Thank goodness we have fiction with our complex, layered villains--because in the real world right now, I'm having trouble thinking of certain politicians as anything but just plain evil.
OMG - it was actually hard to write about this for that very reason. Just know that an antagonist never changes - which is both disheartening ("oh, he'd never really do that, right?...") and encouraging because that means the fight for good never changes, either.
Thank goodness we have fiction with our complex, layered villains--because in the real world right now, I'm having trouble thinking of certain politicians as anything but just plain evil.
OMG - it was actually hard to write about this for that very reason. Just know that an antagonist never changes - which is both disheartening ("oh, he'd never really do that, right?...") and encouraging because that means the fight for good never changes, either.
... and we will fight on!