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RE: What Makes a Great Villain in Fiction?
i know nothing of wrestling, so i can't speak to that, but D'Onoffrio's "Kingpin" in the first season of Daredevil was such a good villain because he was a very complex character and written in such a way that you almost take his side in the fight because you understand his motivations and what drives him.
bad guys who are bad just because are super boring and do nothing for a story.
Out of interest, what makes you not want to take his side?
his methodology coupled with the violence. it's obvious he's the bad guy, but he's also given a highly nuanced personality, which makes him not likeable, but at least, in some ways, more relatable. it doesn't excuse his behavior by any means, but you understand it better.
Yup, that's the correct way to do it, in my opinion.