Nov 12, 2025
Saw something today that said the antagonist and the villain do not have to be the same character and I briefly 404'd.
Never heard it put into words before but yes. That is accurate.
#characterization#villains#antagonists#the Venn diagram is not in fact a circle#the exact example given was jaws#the shark is the antagonist#but the shark isn't like. evil#it's just being a mfing shark#doing shark things#the villain is the mayor#(asterisk here to add that the shark in jaws was not in fact doing normal shark behaviors but still. point stands)#anyway the conflation of the two concepts is a common issue with media illiteracy