Someone has produced one for the Green Lion -- I have some vague suspicions as to whom, but no certainties.
Certainly not much of it that seems very convincing.
In addition to the reasons you give, there's the difficulty of writing villains from the villain's perspective. The mental cramp of "thinking evil/twisted/alienated/sociopathic" can become very unpleasant after a while (see C.S. Lewis on Screwtape) -- at which point the temptation to make said villain out to be not so bad, after all, rears its ugly head. This is different from writing a genuinely complex villain, btw, with colliding motivations and the possibility of being turned and all that. (Also different from writing Friendly Vampires, at which I normally just roll my eyes, because too few Friendly Vampire writers manage to create a set of preconditions for same that don't cause my suspension of disbelief to hit the ground and complain about the bruises for the next three days.)
[randomly passing by; doesn't this comment look stalkery? XD]
Actually, it looks like a comment. :-) My fault for mentioning your name (though I took the precaution of misspelling it -- usually that works, but you must be a particularly strong LJ avatar. Memo to self: redraw protective circles on Saturday when moon is full ... )
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Date: 2006-10-04 12:23 pm (UTC)Someone has produced one for the Green Lion -- I have some vague suspicions as to whom, but no certainties.
Certainly not much of it that seems very convincing.
In addition to the reasons you give, there's the difficulty of writing villains from the villain's perspective. The mental cramp of "thinking evil/twisted/alienated/sociopathic" can become very unpleasant after a while (see C.S. Lewis on Screwtape) -- at which point the temptation to make said villain out to be not so bad, after all, rears its ugly head. This is different from writing a genuinely complex villain, btw, with colliding motivations and the possibility of being turned and all that. (Also different from writing Friendly Vampires, at which I normally just roll my eyes, because too few Friendly Vampire writers manage to create a set of preconditions for same that don't cause my suspension of disbelief to hit the ground and complain about the bruises for the next three days.)
[randomly passing by; doesn't this comment look stalkery? XD]
Actually, it looks like a comment. :-) My fault for mentioning your name (though I took the precaution of misspelling it -- usually that works, but you must be a particularly strong LJ avatar. Memo to self: redraw protective circles on Saturday when moon is full ... )
Peace!