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RE: Playing as a Villain - Jana - 06-13-2014
I kind of skimmed the thread so I may have missed it, but was anything along the lines of a well-intentioned extremist brought up? I played a secret-villain back in Tera who thought she was fine because everything bad she did was for the "greater good." It's a good way to play a villain without having to twirl a mustache in public roleplay, I think.
RE: Playing as a Villain - Dresden Voltaire - 06-14-2014
(06-13-2014, 09:31 PM)Jana Wrote: I kind of skimmed the thread so I may have missed it, but was anything along the lines of a well-intentioned extremist brought up? I played a secret-villain back in Tera who thought she was fine because everything bad she did was for the "greater good." It's a good way to play a villain without having to twirl a mustache in public roleplay, I think.
Aye. Dresden is fanatical to the Holy See and genuinely believes the end justifies the means for the thriving of Ishgard. Murder, lies, scheming, anything that brings heretics to justice is his credo because he believes Halone guides his actions through the Archbishop. He doesn't see himself the villain, just a conflict of perspective to those he's a villain to.
I know there's some people who play Garleans who truly believe in uplifting Eorzea through means of war be justified. Those count as well-intentioned extremists, I think.
RE: Playing as a Villain - ArmachiA - 06-15-2014
(06-13-2014, 12:45 AM)LiadansWhisper Wrote:(06-12-2014, 09:55 PM)Dresden Wrote: I play my own character like a sociopath in a sense. Utterly skewed in morals and willing to kill on command, but also able to put on a friendly facade to keep his true nature under wraps. I based him on high profiled criminals who got away with crimes because they were the least suspected. No one assumes the nice neighbor who pays for Girl Scout cookies can ever be a serial murderer.
This duality makes it easier to play evil, but not alienate him socially. He can still have friends and maybe even get a good rep, but that's because no one is wise to it.
That being said, is there any actual villainous linkshells around that's still active?
I think Grim is the only one I know of.
More anti-heros than actual villains. Us Night Blades also fall into that category. If we're going with "The ends justify the means" as a factor of villianhood, the Night Blades fall into that a lot >.>
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I find it almost exhausting to play a Villain sometimes. I have one - Isera Fenias - a Garlean Extremist who is a bit stuck up and raised in a noble house. She believes Garlemald to be doing Eorzea a favor by lifting them out of the muck. She's part of a team of villians who we have run around antagonizing our guild and anyone outside of it that wants to fight more than some shadowy "Garleans NPC #1" off in a corner.
These alts have a long backstory and their own motivations just as much as any hero and most of them believe that Garlemald is doing the right thing.
Playing them can be hard. Really hard. If Isera - or anyone in the alt group - makes herself known out in the overworld, it's almost guaranteed she'll be attacked by some "Hero" who suddenly knew where she was. Fillion, her brother, has it way worse than Isera does and people have actually gotten upset he didn't die on their timetable or didn't lose all the time. I could go into a whole rant about playing a Villain and how hard it can be at times.
RE: Playing as a Villain - C'kayah Polaali - 06-15-2014
(06-12-2014, 09:55 PM)Dresden Wrote: That being said, is there any actual villainous linkshells around that's still active?Tylwyth Narah maintain a linkshell, but it's private for members of the organization.