Thread:Fearless Diva/@comment-757940-20180705021512/@comment-3452092-20180705023347

I hope you don't mind my sticking in my two cents here.

The problem with this idea is that antagonist can be villains and villains can be antagonists, but not all antagonists are villains and not all villains are antagonists.

For example, technically speaking if our character in AME really was a villain (which they probably can't be despite the hype on the subject), that will never make our character the antagonist, because no matter what kind of character he or she is, he or she will always be the protagonist. The antagonist is someone who works against the main character (also known at the protagonist). This can be a teacher who gives them a bad grade in school, because they deserve it, if the MC makes it their mission to change the grade. This can be the best friend who is actively trying to stop them from doing something stupid as long as that is a major part of the story.

Villains are a totally different type of character. While an antagonist can be a good person, a villain cannot.

Of the categories you are discussing I would make psychopaths and villains subcategories under villains, because psychopaths and bullies are always going to be villains at least so long as they remain psychopaths and/or bullies.