Saturday, October 16, 2010
Gender Swap Anyone??
So, I'm very tempted to change my villain from my "Kate" story from a man to a woman. Originally, Lord Stephan was the villain. He's a power-hungry, cruel man who wants the kingdom. Basically. In one part he actually flogs Kate. (I'm cruel! I know!) But now I've had a wonderfully evil woman enter my mind (still nameless, though) who could take Lord Stephan's place. The thing is, their personalities are not the same. In a metaphor, he is a charging bull while she is a poisonous snake. In the scene I've written her into (not necessarily with Kate) she ends by ordering the girl she's captured's heart cut out. (Again with the cruelty! I'm sorry, but sometimes I think these characters have lives of their own! :P ) She likes to take her prisoners' weaknesses and twist them to cause pain. I don't know... what's your opinion? And name ideas would be nice, too.
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A few questions: Where does this villain get her power? Does she just randomly grab some passerby from off the street?
ReplyDelete"You there! Take this wretch and carve out her heart!"
"Uh... Ok."
Why is she followed? What authority allows her to go unquestioned?
"You, soldier! Carve out her heart."
"No! Sicko!"
What is her connection to Kate? Why is she the villain in Kate's personal story?
"You're an ugly girl! I will now antagonize you!"
She sounds like a good evil person, but remember that all characters should be some-what human, so her vileness should have origin.
Truth is, I don't know enough about this lady to say whether or not I like her.
I never said she doesn't have a motive, and there is a reason why she has followers. The heart-carving (in the scene I wrote) is her making fun of her prisoner, who expects all villains to be like the ones in her books. I gave you the VERY water-down version. And she is not magical. Did that answer your questions?
ReplyDeleteMostly. I'm just hungry for detail.
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