Talk:Emerald Sustrai/@comment-26129461-20150620122517/@comment-26129461-20150716005950

Sympathetic villains are often more successful than villains that are just evil for the sake of being evil. As a writer (which I will hopefully soon be) you have to give your villain a reason why they're evil. The show Once Upon A Time comes to mind. They made you pity and feel bad for almost all the villains.

By the way, for you're age Live you're very well written compared to many of the guys I know.

But, I digress. You have to give a reason why the evil guy (or gal) is evil. If you have a character that is evil for the sake of being evil people loose interest. You want something people can relate to, something they can understand. That's one of the real reasons I'm excited to find out about Cinder's past and why she's doing what she's doing.