User blog:David117/an informative post on protagonist and antagonists

so the two common roles of a story are the protagonist and antagonist. but is it always that black and white? well you have to consider if the character is a hero, villain or neutral. so in this post i would like to inform you all on the many different kinds of protagonists and antagonists.

1 heroic protagonists- characters who are both the main focus and have genuine heroic qualities

2 neutral or anti-heroic protagonists- same as the first one except the character has both heroic and villainous traits

3 villainous protagonist- characters with villainous qualities and are the main focus

4 heroic antagonists- characters who oppose the protagonist that have heroic quallities. the protagonist are generally a villain in this case

5 neutral or anti-heroic antagonists- opposes the protagonist and has heroic and villainous qualities

6 villainous antagonist- opposes the main character and has mostly villainous traits. the most common

so what is the point of this wall of text/ it is a growing concern that certain characters are the source of heavy debate about the roles they played in the past or currently. having a better understanding of said roles gives us a better grasp of what said characters are all about. understand that just because a certain character is an antagonist doesn't mean their bad. and just because a certain character is a protagonist doesn't mean their good. thank you for your time