>>32017115>Villains. What makes a well-written villain and a poorly-written one? Depends entirely on the villain that you're writing, but in general, neither toothless nor omnipotent, and given a suitable amount of character depth and motivations that follow some logic.
>How do you turn a hero into a villain or a villain into a hero? The former is basically taking a noble goal and subverting it for nefarious purposes. The soldier betrays the army to spare his family. The traveler on a quest for vengeance adopts the tactics of his enemy to get his revenge.
Basically, it's giving into that voice in your head that encourages you to cut ethical corners to get something that you desire or see as good.
As for turning a villain into a hero, it depends on what value of 'hero' you are aiming for. Becoming a hero via pragmatic interests aligning is simple enough, becoming a hero in temperament requires an evolution from the villain's former worldview into one that is 'heroic' per the narrative you are trying to tell.
>How do you build up a villain as a convincing threat?Make your villain too much for the heroes to handle in the first brush, or first few brushes for that matter, and have them grow and rise to the challenge.
On the topic of heroes and villains, I continued my yarn with an update during witching hours that follows a mixture of both. There are a few things that might merit tweaking later down the road, but all-in-all I thought it was good enough for publishing.
FFN:
>https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11084689/48/FledglingsAO3:
>http://archiveofourown.org/works/3465593/chapters/22599374 