[UA] The Villain Archetype (was: various topics)

[Eric Brennan]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gregory Paul Stolze" <holycrow at mindspring.com>

> Ehhh... I really shy away from all good or all bad archetypes.  (The Dark
> Stalker kind of snuck in under the radar in the early days.  Tricky
> bastard.  Maybe if we ever do 2ed I'll write up the GOOD side of the Dark
> Stalker...)

    Hmm.  But isn't there a place in the IC for "bogeymen?"  They are part
of the collective unconscious, after all.  I mean, the Terrorist?  Simon
Dioulo wasn't trying to ascend as the Freedom Fighter, although that would
be the obvious inversion of that archetype.  As for the Good side of the
Dark Stalker, I assumed it was the Masterless man, due to the two
archetypes' opposition of one another. Maybe not every archetype has a
positive side, but instead another archetype that stands in counterpoint?
    It is your game, of course...

> The other problem is that the villain you describe is what other people
> see.  It's a projection.  With enough demonizing, you could FORCE someone
> into the mold, and I tend to shy away from that on a couple levels.

With the Villain, at least at higher channels, I would insist it be
conscious effort to be a Villain that makes it work.  But I do that with all
my Avatars...

> I'd use the bad side of the Outsider or Rebel for a villain.  They can
> cover an awful lot.

Okay.

--Eric


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