Such good points!

I have yet to write a book with a proper major antagonist, but I appreciate media with larger-than-life, charismatic antagonists. It's always fascinating to see how viewers receive them.

Before this, I've mostly written protagonists that get in their own way and "antagonists" who end up becoming deuteragonists, but with this project, I for once have a more level-headed MC, which means I went hard on antagonists.

This year's project, by my count, has around five "antagonists"/antagonistic forces that complicate my MC's life.



All of the above elements either make the MC's driving goal harder to achieve or put a ticking clock on it, which has been really fun.