tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754456360798018533.post6959536127040952345..comments2023-10-18T03:20:28.362-06:00Comments on Bookshop Talk: Villains . . . Characters we LOVE to HATE!Amy Finnegan {BookshopTalk.com}http://www.blogger.com/profile/10467356529486477863noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754456360798018533.post-25519206971793073612015-02-27T10:24:09.630-07:002015-02-27T10:24:09.630-07:00Great points about the different types of villains...Great points about the different types of villains in Harry Potter! Some of my favorite villains are:<br />Luke from Percy Jackson<br />Simon from the Septimus Heap books<br />The Count of Monte Cristo (who could be seen as both a hero and a villain)<br />Basically, I love villains who are internally conflicted in some way, not just purely evil. Of course, I also love (to hate) Voldemort and Umbridge. I also kind of hate Barty Crouch senior, because he was such a jerk.<br />I want to win a book.Jainahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02204775145211828620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754456360798018533.post-62345037619227124472013-06-15T21:58:52.507-06:002013-06-15T21:58:52.507-06:00I love MC villians, e.g. Artemis fowl. Because he&...I love MC villians, e.g. Artemis fowl. Because he's bad, but you love him. <br />"I want to win a book."Valette M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06636442713682043608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754456360798018533.post-78565660144259656142011-06-20T15:46:19.611-06:002011-06-20T15:46:19.611-06:00Great post Kim. \\I love the demons and wizards in...Great post Kim. \\I love the demons and wizards in Sarah Rees Brennan's books lots of pure evi going on there. <br /><br />Also President Snow in the Hunger Games ~ oh he was chilling!Alix https://www.blogger.com/profile/04684209302932310537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754456360798018533.post-61287418602461685932011-06-17T19:28:00.302-06:002011-06-17T19:28:00.302-06:00Laura: I was going to do Selia! I was thinking, ...Laura: I was going to do Selia! I was thinking, 'Ooh, what about Selia' a mere SECONDS before reading your post!Shelbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06781240808866389200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754456360798018533.post-51764611746076938492011-06-17T17:00:17.196-06:002011-06-17T17:00:17.196-06:00Amoniel: That's because I'm OBSESSED!!! ...Amoniel: That's because I'm OBSESSED!!! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754456360798018533.post-91512193392330630782011-06-17T16:06:19.259-06:002011-06-17T16:06:19.259-06:00Okay, may I just say that I loved how you kept goi...Okay, may I just say that I <i>loved</i> how you kept going back to Harry Potter? :]Amonielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05839976596270685179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754456360798018533.post-28964878745088491052011-06-17T15:56:01.129-06:002011-06-17T15:56:01.129-06:00Laura: Selia = EVIL!!!!!! I love what Shannon Ha...Laura: Selia = EVIL!!!!!! I love what Shannon Hale said about her in the interview I got to do with her a few weeks ago. I asked which of her characters she would invite to her home for supper, and after naming some, she said, "Selia is not welcome in my home. She's just so oily I'd want to take a bath after, and what an energy sucker." :) I love that Shannon created such a REAL character--real even to the woman who made her! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754456360798018533.post-30304898870892595532011-06-17T08:18:15.589-06:002011-06-17T08:18:15.589-06:00Ooh! Another great villainess is Selia from Shanno...Ooh! Another great villainess is Selia from Shannon Hale's THE GOOSE GIRL. She wants to be queen and thinks nothing of starting a war to achieve her goal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754456360798018533.post-12799945396166890582011-06-17T08:13:16.703-06:002011-06-17T08:13:16.703-06:00I think what make Dolores Umbridge such a great vi...I think what make Dolores Umbridge such a great villainess are her absolute conviction, her total respect for authority, and her complete lack of sympathy for anyone she sees as a rebel.<br /><br />I'm currently reading THE PAWN by Steven James, a thriller/mystery. The antagonist calls himself the Illusionist, and is narcissistic and psychopathic.<br /><br />Two great "Man vs. Nature" books (both nonfiction) are INTO THIN AIR and THE PERFECT STORM.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754456360798018533.post-23640669845062083332011-06-17T06:08:26.857-06:002011-06-17T06:08:26.857-06:00Ooo..."good" villains, everyone! Keep &...Ooo..."good" villains, everyone! Keep 'em coming!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754456360798018533.post-31674324736271838582011-06-16T21:01:51.242-06:002011-06-16T21:01:51.242-06:00Oh, I love this topic! Bwwahhhaaaaaahhaahhaaa!
Vo...Oh, I love this topic! Bwwahhhaaaaaahhaahhaaa!<br /><br />Voldie is by far the character I love to hate most. Probably because Harry Potter is the character I love to love most. He's the ultimate bad guy with out an ounce of mercy.<br /><br />I've bitterly disliked some "mean girls" in several books, too. Ella's two step sisters, for example, in Ella Enchanted. <br /><br />The Man Jack in THE GRAVEYARD BOOK . . . oooooo chills.<br /><br />I also think Dolores Umbridge was one of the best villains in literature. She isn't on Voldemoret's side, per se, but this makes her no less evil. Sugar sweet women & purring kittens will never seem the same to me :)<br /><br />GREAT TOPIC, Kim!! Thanks! :)Amy Finnegan {BookshopTalk.com}https://www.blogger.com/profile/10467356529486477863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754456360798018533.post-13535385077968735072011-06-16T10:11:48.285-06:002011-06-16T10:11:48.285-06:00Hmmm...one of them is Lord Arawn from The Chronicl...Hmmm...one of them is Lord Arawn from <i>The Chronicles of Prydain</i>. You never actually meet him or even see him until the end of <i>The High King</i>, but you can sense his evil and his hold over Prydain. He's kind of like Voldemort, but he tends to use other people more to do his "dirty work" for him and he protects himself by never exposing his person openly. Like by being able to take on the physical likeness of any mortal creature.Natalie Gornahttp://equus4ever.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754456360798018533.post-75498213971805376432011-06-15T23:47:26.833-06:002011-06-15T23:47:26.833-06:00Cruella De Ville is one of our family favorites ar...Cruella De Ville is one of our family favorites around here!Emily Yatesnoreply@blogger.com