I don’t have the money for a voice actor!

Dexter would beg to differ with your statement that first person villains can’t be empathetic. I think the idea is that unless you create a black and white cartoon character, which wouldn’t be very interesting, you can help your reader understand how the character became who they are. The reader doesn’t have to agree with your chapter’s decisions to have empathy, but only to understand why they are making the decisions they make. Also, and I struggle with this myself, you could have said the same thing in one or two paragraphs.

@@skeller61 I'm sorry, did I make a 'statement that first person [sic] villains can't be empathetic'? The 'statement' I remember making was something completely different, which is that first-person narrators are typically not going to see their mortal enemies as empathetic or ponder their 'redeeming qualities', unless the narrator is unfocused, possibly insane, and is most likely a terrible main character who will scuttle any attempt at the reasonable storytelling that is commonly expected in a first-person novel, which would reveal that the author is not up to the job. That, and that since all information is funneled through the protagonist, the reader won't get it from other sources, either. Maybe 'beg to differ' with what I actually said rather than what you are incorrectly claiming I said. We can take the TV show, 'Dexter' off the table. Dexter was never a story told in first-person, except in the novels. I thought the show was brilliant and the novels were, 'meh'. And regardless how Dexter himself might have felt, as the narrator in first-person novels, I think it would be hard to find moments where he expressed empathy for child molesters (first victim in the first novel and first episode), so I don't see any way, since all info comes from the protagonist, where any of that could end up on the page. Every single first-person story adapted to film is moved completely out of the realm of first-person and into the realm of camera POV, which is a completely different thing than first-person POV. In the rare film and TV where there is voiceover narration, such as Dexter, which did it really well, that does not place them in the realm of first-person. It's similar, but it's not first-person. There are scenes in the show that Dexter is not even in, taking it even farther from the realm of first-person. Any scene in a first-person novel that the narrator/protagonist is not in can only be told as a frame story directly to the protagonist then potentially retold to the reader. So a villain in the TV show, Dexter can certainly be painted as sympathetic, even if the lead character of Dexter might not see them that way, because this is storytelling very different from first-person, where all POV comes from the protagonist instead of from the camera. And in a first-person novel, there are still plenty of opportunities to show how a villain became who they became. Dialogue with other characters where elements of their past come out, a 'speech in praise of the villain' scene where an underling praises them or the villain praises themself and reveals things, and a 'hero at the mercy of the villain' scene where they praise themselves. But good luck getting the person narrating the story to the reader, the protagonist, to show that they feel any empathy for them or to wax poetic about their redeeming qualities, as they are the only conduit through which all story elements flow. You are not required to read posts. That's up to you. When commenters comment, they. have. the. floor. There is no effing countdown timer ticking. There are zero restrictions on how much a poster might feel the need to say. If you know what you're saying, there's no need to struggle with anything other than making sure you believe everything you're saying is relevant. Someone unable to make anything other than a single weak, rambling, unfocused point condemning someone for making multiple points, all of which they feel are relevant, is nothing less than reprehensible.

Thank you!

Couldn't agree more!

Hehe, so it is a chance to explore how to process anger in healthy manner

Just feel it. Our explanations are messing it, our expectations, our greed - our unrealistic views how life works are messing us up. We think that now we will become rich and we will poop money.

Do you really think forgiveness is possible for really terrible things? Some things are just too bad to forgive

Sounds like a lot of repressed anger here.

@@ranc1977 Yep, because expressing any anger means "repression" 😅 Especially towards mommy. Sure thing dude. I like your cover way of insulting me 😉

@@dominiknewfolder2196 It does not matter whether it is repression or suppression to person who is doing this. This is mostly done unconsciously or as operant conditioning - so it is mixture of both in the same time. The cure is the same for both condition - so it really does not matter for healing. Secondly, I do not insult anyone. I do not know you. And I do not care who you are or what you want. I am discussing here general ideas - not Ad Hominems.

​@@ranc1977 "Diagnosing" your interlocutor may be easly seen as insult and usually is. Like you did. Essense of ad hominem, isnt it? But it doesnt matter. Lets forget abut that. Repression in society is rampant and its caused by women. Proof? Try to say single critical word to woman without being accused of being narcissist or threaten in some way. Try it Now imagine how mommy reacts to childs complaint. I don't need because I've seen it. Silent treatment and witholding of affection is usual measure. You can do it without making your hands dirty and with making kid feel guilty. It's exactly how repression is usually fostered in people. Adding to that "I'm doing so much for you" and we have exactly what causes majority of mental disorders in youth. Do yourself another favour. Walk around your neighbourhood and listen. You will for sure hear some woman screaming on kid. Usually short walk is enaugh. Victim pose is perfect place to hide when you are monster. Mothers abusing children are always "victimized" by them. The same is actually true for female teachers who had it sooooo hard. I'm laughing because cult of female mrtyrdom is exactly what created perfect space for punishless violence. Dont judge mothers because they have it sooo hard. Mate is part of that. So fck him Major part of toxicity in our culture is psychology meaning looking for places where you were "victimized" or "abused". Just pick one book from psychology shelf at random Now those morons are working on searching generations before, three are usually "enaugh" :) Those are all excuses for violence. Nothing but retributive "justice" Far cry from Jesus and his "forgive". He condemned only one group: moralizers. Not thiefs, prostitutes but moralizers. Today he would for sure found "caring" theraphists as wolfs in sheep cloth. For sure :) Good people treat other well. They arn't looking actively for wrongdoings in others. Speaking how "you were victimized" is rarely doing anything good other that providing luxuary jobs for the most "caring" professionals.

But it ends up like watching two very interesting movies in the same time, side by side - not focusing on either

Elie Wiesel wrote a lot of his books in French, not English.

Suppressed - when we try to remove anger actively thinking how to do that. Repressed - when we remove anger without being aware of it.

definitely repress your sadness

what are you sad about

Feel it.

I know! Now somebody's going to have to break it to the medical profession. Good luck to them, I say.😁

@@jennytaylor3324 hahah

Buddha and the Ancient Greeks and all eastern philosophies enter the room 2000 years later hearing western ‘scientists’ ‘discovered that the mind and body are connected: 💁‍♂️

Thanks, I'll check that out

Thanks for the feedback, that music may have been a bad choice

@@InsightsForCreatives i disagree with Jade K on this one, music was good

Another words “shadow work”

Anyone triggered by the music choice has inner work to do. Lol 😂 Thank you for the video.

I find the music too distracting. Hard to focus on content.