On December 28th, 2011, Maybeawriter wrote, How can one portray hatred? It's such a strong emotion, but so often senseless and illogical. How does one show the difference between, say, dread of talking with somebody hatred, and all-out hate-your-guts Romeo-vs-Tybalt wish-you-were-dead hatred? ...How do we justify hatred? Do we even NEED to justify it? Does it make a character less appealing if they can hate?

The tools we have for portraying hatred are the usual: actions, dialogue, thoughts, an...