[ SECRET POST #3828 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3828 ⌋

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 31 secrets from Secret Submission Post #548.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Comments

Re: Favorite Villains

[(Anonymous)]

DA

That's part of the problem. If you've written a villain that's only compelling to people who read the supplementary material that was compiled and published posthumously and was probably never actually intended to see the outside of your trunk, then you've written a bad villain.

An interesting villain needs to be interesting in the actual text, not just in the author's worldbuilding notes.

Re: Favorite Villains

[(Anonymous)]

He tried to publish the Silmarillion but it got rejected. So it wasn't never meant to be published.

Re: Favorite Villains

[(Anonymous)]

I would argue that an interesting villain wasn't necessary for LOTR and not a failing. The true conflict is the one Frodo fights with himself. Sauron is just a means to set up the conflict. I think Sauron is more in line with a natural disaster - something that the characters need to overcome but doesn't need its own motivation.

Re: Favorite Villains

[cbrachyrhynchos]

This.