Craft a backstory for a villain where their evil actions stem from a sympathetic situation or event.
Every villain has a reason for their malevolence. Delve into the origins of your villain’s wickedness, exploring how they were shaped by their experiences. What pain, hardship, or injustice led them down this path? Can readers empathize with their past? Would they have acted differently given the same set of circumstances? This prompt challenges you to explore the concept of empathy in unanticipated areas and encourages you to shape a villain that isn’t simply evil for evil’s sake.
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