# Backstory for Villains **URL:** \ **Category:** All Things Writing\ **Tags:** chat\ **Created:** [June 28, 2023, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.wackywriters.com/t/backstory-for-villains/14202 "2023-06-28T14:19:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![copyedit](https://forum.wackywriters.com/user_avatar/forum.wackywriters.com/copyedit/32/62731_2.png) [@copyedit](https://forum.wackywriters.com/u/copyedit)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 4:21pm UTC](https://forum.wackywriters.com/t/backstory-for-villains/14202/21 "2023-07-01T16:21:35Z")
you can recommend whatever you like, but my tbr list is so long it’ll probably take a few years for me to get to it. ---
**Author:** ![NotARussianBot](https://forum.wackywriters.com/user_avatar/forum.wackywriters.com/notarussianbot/32/63102_2.png) [@NotARussianBot](https://forum.wackywriters.com/u/NotARussianBot)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.wackywriters.com/t/backstory-for-villains/14202/22 "2023-07-01T16:24:20Z")
Good. All according to plan. ---
**Author:** ![copyedit](https://forum.wackywriters.com/user_avatar/forum.wackywriters.com/copyedit/32/62731_2.png) [@copyedit](https://forum.wackywriters.com/u/copyedit)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.wackywriters.com/t/backstory-for-villains/14202/23 "2023-07-01T16:34:52Z")
0\_o okay ---
**Author:** ![NotARussianBot](https://forum.wackywriters.com/user_avatar/forum.wackywriters.com/notarussianbot/32/63102_2.png) [@NotARussianBot](https://forum.wackywriters.com/u/NotARussianBot)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.wackywriters.com/t/backstory-for-villains/14202/24 "2023-07-10T15:24:24Z")
@48lexR I see you! I could talk to you for a while about how the manga-ka’s work breaks or bends conventions. ---
**Author:** ![48lexR](https://forum.wackywriters.com/user_avatar/forum.wackywriters.com/48lexr/32/32272_2.png) [@48lexR](https://forum.wackywriters.com/u/48lexR)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.wackywriters.com/t/backstory-for-villains/14202/25 "2023-07-10T15:25:48Z")
Ha! You caught me. I was stalking this thread while thinking about what a backstory actually even _means_ (not just for a single character, but for the storytelling meta as a whole) lol. ---
**Author:** ![NotARussianBot](https://forum.wackywriters.com/user_avatar/forum.wackywriters.com/notarussianbot/32/63102_2.png) [@NotARussianBot](https://forum.wackywriters.com/u/NotARussianBot)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.wackywriters.com/t/backstory-for-villains/14202/26 "2023-07-10T15:27:49Z")
Outside of some historical context, we don’t really have a lot of concrete reasoning for Akagi’s behavior. In the anime, he doesn’t even have an internal monologue. So I think that it doesn’t really count for backstory. ---
**Author:** ![48lexR](https://forum.wackywriters.com/user_avatar/forum.wackywriters.com/48lexr/32/32272_2.png) [@48lexR](https://forum.wackywriters.com/u/48lexR)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.wackywriters.com/t/backstory-for-villains/14202/27 "2023-07-10T15:30:26Z")
It doesn’t sound like it. I’ll confess: I haven’t watched and/or heard of this anime, but what you’ve described doesn’t sound like a backstory, yeah. Moreso characterization, no? ---
**Author:** ![NotARussianBot](https://forum.wackywriters.com/user_avatar/forum.wackywriters.com/notarussianbot/32/63102_2.png) [@NotARussianBot](https://forum.wackywriters.com/u/NotARussianBot)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://forum.wackywriters.com/t/backstory-for-villains/14202/28 "2023-07-10T15:31:21Z")
I may need to dm you to fully explain my thoughts on this particular aspect of the series. But Akagi basically has no backstory. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://wacky-storage.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/7/4/74e3567b0515d0f2c89ca58b2104b3a624ad29dd.png) [@system](https://forum.wackywriters.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.wackywriters.com/t/backstory-for-villains/14202/29 "2023-07-24T15:32:07Z")
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