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A PORTION OF POSSIBLY PROBLEMATIC PREDICAMENTS !
(which are not covered in the type categories)

- 'IGNORING'
I've noticed a universal annoyance or confusion with Antagonists who begin to 'walk' away from violence while characters are charging, stabbing, jabbing, biting, running at them. I think this is often viewed as the Antag's player ignoring the interaction and as a result, ignoring the result of their antagonist's behavior. 'I can have my character rip yours up but now i'm bored so i'm ignoring you'.
This isn't always the case, but it has been often enough that people grow uncomfortable when they see it and have no proof of otherwise. Be careful to give off the right impressions!
Maybe make your baddy limp (slow walk, trot, slow walk, trot), turn to fight them off and stumble away again.
If you think someone is ignoring you, contact them or simply walk away.
If you think someone might think you're ignoring them and you care, contact them.
If you can!
Communication does wonders when handling these types of characters. Things turn sour when people draw their characters away from an interaction because they think they're not being taken seriously. Opinions form, things get uncomfortable.

- SAFE SPOTS.
I've also experienced and known confusion when an antagonist comes in, wreaks havoc, then hides in the pond. For many aquatic antagonists, this is entirely in character!
But it's often frustrating when it happens over and over and over. People think they have a fight on their hands, they are attacked, they respond, then suddenly none of their characters get to make their own move. The bad guy has eATEN tHEIR bABIE'S lEG OH NO then they sit out of reach. At times, they don't react even when the victims jump in the fight them because it's a 'safe place', or maybe they've gone AFK. Nobody can tell! Then, sometimes they sneak out go after someone again when people begin to get distracted.
I'm not calling anyone out, or saying this is the 'wrong' or bad way to do things! It's rarely an OOC scheme to win, and ICly, makes a lot of sense for a swimmin' baddy with a good plan.
But I am saying I've seen many, many many people quickly grow a little tired because they're not sure if they're being ignored.
tHIS IS TRICKY.. The baddy could be in the pond because their player needs to go for a bathroom break a phone call, talking to someone, ect. Everyone needs to run off sometimes! That said, there's a measure of distrust I sense in the community when it comes to negative interaction, PRIMARILY with characters without biographies! It might be good to temporarily log the character out or 'listen' and just leave them still. People seem to know you have to run off when that stance is held.
If they have a bio, it could be good to leave a note!

- TAKING/GIVING BREAKS.
It's also proven to become overwhelming when so many characters with ill intents pop up at once. Waves and waves. After the third wave, it seems to be a good deal less fun for both the characters, and the players behind them unless it's plotted out. This isn't universal! Some may love it. But if you plan on putting a baddy in, it might be more enjoyable for both the others, and you, to wait a bit between the arrival of others.
You character isn't just 'ANOTHER ONE', but a 'new' one. They can make their own impression and not just ride on the coattails of the prior.
Of course these aren't rules! You do what feels right.

PASSIVE AGGRESSION
If you aren't happy with how your character is being received, writing veiled comments on their biography does the opposite of help. dISCUSSION DISCUSS DUSSUSSISDSIDSDISD!!⋅

- Racist, Homophobic and Bigot characters.
This I hadn't thought of but someone asked me to cover it!
It is OKAY to play a character who is racist, homophobic, or hateful. I don't have a lot of experiences with playing these types myself, though there has been a few chars of mine that were internally homophobic- towards themselves.
Regardless, when it's clearly just your character, this is fine.
IF YOU HANDLE THIS CORRECTLY.
Be careful not to justify or defend your character's behavior and play those traits of theirs with consideration and grace.
Try not to give every single one of your characters these beliefs. It gets a lil suspect, s o i ' v e h e a r d.
THAT SAID.. your character having these beliefs does not inherently make them an antagonist. It can be a driving force in their background, though. I certainly wouldn't try to play my racist character as a hero, however. KEEP THIS IN MIND. SO DELICATE

- ANTAGONISTS AND REAL DISABILITIES, SYNDROMES, CONDITIONS, ECT
This is a very touchy, very delicate thing. Some people believe that you shouldn't be able to portray someone with a disability or condition as a bad person. i dON'T AGREE personally. Anyone can be horrible. The thing you have to be careful of, is being sure that your character is 'horrible' because that's who they are, not because of those things they're 'suffering' from. That said, there are illnesses, or disorders that bring out more extreme reactions in people that may lead to or contribute to their negative actions! There's truth in that. Even so, none of that means anything if someone winds up offended.
Please, please be very careful, very, very informed and very willing to listen to others if they're not comfortable with how you're portraying something that you yourself haven't experienced.
I personally, to be safe, don't portray any real mental, emotional, anythingigngAL, in my characters. They're all fictional and based in my headworld. This is a simple way of just not offending anyone because it's literally not a thing go away shh
If you have aaaaany doubt that you're 100% confident in how you portray your character, I'd recommend not giving them a real, diagnosed.. brain-involved-anything until doing more research. If you're trying it out but not confident, perhaps don't write it on their biography quite yet!
Consider, is it necessary to their story? Why do you want them to have these ailments?

