Thread:LucidPigeons/@comment-27729149-20150425083602/@comment-1705775-20150810205830

some authors think a villain with no redeeming qualities is "unrealistic" and that they must be sympathetic.. while somewhat true there are plenty of real world criminals who have near to no redeeming qualities so these authors really aren't being terribly "realistic" themselves.

I mean look at Alan Yates and Peter Stegman.. these guys have absolutely NO redeemng qualities but they aren't really generic "cackling madmen" either.. just because a character has no redeeming qualities doesn't necessarily make them "unusuable" (as some author claim).. you just need to get writers that can make them work.. with the right writer ANY villain can work.