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Oct 6, 2025 at 2:47pm
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Antagonists
Is anyone else having issues with their antagonist? I know his motivation, but fleshing out his personality could go two ways: sympathetic or evil.

I have always believed that the super fanatical are the scariest people out there and he really believes what he is doing is right. But where I am stuck is how likable do I make him? Do I want him to appear completely without good or do I want him to be super relatable, just extreme?

What are your thoughts on antagonist characters and how bad to make them?

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