Showing posts with label villains. Show all posts
Showing posts with label villains. Show all posts
Thursday, April 10, 2025

Villainous Motivations

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In a presentation on Dark Lords at this year's ICFA, the author of the paper raised the question of whether villains need a complex back...
Thursday, April 18, 2024

Becoming a Dark Lord/Lady

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Is it possible to be a good Dark Lord (or Lady)? The term "good" in this context is ambiguous. It can mean competent, skilled at c...
Thursday, February 17, 2022

Viable Villains

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I've just finished reading Dean Koontz's latest fantasy thriller, QUICKSILVER, which I like better than a lot of his recent novels. ...
Thursday, December 17, 2020

Good Guys and Bad Guys

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Kameron Hurley's latest LOCUS essay discusses empathy versus selfishness and why being the "bad guy" is actually taking the ea...
Sunday, December 29, 2019

Heinous Hacks

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There are certain times of day, and certain light conditions under which persons of a certain age with either glaucoma or cataracts or epile...
Thursday, May 09, 2019

Reformed Villains

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I love a good "redeemed villain" story, but creating a good (i.e., plausible and emotionally engaging) one isn't easy. The chi...
Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Theme-Story Integration Part 3, Sexy Villains by Jacqueline Lichtenberg

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Theme-Story Integration Part 3 Sexy Villains by Jacqueline Lichtenberg Previous Parts in Theme-Story Integration:  https://alie...
Thursday, October 12, 2017

Villainous Motives

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Supervillains generally aspire to destroy or conquer a realm, whether a country, a continent, the planet, or even an entire solar system or ...
Tuesday, March 07, 2017

Depiction Part 25 - Depicting Hatred

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Depiction Part 25 Depicting Hatred by Jacqueline Lichtenberg Index to Depiction Series: http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2...
Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Astrology Just For Writers Pt 4 - High Drama

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SORRY - THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO AUTO-POST ITSELF TUESDAY 12/23/08 This post is about Vampire Romance, or Romance with aliens or Immortal charac...
Saturday, November 08, 2008

Sympathy For The Villain

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(A dramatic monologue from Django-Ra who casts a long shadow, but does not live beyond the Prologue of Knight's Fork) Allow me to introd...
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