Obsessive Book Lover's Month of Books - Day Seventeen

[idiosyncreant]

Day 17

Villains you think are awesome?

Lemme clarify that "villain" here is the more fun word for antagonist, not some category of antagonist more specific.

So.

Awesome ones?

Smaug.
The Queen of the fairy folk in The Perilous Gard.

Both of these are just what they are, and that makes them the enemy--clever, inhuman, treacherous by nature. Their pride and

Comments

[beth_shulman]

Lemme clarify that "villain" here is the more fun word for antagonist, not some category of antagonist more specific. *grin*

Oh, I like Tacroy. And I love Snape. Poor Snape :(

In Cinda Williams Chima's Heir series, there are a lot of villains, but the most fascinating antagonist is a man named Hastings who's on the protagonist's side - or seems to be, who's got this mysterious past and unusual skills.

There's Tom's father (and co-worker, I guess) in The Piper's Son (love love love this one). This is such a brilliant, frighteningly real study in family dynamics. (Not in the US until March, though. I ordered my copy from Australia.)

Mr. Chesney, from Dark Lord of Derkholm. The chief priest from The Goblin Wood, and Coralinda from Mystic and Rider - I seem to like fanatics, oddly enough

[beth_shulman]

Wow, random italics going on up there!