Evil Can Be Sooo Tempting

How many books have you read where a character was tempted by evil? I've read a lot. And right now I'm wrapping up my WIP and guess what? My MC is tempted by evil. Yup. She's drawn to it. She knows it's wrong, but sometimes it feel so right.

Now this got me wondering why characters are tempted by evil. Is it freeing? Is it exciting? Is it because they feel the need for something different? Or does it mean they have a little evil in them?

I think it's all of the above. Even the best of characters can be tempted. No character is perfect, and if they are, then they aren't real. And that's the most important thing for your characters to be. They have to have a weakness, an evil that tempts them.

So I thought it would be fun to share the evils/temptations we've created for our characters. I'll start. My MC gets power hungry, only the power is destructive to the people she cares about. Still she wants it. She can't help herself. The temptation is too strong for her to fight. And call me evil, but it's fun to tempt my character like this.

Your turn. What evil is your character dealing with?