Yeah, I've been saying all this in respect to the "potential villain" line as well. I don't think you'll be a cackling Saturday morning cartoon, but the very nature of MMO kinda ties your hands on what all you can do—thus why I keep stressing simplicity.
And that's the thing, it's a very, VERY delicate balance that really requires the "heroes" you're working with to be on the same page as you, otherwise it can turn into a back and forth of "got you" "nuh uh" in and of so many words.
If you're doing this as a general concept and not within the confines of a somewhat controlled, self-contained plot, you need to be ready to drop hints and foreshadow things that will give people the CHANCE to be able to be able to best you or bring things to SOME sort of resolution. Otherwise it really is a Saturday morning cartoon scenario of "until next time" forever. If you're gonna have a dark secret, it needs to be a threat to your survival, there needs to be a very real danger of getting found out.
And let's face it... My friend in that anecdote was a crap villain for basically shaking his ass in people's faces with his "perfect disguise" and in the end NO ONE was happy, least of all him.
So what sort of conflict do you see your character inspiring? What do you think might be their downfall?
And that's the thing, it's a very, VERY delicate balance that really requires the "heroes" you're working with to be on the same page as you, otherwise it can turn into a back and forth of "got you" "nuh uh" in and of so many words.
If you're doing this as a general concept and not within the confines of a somewhat controlled, self-contained plot, you need to be ready to drop hints and foreshadow things that will give people the CHANCE to be able to be able to best you or bring things to SOME sort of resolution. Otherwise it really is a Saturday morning cartoon scenario of "until next time" forever. If you're gonna have a dark secret, it needs to be a threat to your survival, there needs to be a very real danger of getting found out.
And let's face it... My friend in that anecdote was a crap villain for basically shaking his ass in people's faces with his "perfect disguise" and in the end NO ONE was happy, least of all him.
So what sort of conflict do you see your character inspiring? What do you think might be their downfall?
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