#PennedPossibilities 839 - What sort of antagonist are you writing?
If I focus on my writing WIP point, you'd assume it's the Army of Lucid Dreamers.
They seem like plain old villains at first but as you progress through the story you shift the blame around, they become Anti-Villains for a while, until we're left with no one to fight. Ultimately, it's a struggle against the damage a patriarchal culture does to men's mental health. It's a cycle that needs to be broken.
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in reply to Lydia Vvinters • •@Lydia Vvinters
A vile transphobe, Ugh 🤢
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in reply to Antonia Epona 🌒🌕🌘 • • •@alexadeswift
That is certainly an example, yes.
Though this story focusses on what it does to decent, kind, intelligent men. The damage that's easily overlooked. How the lack of self-care and asking for help can drive them towards depression and addiction.
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in reply to Lydia Vvinters • •@Lydia Vvinters
In my case the story will be one of taking a wonderful kind person, and twists them into a caricature of themselves causing a mild form of neuroligical damage in the process.
It will hopefully remind the reader that perpetrators can also be, in a sense, victims too.
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in reply to Antonia Epona 🌒🌕🌘 • • •@alexadeswift
Sound like interesting character development. I'm very fond of pushing through the good vs evil dichotomy to showcase the complexity of humanity.