Who are the main antagonists in your novel?

[Eldoria]

Who are the main antagonists in your novel?

 

[Aikii]

laziness :)

 

[Hans.Trondheim]

I dunno, but for some reason, I'm fascinated of fights against overwhelmingly powerful beings, like gods.

My isekai novel, The Human Saint is Bored, has a god-like Lovecraftian horror as its ultimate villain, and former god as a pseudo-antagonist.

My newest work, OyasumuSe7en, also has a god character as antagonist.

Other works I have like Paulina Rex, however, has big shots for antagonists, since it's grounded in alternate reality. I did work on a story where the MC is fighting against the very nature of events around him, so you might want to add "nature" as an antagonist.

 

[ElenaV]

Oh this one is fun. My MC is the antagonist. I have been dropping clues but my readers are very trusting of their own instincts.

 

[foxes]

a galactic artificial intelligence that stops development.

 

[Deleted member 166465]

Everybody.
For there to be an antagonist, there needs to be a hero, and there is no heroes in my world.

 

[Nklaya]

Can antagonists exists without main character lmao

 

[CodeCrisis]

An angel that changed history and calls herself a Goddess.

 

[Eldoria]

Can antagonists exists without main character lmao

Hmm... I don't know. But if the protagonist exists without an antagonist, then the answer is yes. Slice of Life novels don't need an antagonist; the protagonist's daily routine is enough to centre the story.

 

[Deleted member 166465]

Can antagonists exists without main character lmao

my dude.

 

[Hans.Trondheim]

Oh this one is fun. My MC is the antagonist. I have been dropping clues but my readers are very trusting of their own instincts.

NGL I love this trope, especially the final reveal.

 

[A_the_king_of_all]

Kinda hard to explain but if i put it in words
For Foundation of talents it's the living embodiment of concepts
For crossing path it's like the essence that hold the connection of mana to the world

 

[Jerynboe]

Uh. Idk which of these a dilettante sorceress trying to do a coup because of her own vanity and ego. She’s trying to take over and reform an evil empire, but the reason she’s an antagonist is that she is causing problems in other countries as a way to gather power and resources.

 

[SirContro]

My MC's main antagonist is a guy from his school who eventually becomes a hero with a cult following, who is able to constantly get one over on the MC via the intervention of an evil god (there are some other evil gods that are a pain ) and in an attempt to get ahead he finds himself at odds with both the human and monster worlds, eventually building his own country which is constantly surrounded by the countless enemies he's made. There's also a giant. He's kind of a douche.

 

[ElenaV]

NGL I love this trope, especially the final reveal.

Actually, I got some rather interesting comments. So right from second chapter I have been tossing tidbits, inconsistencies in narration, where several characters' action and words do not correlate. But still my readers are hung on MC being a very reliable narrator -- also self-inserting played a significant role.
I think I just figured out a receipe for selling a lie.

 

[Bald-san]

For me it's someone who's called dictator of time. So yeah, you can guess what did I vote there.

 

[Puji-Maki]

I write slice of life so the antagonist is the society.

 

[ArcadiaBlade]

Me.

 

[Kager0u]

Mostly an organization that wants to cleanse the world of all beings that are neither human nor ordinary animal. So all intelligent non-humans for example.

 

[CharlesEBrown]

Part of the mystery is figuring exactly which characters ARE antagonists though...
In Digital Cowboy, there are a lot of factions at work, some allied, some opposed, some only aware of the MC when he gets involved in their affairs... At least one is a lot like Skynet - but so is his main ally...
In book one of Strange Awakening, there are a bunch of shifting antagonists, but the main one is Lord Mordent. In book two, it will mainly be Baron Vel'Ziar and his Biomechs.
In Between Worlds the enemy is, ultimately, a prophecy and an ancient evil that doesn't show up until the middle or end of the second book. But there are a lot of little antagonists throughout.
In True Blue... well, there will be a main antagonist for a while but he doesn't exist yet where I left off writing - and each story also has its own antagonist - either super-powered criminals or weird scientists so far.
Jack Diamond has a band of Lovecraftian monsters called demons, led by one named "Morgalis, the Wizard" that are involved in all levels of criminal activity and general support of vices and just nastiness.

So, so far, everything BUT Living Ideologies, MC's alter ego, historical figures, and World Order (but could only pick six)
If I ever get anywhere with Assassin King, that will add in World Order (or, perhaps more accurately, LACK of World Order) as the ultimate foe but there are a lot of lesser ones on the path.