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A villain you want to take down is, at his/her core, someone who does not care about the suffering of others. An evil wizard who wants to murder every witch or wizard who isn't a "pureblood," reg...
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A villain you want to take down is, at his/her core, someone who does not care about the suffering of others. - An evil wizard who wants to murder every witch or wizard who isn't a "pureblood," regardless of how skilled or what the person has done. - A plutocrat who became rich by destroying businesses, and then dismisses people who don't pay income taxes as "refusing to take responsibility for their lives." - A religious fanatic who thinks that everyone not of his faith deserves to die, and that he is fulfilling God's will by killing "the infidels." - A parent who thinks that his/her child is so tainted and corrupt by being gay that the child should be shunned, disowned, and thrown out of the house, never to return. - A bishop who moves a child-molesting priest to a new parish rather than reporting the crime to the police, and then refuses the victim Communion when he speaks up. You get the idea: someone without empathy. Someone who either does not see that other people (heroes, villains, NPCs) are also people with feelings, or simply does not care because the villain him/herself is convinced of his/her own absolute and utter superiority.
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