yes, absolutely!
I only have experience writing fanfic, so I'm having difficult developing the necessary affection for my creations. I need to figure out how to bond with them so I want to write about them. Oh, interesting. In my case it's been mostly "write 150K about them, with lots of competence kink and hurt-comfort," but I'm not sure how I started out with them. (Actually, I know I started by sneaking them into the background of fanfics--two of my protagonists actually appear as unnamed characters in one of my Guardian fics--which can be a way in?)
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Yes, to some extent I agree with this. I haven't been totally convinced by a couple of fics where the Regent is the main antagonist, though, just because...mm...his evil is directed toward the status quo? and if the status quo is better, he's not going to make special efforts to be evil just for the sake of evil?
I think the crux of creating an interesting antagonist is making their point of view understandable, even if you don't agree with it.
Yes, absolutely!
I only have experience writing fanfic, so I'm having difficult developing the necessary affection for my creations. I need to figure out how to bond with them so I want to write about them.
Oh, interesting. In my case it's been mostly "write 150K about them, with lots of competence kink and hurt-comfort," but I'm not sure how I started out with them. (Actually, I know I started by sneaking them into the background of fanfics--two of my protagonists actually appear as unnamed characters in one of my Guardian fics--which can be a way in?)