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Written by RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist on 2025-01-29 at 22:36

Can an antagonist, regardless of their power base, operate by challenging people to be better in ways they don't appreciate? Can they still be an epic PITA? Can they make the hard choices and not be villainous?

I admit, I made a point that my antagonist can be deadly—especially if she sees your goals as self-serving, hurting people's lives and not improving them (albeit in her evaluation of that) or hurrying the extinction of humanity (a real threat). Her modus operandi is that she messes with people until they learn to be extraordinary, or learn to fight back and then realize they can fight for others. Basically, she's that teacher or coach you hated who years later you praise for having shaped your life for the better.

I guess I'm making a case for fewer monsters. We live in a world populated by them.

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