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Lazy Villains
Connor Ward
Carter Myers
It's more about the villain not recognizing that the hero beating them is, in fact, mightier than them, and thus more right by the philosophy they proclaim, which seems to happen more often than not.
Only example of the villain acknowledging the hero being right by virtue of their might I can pull from the top of my head is Senator Armstrong.
Gabriel Hall
>Soon my do-good half-brother the prince will drink from the poisoned wine i planted at the coronation ceremony. With his death *i* will be king!
Brody Hughes
>commits numerous atrocities and crimes in order to prepare for an even greater evil.
Connor Fisher
Let me clarify my problem.
>Might makes right! I deserve to be able to crush these people!
[murderhobo_noises].mp3
>No! How could I have lost! I still want to crush people! Fuck you guys, might is only right when *I* do it!
Ethan Diaz
Villains should be hot and sexy with loud farts that poot out their butts
Nathaniel Taylor
He truly did nothing wrong.
Jonathan Hall
...Explain further.
Jace Hill
Not really. "Might makes right" almost always just means "violence is okay when I do it", rather than being some kind of coherent philosophy about force and ethics.
Jeremiah Stewart
Which is better plot design?
A) Having a lazy villain be taken down a peg by a well written BBEG
(creating a tenser stand-off at the end of the adventure because this guy brought many oooh shit moments)
B) Having a satisfying villain be curb stomped by a lazy villain because they don't need the competion
(showing that you can be as sophisticated as possible but at the end of the day a fatal wound is a fatal wound, and also creating dichotomy of there not being closure from the initial villain being defeated by the heroes)