Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them] to games • 2 years agoJapan pls stop making people who want to create a new better world without injustice into the villains of your jrpgs challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)message-squaremessage-square59 fedilinkarrow-up190file-text
arrow-up190message-squareJapan pls stop making people who want to create a new better world without injustice into the villains of your jrpgs challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them] to games • 2 years agomessage-square59 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]hexagonhexbear25·edit-22 years agoYeah, exactly. I dislike the tragic/sympathetic villain trope. I want a good reason to defeat them outside of "oh but they're a little extreme" Make villains villainous again. It's even worse when they make the hero team up with a shitty person who happens to be on your side. link
minus-squareOwl [he/him]hexbear21·2 years agoVillain: Has a point, but murders puppies for no reason. Hero: Kills villain. Hero to villain's second in command: "Hey, you don't murder puppies for no reason, do you?" Second: "Uh, no, why?" Hero: "Great, you're in charge now. Also I'm joining you." link
minus-squareSerLava [he/him]hexbear11·edit-22 years agoAt least make a sympathetic backstory that makes the villain irrational and insane, ffs link
Yeah, exactly. I dislike the tragic/sympathetic villain trope. I want a good reason to defeat them outside of "oh but they're a little extreme"
Make villains villainous again.
It's even worse when they make the hero team up with a shitty person who happens to be on your side.
Villain: Has a point, but murders puppies for no reason.
Hero: Kills villain.
Hero to villain's second in command: "Hey, you don't murder puppies for no reason, do you?"
Second: "Uh, no, why?"
Hero: "Great, you're in charge now. Also I'm joining you."
At least make a sympathetic backstory that makes the villain irrational and insane, ffs