Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26006155-20160613103837/@comment-27620479-20160620063358

I'll try to explain.

You seem to believe that Chara wanted to start a war and eradicate humanity. That makes them a villain. Now, there are certain types of villains that I like, so no problem. I just take out my four-category binary villain ranking system, and try to tell if they fall under those categories.

So, are they a willing villain? The assumption here is that they have always lacked compassion. So, I don't see a reason why would they feel remorse for their actions or the consequences. Also, they made supposedly evil plans, instead of just sitting and grieving over their misfortune. That seems like "willing".

Now, are they a small-scale or a large-scale villain? The assumption here is aiming for the eradication of both humans and monsters. That is a pretty grand evil, with massive damage and casualties, so it seems to be "large-scale".

Are they a narrow-scope or a broad-scope villain? The assumption is again, that they wanted both monsters and humans eradicated. That is a pretty all-encompassing evil, so not only "broad-scope", but a pretty nasty version within that.

The last question is, are they a circumstantial or a habitual villain? With the assumption of inherent hatred and lack of compassion, instead of gaining hatred and losing compassion, they are "habitual", or if you like it better, "self-made" villain. They are cut out for the villain business, because no matter what-, even if monsters and humans were in peace and the world would be rainbows and sunshine, they would do bad things, because of their inherent nature. This is a category for addicts or other weak-willed people, for example, but they are usually "unwilling". So, we basically have psychopaths, sociopaths, demons, and the like.

Now, I happen to not like the worst kind of villain there is of the sixteen types. Your solution so far isn't to downgrade them on any of the scales, but to have them lose their identity, and as a projection of Asriel, they become likeable. But that isn't them.