Villain motives

I choose to add a regular god tier of villains with good motives but basically still kill people

"Villains should be hated" "Villains need good motives" "Villains can't be heroes" Everyone has a different opinion on antagonists. Alongside the protagonist, they make up one of the biggest driving forces of a story. It's up to you to decide how evil they are and what they represent. You choose whether they get redemption or whether they are forever despised. But how do you make a villain... well, villainous? Let's take a look at how I make my readers HATE a character – and how you can…

Having well developed motives for the villains in our writing gives them depth and makes for a stronger and more interesting story overall.

"Villains should be hated" "Villains need good motives" "Villains can't be heroes" Everyone has a different opinion on antagonists. Alongside the protagonist, they make up one of the biggest driving forces of a story. It's up to you to decide how evil they are and what they represent. You choose whether they get redemption or whether they are forever despised. But how do you make a villain... well, villainous? Let's take a look at how I make my readers HATE a character – and how you can…

Need to motivate your villain? Here are 39 motivations that can be used in any genre story or novel. | Fiction Note by Darcy Pattison

Villain!Raven is like that bc somebody threatened their siblings

Villains