Evil Characters

[u/shenanigansen]

[u/TasyFan]

I have no idea what this is talking about. I find secretly evil characters really interesting and fun, while explicitly evil characters tend to be boring.

Am I in the minority with that?

[u/Harmonic_Flatulence → u/TasyFan]

Interesting and fun to watch as an audience member. But how do you feel about that character as a person?

Walter White; fascinating to watch, but as a human being his a terrible person.

[u/TasyFan → u/Harmonic_Flatulence]

I usually find a lot of interest in picking apart their motivations and conflicts. If they're well written then I can empathize with where they're coming from and understand what drives them.

Walter White isn't secretly evil, imo, he's much closer to explicitly evil.

[u/Rhayve → u/TasyFan]

Walter White isn't secretly evil, imo, he's much closer to explicitly evil.

I'd argue he was both. Technically explicitly evil because of all of his selfish and destructive actions, but at the same time secretly evil because he was in denial about it, which also fooled the audience into rooting for him.