Beyond Good & Evil: The Remaking of Heroes & Villains

Fictional characters, like real life people, are the result of a combination of factors that end in a fleshed out, three-dimensional individual – the sum of their parts. While most every story is said to need an antagonist and protagonist, those two opposing forces aren’t always diametrically opposed. And, really, they shouldn’t be; that’d be all sorts of boring. If you look at some of the best tales, the heroes and villains aren’t simply paragons of good and evil; they have personalities, q...