@ Frice
Oh I certainly agree, in many cases I actually prefer scenarios where the label "hero" and "villain" can get very confused. Monolithic, pervasive evil that exists for no apparent reason is often the hallmark of poorly thought out conceit. Most interesting stories recognize atleast to some degree that good and bad are often dependent on perspective and viewpoint. My Witch, Hunter universe is and was intended to fall into that camp. The question of whether the Witches or Hunters are evil is mutable...the simplest answer is they both are. I think you'll like the results once I start pushing that arc forward again.
But for Zoe's world and for other select ones the answer in my opinion is clear. Beings that are assumed to be intrinsically evil need to be intrinsically evil. That is more or less the heart of my complaint where certain authors or creators take a conceptual framework and strip out the core concepts and conceits effectively sanitizing the framework. An immense amount of meaning, purpose, and reflection on greater ideas is lost in the difference between Bram Stoker's vampires and Stephanie Meyer's vampires...just as an example.
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You...<pencil snaps> what am I going to have to do so you won't figure out where I'm going with things. I swear I'm going to have to start sending you versions of my work with all foreshadowing redacted out of the story. Sigh...
Oh and yes...check your e-mail.