A villain is just as important as any other character in a story. They must be complex and full of slight quirks to gain the audience's attention. Just like good characters, villains can be flat, by not portraying both good and bad emotions. A villain is still a person in the end with complex thoughts buzzing inside of their heads. So why do so many people decide that the villain of the story must stay evil? Isn't there a slight chance that with the hero's help, they can redeem themselves of their past mistakes and become an anti-hero or better yet the hero's best ally? I think just having all villains in a series stay evil is cliche and that their really needs to be some diversity to show these guys can still be human. Just take a few former villains from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, especially the fan favorite character Spike, to see why I think this trope should be more common. Redemption isn't impossible and you might make a fan favorite character out of it, much like Spike.
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A Hundred Cliches That Really Need To Die
RandomEver watched or read something, and felt annoying that a certain plot device was used for the thousandth time? Well, I certainly have. Here are a hundred of some of the worst cliche's ever, which hopefully none of you will use any time soon in you...
