User blog comment:BladeOfHope/When creating characters.../@comment-27725192-20161124183142/@comment-27725192-20161124183548

It's also very nice to write about a villain because instead of the cliché hero trying to stop villain, you get to see how this person (cat) goes down their wrong path in a reasonable, realistic way.

It's my theory that everyone (or every character) is born with a good heart but the people that surround them, and their environment change them over time and half remain good while others go down the dark path due to where they live their life and who they spend it with, and especially who they get influenced by. Writing a villain means you have to show the ones the villain grows up with and what community they live in.

Same for a hero, they usually would live in a bad place but end up trying to make a change or have a caring family and end up kind-hearted and good spirited. Or a character with smo