Kylo Ren > Darth Vader

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bad guy, character, darth vader, force, kylo ren, sith, star wars, villain

(This blog post assumes you’ve seen the film Star Wars: The Force Awakens.  As such, this will contain some spoilers.)

HAH! YOU FELL FOR MY CLICKBAIT!  WATCH AS I BASK IN THE AD REVENUE!

….kidding, of course.  I don’t make money off of this thing, and the amount of followers I have would barely tickle WordPress’ pockets.  But the point stands that I genuinely feel this way–I feel like Kylo Ren is a better Star Wars villain than Darth Vader.  And a damn sight better than Palpatine.

Machinations so contrived, even The Dark Knight’s Joker furrowed his brow.

Blaugust Day 3 – Bad (Guy) Roleplaying

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bad guy, baddie, MMO, roleplayers, roleplaying, rp, villain

As much as I like roleplaying, there’s so many traps and pitfalls that RP’ers seem to fall in to.  Self included.  I can’t tell you how many times I’ve written a character that just happens to be a “merc with a mouth”.  It’s not quite Deadpool-level, but it is a crutch that I have leaned upon rather heavily over the course of my roleplaying life.

So, I was perhaps considering how to make a villain character…but then I got to thinking of how completely awful and stupid an idea that is.

Good will triumph because evil is written poorly.