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not
mea'l
cannot
be a villain.
Adolf
did not
think
an evil
man;
he was trying
to
saw
and that was, from his poirlt
the world
safe for the
master
race,
as he
a
very
good
thing, so that
it
nat matter if
a
of
people
got
killed
i:<
mil:ing
it
happen.
He
did
not
think
of
llli:laself
as
yet
ar.•vorte
"""uunot deny
that he was a
had fantasy stories,
though,
satiistacto1cy villain.
vil'lai;;s are
often
evil
for
the
sake
evil,
pwuu;y,
arro1garttly evil,
proclaiming
from
the rooiiOJJS
that
they
are the
s:ymbol of
evil,
doing
rotten things
just
because they are
And
being
good for the
sake
goodness
does
not wo:ck very
well,
Fighting
because
they
are
evil
does :1ot work.
Fighting
the
villains oocat!Se
they
trum<:d peoJJle, or
threatened
to
harm people, or
jnst
the sake -•·•:..·
doing
son1etllling
glory, coo be accepted.
simply
out
of
the
personal
satisfl!Jctio•n
but this
is not
just
be<cause we are good
and they
are eviL
excludes religious
or
patriotic
crusades, whlch are
often based
on
"We're
"
where
in
fact
neither
side
has a monopoly
on either.
fu crusades,
the characters
can
they
are acting
purely
because
are good
ood the
other
guys
are evil,
but
a
v.reak story would they be
Third: The
basic human
motivatio/1$ are universal
act like
peuplewhether
are ancient wizards
bent on
world
domination,
or
inc.hes tall
and
living in somebody's
woodwork.
They
can fight
for
love,
sex,
money,
power,
not
just for
good
or
secJJrity, pride
and
all
the
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