A Story is Only as Good as its Villain

Two villains I measure all other villains against

Left Image from Harry Potter films, right image associated with the Dark Knight (both property of Warner Bros)

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I think, in many ways, a villain makes or breaks a story.

Having a hero is all well and dandy but, alas, heroes can be boring. They always represent the good — morality…