- OBLIGATION TO INTERACT.
If those reacting to a baddy are greatly bothered and no longer want to respond- maybe they never did- there's nothing wrong with not interacting further. I know it's a bit irksome because sometimes your character's friends are continuing to fight while you don't want your character to be part of it. But it's better to make up a reason for as to why your character can no longer react, than push yourself to play them and hate it the whole time. Nobody can tell you that your character is hurt.

- SIZE =/= WIN
Your antagonist's size only means so much. There are plenty of members of the forest as large as them or larger who may or may not try to take them down if given a reason.
Depending on the type of character you're playing, they may benefit being larger or smaller than the most! If they're going to be doing enough to make a lot of enemies, it would do them well to be large n' in charge. If they're the slick and sly type, maybe being medium and lithe is a good idea.
Either way, no matter their size or speed, do not powerplay. Take fair damage and discuss, take other opinions into account if you're unsure!

- TEXTUAL POWERPLAYING
Be careful when writing updates not to write things as definite.
Attempted to tear off her enemy's tail.
VS.
Tore off her enemy's tail.

You can write in your updates what your character tried to do. It's up to the other side to decide if their character was able to dodge any attacks! But it's a good way to give others an idea of what kind of damage they could be facing! It's like a partybag of scars. WHO DOESN'T LOVE SCARS

- TAKING DAMAGE.
Some bad guys can fight against 45000 characters for 40 minutes. Some people find this unfair, some people don't! I find this is often a case of people not wanting to be forced to log their Antagonist off, but the Protagonists not letting up on the chase. Antag player wishes it would stop, but continues to play ICly because IC is what tHEY DO. So it ends up looking like they're playing some amazing, powerhouse who can take a deadly beating and keep running in the end.
-- Other times, it can be a case of facing 5 large deer for a half hour, and the bad guy comes off with some owwies. I don't always chalk this up to people powerplaying. Everyone imagines the scenario differently in their mind. If you aren't happy with the damage someone has taken, poke them about it! If you don't want to do that, adjust your character's (goodguy or badguy) damage accordingly. No harm in it, nobody has to be upset at the end of the day.

- PERSISTENCE.
Never letting up!
Worst case scenario, the moment your baddy takes a chomp outta sweet baby Brunhilda's kneecap, it's possible they'll be beaten until they're unable to move enough to hurt anyone else, froM WHAT I'VE SEEN lately. Not always the case, but possible! Sometimes they're chased down until they leave. This can be overwhelming and upsetting as the antagonist-player. You bring in your new guy, he does what his personality dictates and then suddenly you just can't play him for the rest of the day because he'll constantly have someone chewing on his ass. Next time you log him on and he blinks at a fawn, his skull is karate chopped in four quarters and from then on he's kicked by 3000 deer until he becomes a pile of jelly. NOT FUN.
But this is also remedied by contacting those involved with hounding them, and saying 'He or she won't be going after any more deer today but I'd still like to play them IF!'
You can ask for people to back their characters off, though asking them to oocly reel in their characters might not always be received well. Everyone reacts differently.
In part, it would be good to count on consideration from others, so they let you enjoy playing your character. On the other hand, if you play a character who kills babies, you are going to have to accept that majority of the forest will hate their guts. Asking someone to OOCly have their character back off might bring up an argument. But for those upset, remember! Your characters were only affected by this Hunter because you consented, reacted, and took that development. You're not obligated to, and that Hunter's player should be able to respect being asked to back off. If this goes both ways, you should be able to respect being asked to back off as well! At least after a good, deserved smackin'.
Hopefully both sides respect each other.

- TEF VS BADGUYS CULTURE
The recent forest Culture Shift! When I first joined and up until maybe a year ago, predators could prowl, attack, get a good old fight then break off and have that fight end. Both sides leave to clean their wounds and tend to the injured.
Recently, it's not so easy! When hit with a large wave of predator after predator, baddy after baddy, the forest often gets worked up into 'kill the bad before they kill us mode'. THIS IS IC, of course. It becomes overwhelming and tiring for the characters when day in and day out, a giant, predatory force or two throw themselves at the young, the old, the weary, ect. I think this is most common when the 'predator' is persistent and isn't chased off the first few times, looking for other victims.
Otherwise, it's sheer numbers. People see a predator and become inspired! They make one and put it in the day after predator #1 has attacked. Someone else is inspired, a new predator arrives. The forest residents go into extermination mode for their own safety and sanity. In a way it's really nice to see how the forest has become concerned with the safety of one another. ON THE OTHER HAND, it's hard to play the toughies sometimes.
What can we do about this? A FEW THINGS. IT DEPENDS.

THAT SAID,
My experience and opinions are going to be under those above pretenses! Though I'll also bring up a few things about that afterwards, especially regarding specific types of baddies. SO HOLD TIGHT FOR NOW OK

We'll close that bit with the obvious- in my experience, the enjoyment one has playing an antagonist has A LLLLLLLLOT to do with the way the forest reacts to said antagonist, both ICly and OOCly. These interactions and reactions can make or break these characters, but responsibilities lie on both sides. How you portray and play your character has a lot to do with how they're received.

Now getting into types!

Types of Antagonists