*g* Your take on Voldemort and Sauron made me laugh, because I completely agree.
I think writing villains is difficult... like you said, a villain should be distinct without being a caricature. But if he's too sympathetic, can he still be a true villain?
I liked Wyatt Earp in the role of villain in Emma Bull's Territory. He's cold, calculating, powerful - and also elegant and polite. And I like Coraline's "other mother" in Neil Gaiman's Coraline. I know it's a children's book and characters always tend to be less ambiguous for that audience, but I thought she was terrifying.
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Date: 2009-04-24 03:21 pm (UTC)I think writing villains is difficult... like you said, a villain should be distinct without being a caricature. But if he's too sympathetic, can he still be a true villain?
I liked Wyatt Earp in the role of villain in Emma Bull's Territory. He's cold, calculating, powerful - and also elegant and polite. And I like Coraline's "other mother" in Neil Gaiman's Coraline. I know it's a children's book and characters always tend to be less ambiguous for that audience, but I thought she was terrifying.