Tragic Backstory: Developing a Villain

Опубликовано: 03 Август 2026
на канале: Trope Anatomy
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The Tragic Backstory is a very popular way for writers to develop a villain in their stories. It can be great way do to so but not always. In this video I talk about the ways it should be used effectively to the benefit of that character. While including examples of the best and worst uses of this trope. Hope you enjoy the video! Please don't forget to like and subscribe if you did :)

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Movies and Tv Shows talked about:

Toy Story 3
Black Panther
101 Dalmatians
The Silence of the Lambs
Hannibal Rising
The Dark Knight
Psycho
Saw II
Game of Thrones
Les Miserables
Schindler's List

Sources:

https://www.helpingwritersbecomeautho...
https://www.themarysue.com/thanos-bad...
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.ph...
https://www.indiewire.com/2015/06/how...
  / why_do_people_dislike_the_hannibal_rising_...  
https://screenrant.com/worst-villains...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jigsaw_...)

MUSIC:

Divider by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/divider/
Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/

Disco Sting by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-...
Artist: http://incompetech.com/