[ SECRET POST #4020 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4020 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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02. [SPOILERS for The Last Jedi]

[Star Wars, TFA and TLJ]


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03. [SPOILERS for Orwell]



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04. [WARNING for discussion of rapefic]



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05. [WARNING for discussion of sexual violence]

[Goblin Slayer]


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06.[WARNING for discussion of Weinstein/sexual assault]



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07. [WARNING for discussion of rape]














Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 00 secrets from Secret Submission Post #575.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

Re: Redemption Arcs

[(Anonymous)]

It depends. I was always more willing to believe in a redemption arc for a villain who had some positive traits or showed that they cared in some way for someone at some point, or if their ultimate goal was a positive one, or they became a villain because they were trying to protect someone or prevent a tragedy or something. So if they gave their henchmen holidays off, or paid for their villain sidekick to go to school, or refused to kill little old ladies, or had a pet robot or fire-breathing monstrosity they fussed over, or their villainous quest was secretly about seeing their family again, or—well, you get the idea.

I’ve never been able to buy the redemption of characters who are just evil and bent on world dominion and eat puppies and rape schoolgirls and play ball with the heads of their enemies and so on.

And redemption involves the villain realizing they fucked up, apologizing to their victims/their victims’ families, and trying to undo as much damage as they can and make amends as best they can when fixing the damage isn’t possible. And possibly facing justice, but with a lot of villains that would involve capital punishment or life imprisonment, so if you want to write a story where the villain has a life outside of prison, recognition of the damage they’ve done, attempts to repair it, apologies to victims, and attempts at restitution let you write a longer and more engaging story without redemption=death.