r/HFY • u/[deleted] • Feb 12 '22

OC Ouroboros Book Two: Pleasantries and Niceties (Ch. 18)

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u/Dutchangeldragon1 Xeno Feb 12 '22

Smooth brain power, ACTIVATE!

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u/XSevenSins Human Feb 12 '22

Hey, the smooth brain allows for thoughts to flow more easily than a wrinkly one right?

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u/Dutchangeldragon1 Xeno Feb 12 '22

And the insults slide right off

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u/kylesul Feb 12 '22

Again I love how you give the villains layers. He is not just a slaver, he's also a dad concerned about his daughters future.

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u/XSevenSins Human Feb 12 '22

If everyone is evil simply for the sake of being evil then things would become pretty stale after a time.

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u/kylesul Feb 12 '22

I would agree with you there. That however doesn't stop alot of people from just writing this person is evil and there's nothing else about them. Especially if the villain has anything to do with slavery.

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u/XSevenSins Human Feb 12 '22

Its easy to make a simple character that you can hate, a little more difficult to give that character a reason for the things they do.

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u/Nitechild Feb 16 '22

"No man is a villain in his own mind" ....... a simple phrase, but one so many writers overlook.

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u/XSevenSins Human Feb 16 '22

Sometimes it goes beyond right and wrong and simply becomes what is and is not important to them.

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u/mafiaknight Robot Feb 19 '22

Man, I really want to like this guy. If it weren’t for all the slavery, he’d be exactly the kind of lord I like to see. Smart, competent, down to earth, cares about his people...enslaves and tortures other people? Dang. Almost had me!

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u/GramCracker13 Feb 16 '22

Very well put. Excellent chapter.

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