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Q&A Is a lawful good "antagonist" effective?

Two Lawful Good people can still end up violently opposed, they just need to have different views of reality, laws or good. The classic scenario would be two soldiers who are both good, kind and t...

posted 5y ago by Tim B‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T11:18:18Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Tim B‭ · 2019-12-08T11:18:18Z (almost 5 years ago)
Two Lawful Good people can still end up violently opposed, they just need to have different views of reality, laws or good.

The classic scenario would be two soldiers who are both good, kind and thoughtful people but happen to be on opposite sides of a war. They can resent and hate each other because that's easier than hating the situation or their political leaders or anything else. It gives them something tangible to fight when they can say "that's the bad guy, this person is why my life is bad".

Your protagonist needs to have something likable about them to keep things engaged. Show the conflict from their point of view and try to bring the readers into that mindset and you can pull this off but it is tricky.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-03-13T17:14:06Z (over 5 years ago)
Original score: 3