KIYA'S EPIC VERSE✒

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How to create a villain

A good villain is ultimately what makes a hero heroic and is therefore a very important part of your story.

Why do we need a villain?

opposite of the story’s hero

their goals and motivations oppose those of the hero

the hero is reacting to the actions of the villain

showcases the hero’s weaknesses

the character of the villain should be one of your priorities while planning the story

Types of villains

human villains

fantasy villains (with magical abilities, superpowers, etc.)

animal villains (e.g., Jungle Book)

abstract villains (an idea, a society, a corporation, etc.)

if you make your villain more abstract, it can have advantages, but it also makes it harder for your readers to relate to them and understand them

if you have an abstract villain, think about using human representations of that villain for your readers to project their feelings and thoughts onto

more specific types of villains:

likeable villain

unsympathetic villain

unpredictable villain

Characteristics of a villain

There are many different types of villains, but they also share a few similar characteristics:

own beliefs and morals – What do they believe in? What is morally correct for them? Do they see themself as bad/evil? How far will they go? Do they make exceptions for some people or do they not care at all? Maybe they want to do the right thing, but they go about it the wrong way.

goals and motivation – goals are things they want to have or want to accomplish, but motivation is even more important, it explains why they want or need their goal to be fulfilled, you need to invest time into giving your villain a (at least for them) plausible reason for what they are doing

connection to the hero – the hero reacts to the villain’s actions, maybe their fates are intertwined, maybe the hero’s actions in the past led to them becoming the villain, the villain is interrupting and then furthering the hero’s character development the same way the hero is doing to the villain’s development

worthy opponent – being especially powerful, clever, a specialist in something the hero is not, seemingly unbeatable until the end

compelling backstory – people are usually not born bad, it’s something they’ve become over time, it explains the motivation, probably not just one defining moment, if you want one event that changed them, then also think about the reactions from others to that event or what happened afterwards that made them turn evil

similar characteristic to the hero – think about where it went wrong, where did they turn to the dark side? Like I said before, a tragic event does not automatically lead someone to become a villain. Losing their parents young for example can turn them either into the villain or the hero, decide why they turned in that direction that they did

More tips:

Make your villain interesting

your reader should love to hate, but also hate to love them in a way

give them their own character arc and show development

make them special the same way your hero is special

give them a magnetic personality

don’t make them too predictable or the readers will lose their fear of them

Humanise your villains

not born evil, maybe they were corrupted

nothing more frightening than seeing yourself in a villain

give them positive qualities

make the readers sometimes sympathise with them

give them moments of relatability

your readers should be interested in the villain, but not necessarily root for them (only if that’s your true intention), because it could undermine your hero’s actions and motivation

Make them lose

If your story doesn’t end with evil ruling over the world, you need to know how to make the villains lose:

give them weaknesses

let them be a slave to their own moral code

let them have fatal character flaws that in the end the basically defeat themself

give them a worthy ending, something appropriate for a great opponent

Good luck creating believable villains!

before I start, I want to clarify that I’ve only just started using ellipsus, so there may be things I don’t know or maybe things I got wrong? basically these are just what I experience so far since I began using it for the past couple days. so fyi I am definitely not an expert on how the platform works.

“what convinced me to move from google docs to ellipsus? / what makes it better than google docs?”

from what I hear people say, google docs apparently uses ai to 1. train their ai model 2. scan what you write — so that they can delete your works or ban your gmail account if their ai deems your works violated their terms of service, aka if your works are too explicit, if they’re smut or if they’re too taboo.

though I must say that I’ve never had any issues with google docs and I write a lot of smut, explicit, taboo fics on there. so this is entirely what I hear other people say. so I decide to move from it to ellipsus anyway because I don’t want to risk losing my works or my account.

so… “why ellipsus?”

as I’ve mentioned earlier, I don’t want to risk losing my works, or my gmail account, because google’s ai allegedly gets to decide what I can or cannot write.

from what I hear, ellipsus was built with the purpose of being 100% ai-free and 100% writer-friendly. so I believe my works are safer here.

“how’s ellipsus compared to google?”

so far I prefer ellipsus’s ui. it’s more convenient, easier to navigate, it has themes you can choose. it makes you feel less “writing is a job that you have to do” and more “writing is fun, look at all these themes and cool tools you can play with!”

that said, the only thing I have to adapt is that ellipsus blocks all autocorrect and text prediction. granted, I understand they do this because, unlike other platforms, ellipsus’s core is that you as a writer write everything yourself. I’m still used to google docs, and pretty much every other platform, where I can somewhat rely on autocorrect to fix my typos and text prediction to help me so that I don’t always have to type down every single letter of the word I want. but it’s no big deal. I can correct typos when I proofread my works, and it’s not like I rely on autocorrect and text prediction that much to begin with anyway.

“would I recommend ellipsus?”

Whew, we’ve been busy! Hot on the heels of list view for everyone, we’ve added four new Writing Insights for Ellipsus Plus!

Take a closer look at your docs with:

Repeated phrases: Find the multi-word phrases that recur throughout your draft. (For phrases containing up to six words.)

Dialogue balance: Calculate how much of your writing is dialogue vs. narration (and see the difference via the dialogue highlight toggle).

Point of view: See how many sentences are written from each perspective (and make extra-sure you didn’t accidentally switch halfway through!). First, second or third - you can highlight them all in your text.

Punctuation habits: See how often you use ✨expressive✨ punctuation marks per 1,000 words?!!!?!! (Yes!)

(And all without AI, of course!)

Get down ‘n’ dirty with your style (and the choices that make your voice yours, all yours). We wish you luck wrangling those phrases that jumpscare you when you discover you’ve used them 13 times in the same draft!

@itafushi-week

WIP Week (Work-In-Progress Week) Returns in June!

WIP Week is a week dedicated to updating fanfic or other types of fanworks.  All fandoms are welcome to participate.  Original works are also accepted.  Please tag your entries with the #wipweek or #wip week tag. Since multiple fandoms and ships are participating, please clearly list the fandoms, ships, and content warnings in the post so that they can be properly tagged for any potential readers.

The second WIP Week of 2026 will be held June 21-27. 

Each day will have a theme, but you do not have to post every day. You are also not obligated to follow these themes. You can work on one fic or fanwork for the entire week if you choose. If you’re not comfortable posting full updates but still want to participate in the week, you can post your daily word count and/or a small snippet from your work. The use of AI is prohibited.

Here are the prompts for WIP Week:

June 21: Your Oldest WIP June 22: A WIP From Your Smallest Fandom June 23: Your WIP Closest To Completion June 24: Your Favorite WIP June 25: A WIP From Your Largest Fandom June 26: Your Newest WIP June 27: Any WIP

But because I don't know if I'll be sharing this fic for ItaFushi Week. I was already working on this some time back in... March... April maybe? Months before and I thought back to this fic since it already had one of the prompts for ItaFushi Week! With the vision I have in mind I know it's going to make it a long one and I want to have it all completed in time for it all to be posted.

Despite my uncertainty, I still wanted to share it and see what you folks thought of it so far!

@itafushi-week

In this fic, Mamaguro is alive and going by my usual name for her: Harumi. Tsumiki is adopted in the family!

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