He definitely went off topic, but I imagine some terrifying monsters can come from our own dreams. I've had some real nasty monsters in my dreams, but they don't count, so I won't mention them.
1. I don't think a good villain necessarily needs to be complex, sometimes it's fun to find a villain who just wants to watch the world burn. Maybe give them a reason, but I literally wrote one of my villains as a psychopath with no major driving force other than just enjoying what he does. He's...
Yeah, it's mostly to skip through a point in the story where very little happens, I'll do a chapter or two where it runs through everything happening during that time, but the main goal is to just get through a boring part of the story.