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Need Help with Plot Conflict

@Say-Hello-to-the-Rugs-Topology forum 3 comments schedule

Trying real hard to not have my story fall under this big cliche. That cliche is the "Evil business/military man who works with the government" antagonist cliche. on top of that, it was originally planned in my head that the military business man would of course seek weapons out of essentially a regular citizen who wants no part of it. Not sure how many people consider that a cliche too. Either way I feel like it is and i should change it but i don't have much for ideas. TwT

If anyone wants more information i'd be happy to tell you .

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Maybe rather than have this antagonist seek out these weapons because of a thirst for power, have him search for them out of fear. Maybe he could have been threatened by a higher authority (adding a more dangerous antagonist to the mix), and will lose his life or his family if he doesn't succeed. This could have people feeling for the antagonist and almost rooting him on. The regular citizen doesn't need to be "regular" either. They could be a super smart person that knows secrets, and has to stay undercover to keep them a secret.
I hope that helps!

@EveningPrimRose
That would actually work without me needing to make massive adjustments actually so I'll probably do that.
And the "regular citizen" was already like your idea described, but I just simplified the wording in this post. Either way I should probably make them stand out more so that they can't necessar be called a regular citizen. Thanks man :]