The Twist Villain: Thoughts & Problems on a Common Trope

Today I wanted to talk about something that is becoming much more common in fiction these days, and that's the twist villain. If you're unfamiliar, a twist villain is when one character in a story seems to be the villain, but later on it's revealed that another character, usually a character we thought was a…

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What are your thoughts on the 'villain monologues details of evil plan to hero instead of just killing them' trope? Can it be done well, or is it always just lazy writing?

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