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Sometimes there is just an easier way, villains! I think as writers we often forget the motives (and logic) of villains in order to create a fun plot for our heroes.
– Ermisenda Alvarez
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Good one! Maybe Voldy likes a good show.
Haha. There might be a reason why he had to be so elaborate. But when it’s put in such simple terms… it doesn’t make much sense. 😛 Thanks for commenting, Jeyna!
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There is truth in this observation indeed, Dahlings. And yet I do enjoy my villains to be melodramatic and over the top. Voldemort certainly fills the bill!
Our most villainous villain in the Netherworld is General Deborah Wylie. She is manipulative and spiteful and no prison can hold her for long, as she always manages to seduce powerful men in a position to free her. The General lives to bring misery upon her hapless nephew, who really never did anything to her except be born. She is definitely a villain who goes to great lengths when it comes to unsavory plots.
Thanks for sharing with us your dramatic villain. I think melodramatic villains can often be lots of fun. At the end of the day, as long as the story is good, I don’t mind if they’re dramatic. 😀
Obvious. It’s one of Voldemort’s major character traits. He is addicted to plotting, to being devious, to obfuscating. Asking HP to jump through hoops (isn’t he simply the other side of Dumbledore, by the way, who insists on Harry doing the same in some journey of self-realisation?) instead of just asking him to touch a portkey is simply the way he would do things. Good grief, here I am defending She-who-must-not-be-named!
“I say, I say, I say. Lord Voldemort has no nose.”
“How does he smell?”
“Terrible!”
I love Harry Potter puns. They make my day! 😀
Start the unnecessarily slow dipping mechanism! Now close the door, walk away, and assume Bond is dead.
Argh, the amount of times I yell at characters in books/movies, ‘Shoot the person/creature in the head at least once! Don’t just walk away. They’re going to come back to hurt/kill you.’ Why can’t characters check if they’ve killed the person?
It is the old code! The villain always hires stupid guards and has easily escapable dungeons and the hero always lets the villain escape from his secret lair. Fair’s fair!
That’s what happens when you let authors make codes. 😛
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ROFL!!!HAHAHA…Lyk it says “DRAMATIC”!!! 😉
Glad you enjoyed it! 😀
I’ve noticed this a lot even as a kid reading a comic book or a random preteen book where the antagonist does way too much and I would find myself thinking: “Why did you do all of that???”
Great post 🙂
Thanks, Moe! Haha definitely. Although a favourite book of mine which has the most dramatic villain is A Series of Unfortunate Events. And I LOVE Count Olaf. I think if you’re going to be dramatic, make a point of it. So it becomes part of the read. 😀
This is true! I’ve put down many books for the simple fact that the Antagonist wasn’t enough to keep me intrested in finding out if the the good guy wins or not. Considering i’m usually cheering for the bad guy to make the “Hero” Work for it! 😀
Haha, I know what you mean! 😀