Talk:Uriel (Starcross)/@comment-28644276-20190206000541/@comment-27123758-20190206002722

That's something I'm meaning to explore with Heavencross; in all of the archangels' cases, they can't really be expected to have turned out any other way. They may be terrible people who have only really gotten worse over time, but these decisions were made for them and all they can do is continue to abide by them. Even Jophiel is a product of her environment. This feeds into Mastema's fatalism, and she's the only archangel to completely grasp this.

Regarding what you said on Discord, Uriel, too, was made to be likeable. I feel like any good villain has to be someone a reader can like just a little, someone they'll remember even if they can't root for them. (Making a villain someone loves to hate counts).