Don’t forget - this forum has a GREAT search feature in the upper right. Found a couple great posts from before that explore this in even greater detail - just by typing in influence character antagonist
- More Clarity Needed Regarding the Antagonist & Villain
- Main Character and character arc
- Can the antagonist be the romantic interest?
When the Protagonist and Main Character Throughline perspectives fall into the same Player in Dramatica theory, that character is referred to as the Hero.
Likewise, when the Antagonist and Influence Character Throughline perspectives fall into the same Player, that character is called the Villain.