Thread:HungryZabu/@comment-31834028-20170311011605/@comment-25315805-20170311145900

Usually when I'm having trouble writing villains, I think, "hm, in comparison to all of my other villains, which character traits have I not used yet?" and pretty quickly I'm able to come up with a concrete basis for their personality, and I work up from there (I mostly do this for the sake of variety when I want all of my villains to be distinct individuals).

You typically get a bit less freedom when writing love interest villains, since you have to tone down the "evil" aspect of their character, and make them realistically redeemable. Throw in some good traits with the bad ones, like for example, he's very motivated and will do basically anything for the ones he loves (even if it means going to extremes, or even doing immoral things, possibly?).

Normally I come up with a personality before getting any further, but you also want to think about his abilities and powers (first thing that popped into my head when I heard the name "Spark" was electricity-related abilities, but judging by his color scheme, I'm thinking more fire-based?). Both of these are good places to start, and I'll always be here to help if you get stuck again (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