He dragged his scythe
Across war torn lands
Tired of souls to collect
Blisters covering his hands
His pale flesh clung to bones
Head bowed in his cape
Armies for the thrones
The torn up landscape
Blackened smoke
Destruction
Tears of loss
Anger and frustration
Innocent blood spilt
A life cut too short
He slices through the ties
Freed soul from its body
Reaper sheds a tear
An innocent child’s body
Twisted, void and empty
*****
Day 15’s challenge
For Day 15, the challenge was to write “a poem in which a villain faces an unfortunate situation, and is revealed to be human (but still evil). Perhaps this could mean the witch from Hansel & Gretel has lost her beloved cat, and is going about the neighborhood sticking up heart-wrenching “Lost Cat” signs, but still finds human children delicious. Maybe Blackbeard the Pirate is lost at sea in an open boat, remembering how much he loved his grandmother (although he will still kill the first person dumb enough to scoop him from the waves).”
I’ve made it half way through, learnt more than I expected and feel motivated that I can make it to the end of 30 days.
In character development, I often spend as much time thinking about what motivates my villain (antagonist) as well as my MC. I think a well written Villain is as crucial as a well written MC.
My spin off novel from Drift, is Glide. It follows Kiara’s story and her heart break getting dumped and her struggle to accept she is enough. In Drift, she’s the rival love interest and the MC views her as being beautiful and perfect – I enjoyed exposing how insecure Kiara is despite how others perceive her.
For this, I feel I need to choose a Villain that is identifiable by most people. However, my favourite villains are well developed characters like Cat Woman or Poison Ivy who is a criminal but also has some good morales. I feel I need to think of one that is well known but only for their dark side… Grim Reaper.
