[ OT ] Ask Lexi # 14 - Writing Believable Characters

Did n't see it mentioned, but it's also important to explore a character's morality/ethics. Especially when writing an antagonist. Too often, people just write the bad guys as two dimensional Disney villains. They're bad because they're evil and evil because they're bad. And they will always say they are the villain with enthusiasm. 
 
 But antagonists and villains do n't think like that for the most part. Serious antagonists generally think what they're doing is right or have very realistic grievances with the protagonist that other characters in the story do n't see. Magneto is probably one of the best examples of a character that plays the villain 99 % of the time, but he is a very well-developed and believable character. There is ethical logic to his actions that constantly contends with the morals held by the protagonists.
