User blog comment:Echo 1/Elements You Should Not Give Your Characters/@comment-5989773-20130511163107/@comment-5072107-20130511213751


 * 1) I agree with Jareroden and Echo. Villains you can sympathize with are not cliché, they're (most of the time) more interesting then the conventional villain.
 * 2) I don't see how the Atmosphere relates to this, or what you're trying to say about it :/
 * 3) I disagree. Quickly killing off a main character is not bad, and giving a lengthy death to a minor character is not bad. Take the Avengers movie for example. [spoiler alert]They took a minor character (Phil) and gave him a valiant and noble death.[/spoiler alert] In the case of SS7's story, killing of Bulk and Hex (I think) established that the villains were ruthless and willing to kill to accomplish their goals.
 * 4) I'm not sure what you mean by this, but not all good guys are the noble Captain America type. Just look at Iron Man. While he may have the heart of a hero, he is still an arrogant, selfish, prideful, flawed human being.