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Q&A How can you make "evil vs evil" interesting?

I would think that the main thing that keeps the readers interested are the characters. Even though these characters might belong to an evil organization, they might be redeemable themselves. Or ev...

posted 6y ago by NomadMaker‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T08:34:58Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar NomadMaker‭ · 2019-12-08T08:34:58Z (almost 5 years ago)
I would think that the main thing that keeps the readers interested are the characters. Even though these characters might belong to an evil organization, they might be redeemable themselves. Or even if they aren't, they might be interesting.

Also, what appears to us as an evil organization, may appear to those inside as an organization that has good goals. Perhaps they believe that by taking over the world they can save us from ourselves. For example, by forcing through a world government, they might believe that they would be able to reverse global warming and prevent war and terrorism.

Why is the protagonist a member of this organization? He might have different reasons that the organization itself. Perhaps the organization started out with good goals but became corrupted. The protagonist might start out trying to clean up the corruption, but become corrupted himself.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-04-20T02:56:25Z (over 6 years ago)
Original score: 4