Oliviaunt
Well-Known Member
Speaking in a literary sense, which makes a better villain? Someone for whom no hope exists, or someone who you *know* could go either way but is teetering on the line...?
IMHO, Stephano is the former. No redemption, no reason to "love to hate" him. He's your standard "[SIZE=-1]Snidely Whiplash" cartoon of a villain, replete with moustache and beard.
[/SIZE]EJ Dimera on the other hand may turn out to the be the latter. You can see and feel his humanity and you understand the torment he's going through (caught between his upbringing and his desire to do right). As such, you might be better able understand how he becomes a villain in the end, making him a much more capable, and a much more believable villain than Stephano has been in the last 20 years. Think "JR Ewing syndrome".
Wayne
Good point Wayne!
OT: I have, three times now, typed out a longish response to this and also mentioned the issue of different characters being redeemed more easily than others. And three times, my network here at work has decided that I no longer need an internet connection and dropped it. I have rebooted my compter five times this morning and the helpdesk cannot seem to comprehend that this is a problem! LOL. So, I will not retype it again for fear of loosing my connection again. BTW, what happened to the OT smileys?
Sorry for the rant, just needed to get that off my chest!