Thread:Mesektet/@comment-27729149-20160128170019/@comment-3581997-20160615134806

Done right? Albert Simon. Simon has a  similar formula to him He tries every possible venue to stand up for civil rights but those with power in whatever system he tries to represent or help all end up abandoning helping others and use Albert's efforts for personal power instead. Albert eventually crack and decides there is something fundamentally wrong with humanity, so he decided to summon God to take a wrecking ball to the planet so he can rebuild humanity after only without all the inherent bad parts which keep messing things up.

Both Albert and The Master sound like they have two common principals that help their characters out much in this affair.

1. Both genuinely were doing wrong from the start with a clear goal of how it will help people in mind, they are not slaves to their emotions, and doing what seems most logical for things to work out. The Master because he is trying to give everyone that leg up they need in a waste land, and Albert because he is going to bring everyone back to life with purified souls anyway, so what is a few hundred deaths to clear the board.

2. Neither, (from the sound of it) seems to want redemption per-say. Albert knows what he is doing is bad and expects to go to Hell for it, he has accepted this long ago. But in his mind going to Hell is well worth it to make everyone else on the planet inherently good. Similar it sounds like the Master would know that he is hurting people, and came to grips with that long ago. It isn't a "Oh god what have I done forgive me" moment, it is "Okay I want X to happen to help people. What is the most efficient way for that to happen?"

I think those are the keys to the characters done right, Start with entirely non-selfish motivations, be pragmatic about what is the best way to reach your goals and despite how many people get hurt, have the villain come to terms before they even started their deeds with what needs to be done. Be upfront about what can and can't realistically be redeemed by a villain under their own power.

Though Albert is eventually redeemed, but not under his own power, but that is a complex story for another day. Simply put, ghosts are involved in that one.