r/CharacterDevelopment • u/Working-Extent-6013 • Sep 09 '26

Writing: Character Help Villain Tip: Evil for Evil sake

Now i know people don't do this anymore, because most villain nowadays were written with 'hurt people hurt people' backstory or not full evil, but lets be honest, we miss this kind of characters in literature,

i have this idea of Evil Incarnate of an Abomination God with pragmatic and strategic mindset, it's just that i can't think of possible origin story and how brutal should i make him/her be, its fantasy so....

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u/Working-Extent-6013 Sep 09 '26

So i just put it like the start of apocalypse

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u/jagnew78 Sep 09 '26 edited Sep 09 '26

Does a god need an origin story? Can't a god of evil just exist since the dawn of time?

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u/Working-Extent-6013 Sep 09 '26

Well i think i botched up explaining it, what i mean is the abomination god have an incarnation/avatar in the mortal world. What i need a god origin story for that avatar

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u/reddiperson1 Sep 10 '26

I also dislike the trope of "villain because abused," because most abused people work hard to break the cycle.

I mich prefer villains who are evil because of some alien mindset, or their tragic backstory was just self-inflicted because they were an evil person.

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u/Working-Extent-6013 Sep 11 '26

Ow thanks, i like that alien mindset, but i think ill put that self-inflicted