[UA] How to make a Villain and still be a Hero 101

[Royal Minister of Stuff]

--- Matthew Rowan Norwood <matt at intermute.com> wrote:

> Maybe the easiest way to do it would be to just act
> incredibly
> self-righteous around someone who is imperfect,
> driving him to hate you
> and plot against you.
> 
(snip)
> 
> Personally, with my avatar-reduction attitude, I'd
> cast the Hero as the
> Pilgrim or the Mysterious Stranger (aka Dark
> Stalker) or the Masterless
> Man or the Flying Woman or the True King or the
> Trickster or the Fool or
> ... well, basically, most archetypes have Heroic
> aspects to them,
> depending on the flavor of the hero
> (Spiderman=Trickster,
> Shadow=Mysterious Stranger, Tarzan=Savage, Wonder
> Woman=Flying Woman,
> Batman=Pilgrim, etc.)

Yep, that's pretty much how I'd do it, too.  Play up
the heroic aspects of one archetype to create a
superhero and play up the villainous aspects of
another to create the villain.  You can even pit too
of the same archetype against eachother, which would
probably be more natural.  (Both Spiderman and Green
Goblin as different sides of the Trickster, for instance.)

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-- Rp Bowman, Royal Minister of Stuff
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