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u know, in the same vein of that villain post i reblogged, i also feel like it& #39;s important to & #39;humanize& #39; villains so that we can recognize real life villains. so many people do awful, disgusting things but it feels like sometimes people expect this obvious, storybook <c>
persona to exist in evil people and so you& #39;ll see a propoganda like "oh this nazi pets dogs in his spare time just like you& #39; or whatever in an attempt to get people to be more accepting of facism and sometimes it works. like, yeah, nazi& #39;s pet dogs too. <c>
evil people are still human beings. human beings are capable of evil. they& #39;ll volunteer at an animal shelter to help sick kittens and then go to a klan rally on their way home. it& #39;s important for people to realize this.
i find a character that is a villain that is complex rather than 1 dimensional to be much more realistic and a much more compelling character than "i& #39;m a bad person through and through and you& #39;ll never agree with anything i say or do and i know i& #39;m evil and announce it"
that& #39;s not to say i don& #39;t appreciate the occasional character of the latter from time to time. done well, they can also be compelling.
of course, then again, there& #39;s something else to be said that we shouldn& #39;t be relying on fictional stories to teach us morals or lessons unless it& #39;s for children. but sometimes, fictional stories CAN bring realizations to us that we wouldn& #39;t have had otherwise.
and if that realization happens to be "evil and humanity can co-exist and I need to not excuse evil when i see it just because the person also volunteers at children& #39;s hospitals or something" then i think that& #39;s a good thing
i wonder if any of this thread made sense at all.
