Villains

[cinder_sweet]

I recently overheard two NTs at my work discussing how they typically relate to the villains (and even cheer them on) in the stories.  Out of curiosity, does anyone here relate to villains more than heroes/protagonists?  If so, who and why?

Comments

[bronxelf_ag001]

All the time. The villains are often much smarter, much more interesting, and significantly more motivated than the protagonist.

I only rarely like the protagonists, and that's if they're more neutral/morally ambiguous than "good".

Good is overrated.

[grandmofhelsing]

Any good villain is going to exhibit INTJ characteristics, simply by virtue of typical storytelling conventions. A good villain is practical. He has a goal, and his schemes try to account for every possibility that might arise while achieving that goal. He's not a show-off because he doesn't want to get caught, at least not until the end, when it may not matter. Villains aren't good with other people, which is why they're always killing incompetent henchmen. Besides, the more people around him, the more possibilities someone will screw up and alert the authorities.

[eternitat]

INTJ 5w6 head villains who operate behind the scenes are based on a real life INTJ 5w6 who was like that- Maximilien de Robespierre.

I do often like antagonists better than agonists if they are NTs. There is often a reason why they have crossed over to the dark side. They have a lot of my struggles.

[night_princess]

http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Maximilien_Francois_Marie_Isidore_Robespierre... )

[athaira9]

Yep. They make sense. The "good" protagonists are always so darn....emotional.

[sailorsuit]

this is true.

i mean in a sense, aren't the protagonists the ones that are 1 dimensional characters? you already know they're gonna do good in the end.

[sailorsuit]

that frodo was a wuss. 'oh~ i have to take this ring to mordor ~ Oh i can't handle it'

what a whiny ho. not that i was cheering on for sauron either, (my fave was gandolf) but at least with conflicty characters like frodo's uncle (? the guy that kept stealing the ring) you relate with the push/pull of a complex situation.

btw im a lotr noob, i just use this story for example