Character Likability and Subtext

How are villains, subtext, character likability, and point-of-view (POV) all related? Thanks to my commenters in my previous post, I have a few ideas. *smile*

In my last post, we talked about how to fix an unlikable character. The questions and conversations in the comments brought up deeper issues that are all related on some level, so let’s dig deeper to discover more.

Kassandra Lamb pointed out that it’s often harder to make non-POV characters layered. Glynis Jolly mentioned that she str...