How to create a villain

I met a unique man a bit ago.  What I saw into his personality and soul and what I speculated about his childhood and past made me realize his background would make the perfect back story for a villain in a story.

His torso was covered in small moles.  Front, back, everywhere.  You couldn’t see them as he was also very hairy hirsute but you could feel them.  In one sense… I can now describe very well touching an alien species based on reptiles.  Which is perfect for the multi-dimensional series and the dinosaurs world.  (Thank you, Fate!)

I imagined he’d had these all his life and without the adult body hair to conceal them must have taken a lot of emotional self-esteem  shredding because of them.  It explained the odd mix I’d read felt from him… a mix of hardened anger and wounded child.  And it explained the oddness I’d picked up in his voice.  As if he’d had a speech impediment and had overcome it.  It was so subtle I almost missed it but it didn’t sound like an accent, even a second generation one.

So I imagined what his childhood may have been like and could easily see a dark and terrible road.  Perfect for the motivations behind a villain.  Of course, this man couldn’t have had it too bad as he turned out to be a fine individual… although he is a Republican, so…

Again.. thank you Fate.  Don’t know where I’ll use this villain because the bad guy in the Slut Series is the close-minded heads-of-state family members of the hero.  And the  multi-dimensional world series has the sexual sadists as the villain.    Hmmm… maybe this is the good guy who betrays our hero to the real villain.

Oooh, I like that.  Plotting is so much fun!



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