Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-4598697-20140408011159/@comment-4598697-20141228213437

(I've created a few more OCs since then. I changed Thea Schnell's name to Lucretia Matapa and changed her parent's story to Belle-Belle ou Le Chevalier Fortuné. Belle-Belle is not a variant of How Six Men got Got On in the World but the evil princess in the former story is similar to the one in the latter story. I have yet to create my daughter of the princess from The Swineherd. Toutebelle Mouton has been renamed Simone Mouton.)

Antagonists can definitely have redeeming qualities. Duchess Swan is a talented ballet dancer even though she is rather mean. And her desire to steal someone else's destiny is because her own story has a sad ending. It's not a bad thing if the readers like the antagonist or if their motivation is understandable. The type of antagonist that I hate the most is poorly-written villains who just do evil things for the sake of being evil. Outside of a comedy setting, no one's going to take that seriously. (Unfortunately, this type of villain pops up a lot in kids' movies and TV shows.)