User blog comment:MrDupin/Rant about 'Monster-Pastas'/@comment-25073641-20150514174401/@comment-25073641-20150514201130

Yeah, yeah, setting a monster as the star of a pasta is actually not an easy thing to do, so I recommend not putting them anywhere they're not really needed. If it's just a sick (in a bad way), vague, generally bad, then they don't improve a pasta, otherwise they worsen a pasta.

In addition, sometimes, we unconsciously spotlight the monster instead of the main characters, because we force ourselves to create a good monster instead of creating good characters and a good plot. That's the problem of most pastas nowadays, they tend to focus their attentions on monsters, not on vital pasta elements, and rarely, when they think the beast is good enough, it actually looks like a chihuahua for us.

If the elements of story is bad, then the characters and the monsters are bad, because they spin around a bad setting and bad story. And sometimes, if the monster is too good, the other elements are too bad.

What's the real purpose of monsters? In my opinion, they are there to progress the plot, and, as well, to boost the quality of your story. If it's just there for the sake of putting it there, then would you mind throwing the trash out of your house of words?

TL; DR Don't create a pasta where the bad guy is the star. If you do, make sure they're up to the "Monster Standards", and they should be there for good reasons.