I knew there was a true reason behind all that he did and I knew he had human emotions that drove him to his inhumanity. “Evil” characters almost always have a background story and reason for why the are currently “evil.” And for that reason, I never come to completely hate an evil character/bad guy. I only hate them if there really is no reason/cause for their ill deeds. Ofc, that really doesn’t justify their ill deeds and actions and behavior, but at least there’s clarity in the characterization, which is something I find to be super crucial for development of the story as well as the character development of the main protagonists and it also defines how good of the authors really are becuz to characterize the “good guys” is always super easy, but it takes real talent and creativity and insight to characterize the “bad guys.”
I knew there was a true reason behind all that he did and I knew he had human emotions that drove him to his inhumanity. “Evil” characters almost always have a background story and reason for why the are currently “evil.” And for that reason, I never come to completely hate an evil character/bad guy. I only hate them if there really is no reason/cause for their ill deeds. Ofc, that really doesn’t justify their ill deeds and actions and behavior, but at least there’s clarity in the characterization, which is something I find to be super crucial for development of the story as well as the character development of the main protagonists and it also defines how good of the authors really are becuz to characterize the “good guys” is always super easy, but it takes real talent and creativity and insight to characterize the “bad guys.”