Talk:The More the Merrier/@comment-29684190-20190616124532/@comment-24018437-20190616145428

Indeed. WTCH has some great potentiol, and I do wonder how they all came to serve Salem. We know their motivations (or can make an educated guess), but actually seeing it would be great.

Take Hazel for example. Even if he wants to avenge his sister, he's not a bad man. So why would someone like him want to follow Salem? I think that is an interesting question, and a hint towards Salem's true goal that could make someone like Hazel, who isn't a bad person at heart, follow her. I also hope, for this reason, Hazel won't be redeemed.

Just because an antagonist can be sympathic or even somewhat friendly, doesn't mean they should therefore be redeemed. If anything, I think that would make a character like Hazel all the more interesting.

Still, I think Tyrian interests me the most. While the others all have ulterior motives to serving Salem, Tyrian seems to be the only one who is genuinely devoted to her without anything in it for himself. Which I do like. I like it when an antagonist can win genuine loyalty without fear or violence (which is why I despise Hacker's fanfiction), as the brute who murders everyone for even the smallest thing is such a cliché trope.