Or “Oh, yeah, I totally went there” and “Yes, this is totally another love-letter to villains that I’m completely unashamed of writing”, as well as “Yes, I am referencing Joseph Campbell’s ‘Hero’s Journey’, and I’m glad you noticed”. I need to dial down the subtitles. Yeesh.
Let me pose an idea that has probably been presented many times before, but not quite yet in my verbose and almost cartoonishly-exaggerated prose-style. The villain of many stories is, in their own way, going through their own variation of the hero’s journey. The variation, and to what degree the villain’s journey is a reversal of the hero’s journey will depend upon the story, and each individual writer’s approach to how they treat (or abuse) their characters. However, and it pains me to write this, I would argue that the hero’s journey and the villain’s journey are no more or less boring than one…
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