Also, remember that not all dicks SEEM dickish.
I have a villain character who hasn't seen public RP yet, but is the antagonist I am developing in a story chain I'm writing over time. In public, he would be charming, generous, and open, the sort of person with whom you might share a glass of cognac and perhaps a wry, yet upscale, story.
He does not come across as 'evil' or even really 'dickish', unless... unless... the subjects of his obsessions came up. Even then, he would retain his calm, for of course, his views are correct and reasonable, and what kind of naive fool are you to not see that?
Think of Ozymandias / Adrian Veidt from the Watchmen. Never once did he act truly dickish. Arrogant? Yes. Capable of murder and violence and intrigue? Hell, yes. But not for their own sake. You simply aren't capable of seeing the grand vision he has, even though it may crack the world open.
Villains don't have to act like an ass. The most chilling ones are the ones who, as Hamlet observed, can "Smile, and smile and be...a....villain!"
I have a villain character who hasn't seen public RP yet, but is the antagonist I am developing in a story chain I'm writing over time. In public, he would be charming, generous, and open, the sort of person with whom you might share a glass of cognac and perhaps a wry, yet upscale, story.
He does not come across as 'evil' or even really 'dickish', unless... unless... the subjects of his obsessions came up. Even then, he would retain his calm, for of course, his views are correct and reasonable, and what kind of naive fool are you to not see that?
Think of Ozymandias / Adrian Veidt from the Watchmen. Never once did he act truly dickish. Arrogant? Yes. Capable of murder and violence and intrigue? Hell, yes. But not for their own sake. You simply aren't capable of seeing the grand vision he has, even though it may crack the world open.
Villains don't have to act like an ass. The most chilling ones are the ones who, as Hamlet observed, can "Smile, and smile and be...a....villain!"
"But in the laugh there was another voice. A clearer laugh, an ironic laugh. A laugh which laughs because it chooses not to weep."
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