The Villain's Journey

Give it up for the bad guy

Every Batman needs a Joker; every Luke Skywalker needs a Darth Vader; every Dudley Doright needs a Snidely Whiplash. You can’t be a hero without worthy villains to conquer. An Arthurian Cycle that consisted of the knights bullying peasants and ambushing outnumbered opponents might be more true to the realities of post-Roman Britannia. But it would lack …