What better way to celebrate the approaching end of our month focused on villains than to teach you to ignore everything you’ve just learned about how to write a good villain?
*coughs*
We couldn’t think of a better way at any rate.
(Guess that tells you how much we know as writers.)
At any rate, if you want to learn how to bore your reader to tears with your villain, we’ve got exactly what you’re looking for.
Music Credit: Andromeda Coast
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oh dear good job guys!
What is Daniel using as a microphone this time?? 😛
It may or may not be my hair gel… And no, I don’t know his reasons for that.
lol I think he needs to be our official Kingdom Pen nut……. 😉
*rolls on floor laughing* You guys…
Great video! Thanks for the “helpful” tips! 😉
*glances at the quotation marks around ‘helpful’*
Are you suggesting these /aren’t/ helpful tips?
*looks around in confusion*
*splits her face grinning*
I’m just gonna stop saying how awesome these are because I sound like a broken record. Maybe I’ll tell you how terrible they are instead. Reverse psychology, right?
Reverse psychology is the best.
…by which I mean it’s the worst.
Or do I mean it’s the best?
I guess you’ll never know.
YESSSS. The villain in Homecoming was AWESOME. Definitely one of the best Marvel villains. (Which may not be a very great achievement since, in my opinion, Marvel isn’t too stellar in that department but STILL. He was great.)
The scene he and Peter had talking in the car sent me into major geek out mode. 😆 It was so cool that they got to interact like that.
Awesome video as always guys! (And shame on the evil people at McDonald’s for refusing you your sixth refill, Daniel. 😂)
I literally gasped in the theater when that villain reveal happened 2/3 of the way into the movie. And then that car scene was the best. Easily one of the tensest scenes in a Marvel movie.
Reverse psychology?
Wait, what?
I’m so confused.
XD Great video guys! I’m going to make my villain as not relatable as possible. He’s going to have no bearing on my readers at all. He’s going to have a lovely excuse and say, “I had a rough childhood,” and everyone’s going to be okay with it and people will have posters on him because he’s such a great villain. 😛
Perfect. I love him already.
I am going to do EVERYTHING that you guys said. After all the worst villain is always the best, right?
You guys are too funny.
That’s my motto at any rate.
Maaan yes, I’m totally inspired to write the worst villain ever now. Amazing tips, guys. xD
Also though YES, I absolutely LOVED Spiderman Homecoming’s villain. He was really well done, which seems to be getting rare these days. I’m a major Spiderman geek and that movie was epicness. I really loved the ending part, because it showed more of Peter’s character in a really cool way.
Yeah; between a really good villain and a cool character arc with a surprising twist decision, they did a lot of things really well in that movie.
*feels really left out because she has never watched a Marvel movie* Thanks for the great video Josiah and Daniel! My siblings were asking about what I was laughing at so hard.
Ah; yeah, I’ve probably seen to many of those films so I’m always making references to them. xD Thanks!
THIS! IS! THE! BESTEST!
The trash talk…I canna even….
Tbh, trash talk is one of the primary ways Anna, Daniel and I communicate with each other. xD
Man, I love these videos so much… XD
The way Daniel kept referring to “the villain sitting next to him” was great. And the thing about kicking the puppies he milks not making for very good milk. And the thing at the end about reverse psychology. And pretty much the entire thing! Keep up the great work, guys!
My poor puppies. Why must you be the go to abused creature? *pets her puppies* 😿🐶 (This emoji looks surprising like one of my family’s dogs 😛 )
Good show anyway. *ponders her villians* I believe I only have one in my current story… Though I do have some… Okay fine, they are villians. Though I get to know them and then I want everybody to be good and happy and heroic and non-villian at the end. I want to redeem all my villians!!! Except for two… Oh, wait make that one! So then one villian won’t get redeemed. (If you want to know why. He’s in an allegory. Major villian. Guess who.)
*facepalm at self*
Ha–didn’t know we had those emojis on this site before. xD Shows you how versatile I am with the breadth of available emoticons.
Lol. Hmm… It wouldn’t be this guy, would it? https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Job+1%3A6-11&version=NIV
Tbh, I forget where he got the inspiration for that whole kicking puppies thing began…
Wait, what reverse psychology? *glances around suspiciously*
Funny as always.
The best thing I know about villains (this is summarized from a topic somewhere, thanks, @Daeus and @Kate-Flournoy) is that some of the most thematically powerful villains are created by the protaganist’s flaws.
Yesss… All sarcasm aside (not that I ever admit to that), connecting your villain’s flaws with your protagonist’s is one of the best ways to create a thematically-effective villain.
WARNING: Star Wars Rebels fan coming to talk about her favorite villains.
I particularly liked this one Imperial Officer, Agent Kallus. He was *gasp* empathetic. He was actually human and not some heartless guy. So, really he was a horrid villain because he had emotions and motivation. Then he turned good, which is super (which by super I mean, horrible). *is completely confused by what she is trying to say*
I also really like this guy named Thrawn. He is completely evil and mysterious. He is so creep he’s cool. In my opinion, he is actually a good villain, even though he is completely evil and not relatable.
These videos are so funny!
If you liked Thrawn, you should read the old Star Wars: Thrawn Trilogy books by Timothy Zahn. Because of Disney’s takeover of Star Wars they aren’t canon anymore, but it’s where the character of Thrawn came from (I’m pretty certain; at least it’s the reason they decided to use him in Rebels), and from what I hear (I haven’t gotten my own dirty little hands on them yet) he’s way better in those books than he is in the show.
And I totally agree with you about creepiness helping in a good villain, even if they aren’t that human. Some of my favorite villains (mainly evil speedsters from DC’s The Flash stories) aren’t that human or relatable, but I think they’re awesome as villains because they’re really creepy, REALLY fast, and have good soundtracks. XP
Haven’t seen Star Wars Rebels, but I can support Jacob’s claim that Thrawn is awesome in the book series. I’ve only read the first one in the old Expanded Universe trilogy (Heir to the Empire), but man is he interesting and intimidating. My favorite part was the fact that he collected art from cultures in order to best understand the cultures he wanted to make war on and defeat. Idk if they translated that over to the TV series or not.
Heh; yeah, give a villain a good soundtrack riff and what else do you need. xD
Thrawn. You like Thrawn!?!??!? HE’S THE BEST VILLAIN EVER WRITTEN!!!! Ahem. Sorry.
Hah! You two, honestly… are you always like that around each other, or is it just on camera?
And I actually find villains really hard to do… I mean, in my current NaNo thing I’m a decent chunk of the way through and I planned for a whole month and I seem to have left out the villain somehow… It mightn’t be a bad idea to do that soon… *headdesk* Oh well. There are some good tips here, so, yay! (After digging through the reverse psychology which therefore suggests that you hate the Joker and the Spiderman Homecoming villain. Because, reverse psychology and all. :P)
But yeah, another great video!
We’re half-like this around each other in real life. Somewhat depends on our moods.
Yeah; in my experience villains tend to get the short stick in planning. If you feel like jumping around, you may find the lessons on antagonists and villains in TM helpful if you want other tips in developing a villain after-the-fact.