I really should be sleeping right now, but I had a very intense blog itch.
I came across Lucifer-inspired art on Pinterest, and through research I learned this was made by by Nell Fallcard, and the piece is called, "The Tragic Prince" Inspired by the famous "Fallen Angel" Painting. I changed the hair, eye, and skin color to better depict a character in my book, Zephyran of House Drakkonis.
When I saw this on Pinterest, I thought, wow, his features are the epitome of Aesterian male beauty-sharp, strong, and masculine, touched with godly-like beauty. I know you guys don't know anything about my characters yet, and while there is good and bad in everyone I write, Zephyran is someone you will either love...Or hate.
Making the perfect villain is hard. They have to be complex-in emotions and intentions. Though, some people will say the best villains are 100% evil and unhinged with no tragic backstory, and that's very fair. To each their own.
I like to have complexity in my characters. I like to leave my readers pondering and debating. I want to have an open space where some readers may love my characters, while others may hate them. That is how it is in real life too.
I think Eren Jaeger is a great example of the perfect villain. He was such an intoxicating mix of sympathy, love, passion, and evil, that many viewers couldn't hate him despite his gruesome crimes. When Attack on Titan first came out in 2013, people heavily underestimated Eren's character and claimed he was the typical anime leading male protagonist, and boy, were they wrong.
Zephyran is a character whose been hard for me to write for some reason, but as the chapters go on and the story evolves, he speaks to me more. Perhaps it's because he's so mysterious that he wasn't easy for me to write in the beginning, but as the story goes on, getting to know Zephyran is like slowly piecing together a puzzle. He is evil, but so, deeply passionate.
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