A First Class Bad Guy: How the X-Men Can Help You Craft a Better Antagonist
By Janice Hardy, @Janice_HardyNothing says your bad guy has to be bad.
My husband is a huge comic book geek, and after a few years of marriage, I developed an appreciation and enjoyment of the genre myself. We see all the superhero movies, and you’d be surprised (or not if you’re also a fan) by how often I find useful writing examples in those 90 minutes.
One thing the Marvel Superhero folks do well, is create wonderful characters. They’re layered, with real problems and real issues that make their choices believable and relatable—even the villains.
Which brings me to X-Men: First Class.
The movie follows the story of the two anchor characters of the X-Men: Magneto and Professor X, otherwise known as Erik Lehnsherr and Charles Xavier. The antagonist and the protagonist. The villain and the hero. Like many great and tragic hero/villain pairs, they started out as friends and wound up on different ideological sides.
And that’s where Magneto gets neat-o.
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