Now, my oppinion of the whole thing..
You can be a villain by self-declaration or because the world itself labels you as such.
Somewhere between light and darkness are the regions that color a good from a bad villain. There are the kind of villains that rob banks and ships, the kind that wants to take over the world, the ones that simply dislike being a "Good person", and the kind that is the mostd angerous of them all. The kind of villain that works for himself and wears the mask of a hero.
For those fans out there of fantasy-anime, let me pick up three kind of villains.
(Mostly because I just watched it yesterday. *snicker*)
The destructive villain
The one most easily spottet, as they dont make a big secret out of the fact they are up to no good. Planning to wear a black armor with lots and spikes and skulls might fit the job, but in a MMO like this, you will most likely end up gathering a lot of /rolleyes.
The dark hero villain
A more dangerous yets till kinda easy to mke out kind of bad guy. Ingame, they would be the kind that travels with your group, accepts quests and is fighting stuff. The villainy picks up when watching how he does his things. Mercyless and with little care, slaughtering innocents and villains alike to get the quest done, without any kind of remorse.
The "true" villain
Untouchable. Mighty. Subtle. Unforgiving.
The kind of villain that never or rarely acts in the open, gets his things done and makes others due the dirty work while mostly themselfes being an honorable person of its enviroment. When lastly put into the spotlight, still finding a way to sneak away unharmed and picking up their work from some other place and the whole thing starts over.
To play a good villain is to make sure you avoid the big cliché of what a villain is "supposed" to do.. a villain is what the world turns you too, not what you do to get what you want.
You can be a villain by self-declaration or because the world itself labels you as such.
Somewhere between light and darkness are the regions that color a good from a bad villain. There are the kind of villains that rob banks and ships, the kind that wants to take over the world, the ones that simply dislike being a "Good person", and the kind that is the mostd angerous of them all. The kind of villain that works for himself and wears the mask of a hero.
For those fans out there of fantasy-anime, let me pick up three kind of villains.
(Mostly because I just watched it yesterday. *snicker*)
The destructive villain
The one most easily spottet, as they dont make a big secret out of the fact they are up to no good. Planning to wear a black armor with lots and spikes and skulls might fit the job, but in a MMO like this, you will most likely end up gathering a lot of /rolleyes.
The dark hero villain
A more dangerous yets till kinda easy to mke out kind of bad guy. Ingame, they would be the kind that travels with your group, accepts quests and is fighting stuff. The villainy picks up when watching how he does his things. Mercyless and with little care, slaughtering innocents and villains alike to get the quest done, without any kind of remorse.
The "true" villain
Untouchable. Mighty. Subtle. Unforgiving.
The kind of villain that never or rarely acts in the open, gets his things done and makes others due the dirty work while mostly themselfes being an honorable person of its enviroment. When lastly put into the spotlight, still finding a way to sneak away unharmed and picking up their work from some other place and the whole thing starts over.
To play a good villain is to make sure you avoid the big cliché of what a villain is "supposed" to do.. a villain is what the world turns you too, not what you do to get what you want.
Rawr! I bite! ... Once I grew some teeth.
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