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Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/29869
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
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We know what I'm talking about. The feeling when the legal side of a story doesn't bothers us too much because we want to see [Joffrey](http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Joffrey_Baratheon) getting strangled with a string of sausages.

So basically we want to see a character killing a hated one in the most brutal fashion possible. And all of this can freely happen because they were such a terrible persons to my birds in general, and the reader wanted him to be [not just only merely but really most insanely deaaad](https://youtu.be/PHQLQ1Rc_Js?t=91).

However, there is a large pitfall, namely: strawmans and cartoon villains. After all, **they must be easy to hate**. And it's kinda hard to pull-off without damaging their personalities, as **people rarely tend to be evil for no purpose**.

For instance: Mao Zedong killed millions of innocent people and birds, but he also wanted to make China great again. Too bad that his massive ego, uneducatedness, and delusions ruined everything, but mostly the birds. _(and 50 million people, but who cares about them, there are still like, 7 billion of us here, so **we are** really **disposable**.)_

**TL; DR - I'm interested in general tips to make a villain "Joffrey like" so the main anti-hero can smear them over a brick wall without regrets.**

Original score: 9