forum I need help to introduce a villain.

Started January 22, 2018 by @MysteryWolf

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I want to introduce a villain that the MC and her group have a love-hate relationship with, but I have no clue how to add them into the story or what they should do to have that love-hate relationship with.

If you want to add a villain to a story, it should be at a time where they are intervening your main character. This is convenient because it shows that it is the villain because they are opposing the protagonist. If you want a forewarning to this, you could make one scene in the story a hint at the character. Something like,
"As I typed away on my laptop, the bell to the coffee shop rung. A man with icy blue hair and black eyes entered, gazing around the shop. He catches me staring and I immediately turn to my computer again, acting as if I were enveloped in my work. His eyes caught me off guard, their dark gaze seeming like the Void."
Just this scene could make a reader realize this character will soon be important to the story, and could forewarn the more story-affecting event that would happen between the two characters.

That would be interesting. But them make him do something that she hates. Like, knock something over and not pick it up or something that really ticks her off. Just thoughts.

Introduce the idea of the villain first so the main character has a preconceived notion or idea about them before they meet. For example, the villain kills someone and leaves his trademark or whatever so when the main character meets the villain, they think of the murder. It makes people fear the villain without even knowing him/her.

Okay thanks.