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C. Robert Cargill
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It's important to point out that in the beginning of RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, one of the greatest movies ever made, the hero is stealing a sacred artifact from its rightful owners.
And in CASABLANCA, we first hear of everyone joking about what an asshole Rick is, then we meet Rick being an asshole to a banker he's heard of and doesn't like, denying him access to his illegal gambling den.
In OCEAN'S 11, Danny Ocean gets snarky with his parole board, gets out of prison, then immediately violates his parole. We meet Rusty sharking dim-witted celebrities at cards. And Linus picking someone's someone on a train.
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For audiences, kindness and a moral center are assumed traits. You never have to explain motivations for unselfish acts. This is especially important to remember when writing antagonists. No matter how brutal the villain, they can still be kind to others, even amid villainy.
This is extremely helpful when trying to flesh a villain out. The cheap way to add depth to them is to give them a dog or a sick relative.

But you can have them show a moment of kindness, even to a foe - showing pity, remorse, or empathy - without having to explain exactly why.
Audiences innately believe in redemption and goodness, so take advantage of that and show a moment or two of humanity with your villains, and they will feel far more three dimensional - the goodness within them at conflict with their greed, anger, or hatred.
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MARY SUE is a term that gets abused as "Woman who does something unexpectedly awesome," when it specifically means "Character who never fails when trying and is always better than all of the other exceptional characters around them."
It comes from a fan fiction story about a character named, SHOCKER, Mary Sue, aboard the TNG Enterprise, who saves the bacon of the TNG crew time and again when they cannot. She never fucks up and always succeeds when our longtime heroes cannot. THAT'S a fucking Mary Sue.
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Marvel developed a Doctor Strange film in the 80s with writers like Lawrence Block, Bob Gale, and Larry Cohen all taking a stab at it. Stan rewrote a few drafts himself. I had to read every single draft for arbitration. Unsurprisingly, Stan's was my favorite.
When Marvel hit financial troubles in the late 80s they sold off option rights for their characters, including Strange. Charles Band bought the STRANGE option, developed the film, then failed to make it in time, losing the rights. So he cut out all the specifics & retitled it.
Because a Strange movie was never made and Disney bought Marvel, and the rights reverted to Marvel, that meant the development process was officially 33 years long, and everyone had to be included in a second arbitration. (No one realized the problem the first time around.)
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