Thread:Mangetsu20/@comment-4280197-20140210112210/@comment-24384232-20140228162028

Keep in mind that for a successful plot, the villian should always have a characteristic or quality the reader can either respect, identify with, or feel sympathy for. That is the hallmark of a great villian.

Furthermore the opposition a protagonist faces, need not always be in the form of a single villian or opponent. Organizations, blackmail, bribery, coercion, the very laws of the land, a character's own personal conflict, these are all examples of the kind of subplot and conflict you want to instill in your stories if you want to enrich them. Use the environment if you have to, natural disasters or even artificial disasters that you simply cannot stop with a wave of the hand or a thrown punch are just more ways you can challenge the protagonist.