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Anonymous 11/2/2025, 9:48:16 PM No.24850414 [Report] >>24850806 >>24852119 >>24852253 >>24852318
Are villian protagonists viable?
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In my opinion, villians almost always make poor protagonists... they're just one dimensionally evil and have no morality or struggles. How can you make a protagonist exciting and interesting if they are just boring like villians?
Anonymous 11/3/2025, 12:30:50 AM No.24850806 [Report]
>>24850414 (OP)
haha OP I love froggo XD
Anonymous 11/3/2025, 11:41:17 AM No.24852119 [Report]
>>24850414 (OP)
Have you considered that villains might be the heroes of their own stories? It's even possible to twist virtue or law to self-serving and evil ends. And some might even say it's necessary to get ahead.
Anonymous 11/3/2025, 1:54:52 PM No.24852253 [Report]
>>24850414 (OP)
I'm not sure why you thought this dull question would work better as a new thread than a reply on /wg/. I already shared the meme tier list
Anonymous 11/3/2025, 2:33:46 PM No.24852318 [Report]
>>24850414 (OP)
Read Richard Stark’s Parker series. Protagonist is a sociopathic career criminal. He doesn’t target innocents, not out of a sense of morality, but simply because there’s no profit in it, but if an innocent gets between him and his goal he has zero qualms killing them.
Anonymous 11/3/2025, 2:58:27 PM No.24852357 [Report]
The Swiss Family Robinson (genocide)