Patrick Bateman

Christian Bale's Patrick Bateman. "American Psycho" .

Imagine this in Bate's cheesy voice. He has a fantastic body, an unexplainable rage and lust for blood, and he has to go return some video tapes.
This business man gone American Psycho is a real treat. With superficial characters, this movie has deep subject matter and monologues that really make you think. He is a perfectionist and a clean freak which reminds everyone to stay away from people that make you use a coaster.

The Mirror Queen

Monica bellucci's The Mirror Queen. "The Brothers Grimm"

Seductive, hypnotizing and starving. Starving for the youth of young girls, all in the vain attempt to recover her beautiful looks. She uses an enchanted dagger to pierce the vulnerable hearts of men so that they will become her slaves. All while she lies in a stone tower and slumbers. And trust me, she needs her beauty sleep! Because when she isn't looking into her magic mirror on the wall, she looks like this..........



Enough said.

Archibald Cunnigham

Tim Roth's Archibald Cunningham. "Rob Roy." He's a calculating bastard abroad, a seducer and assaulter of women, and a brit terrorizing the Scottish Highlands. Not only that but he's a skilled sword fighter. All of that while being dressed fabulously.

Count Rugen

Christopher Guest's Count Rugen. "The Princess Bride".

Count Tyrone Rugen is the six fingered man. He is into the science of pain, using victims as Guinea pigs of torture. Westly can contest to that. He killed Inigo Montoya's father(and then disfigured Inigo) if you didn't know, but he was not "prepared to die". He shows this, after being confronted by revenge seeking Inigo, by running away. Quite cowardly, yes? It's probably one of the most famous scenes in movie villain history...
But still, we must give the Count props, he was much more fascinating than his dear friend Prince Humperdinck(who is the main antagonist of the film). Not to mention, he has a fantastic goatee and a discouraging, pompous voice that is both grimey and seductive.

Cesare Borgia

of  Showtime's "The Borgias" portrayed by François Arnaud.

Cesare is tall, dark and handsome...And ruthlessly ambitious. He is our "Papal prince" with his father being Pope Alexander VI. And at that time(the late 1400s to early 1500s), the pope had ALL the power. And when daddy has all the power, you can do pretty much anything you want.

He is the eldest of the Borgia siblings and like any son, longs for his father's approval and love. But he is plagued by the jealousy of younger brother, Juan, who is obviously daddy's favorite. He deals with this burning jealousy, and his brother's detriment to the family name, by murdering Juan. Other people he's murdered include: his lover's husband, his sister's ex husband, his sisters current husband...the list goes on.
Did I mention he has an "evil henchman", the hardened brutal Micheletto Corella, who kills anyone on Cesare's command?



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 He likes to set people on fire and sleep with his sister, as well.

Overall, Cesare is a family man...
Awkward wording. But I digress, he wants what is best for his family and some love. His one soft spot is his sister, Lucrezia. She is his everything and their love is on fire and as Lucrezia says," Only a Borgia can truly love a Borgia."  

If you enjoyed The Borgias on SHO and are angry that the show was cancelled,
here is a link to VOTE to bring the show back:

 http://www.smgo.tv/shows/the-borgias/

Here is the petition site as well(We have almost 20,000 signatures) : http://www.thepetitionsite.com/496/753/349/we-need-4th-season-of-the-borgias-on-showtime/

What makes a villain

—What makes a Villain—

There is a saying that goes, "A story is only good as the bad guy is bad."
I could not agree more with this statement and I've created this blog to prove it to you. Villains are important. They create conflict(they are conflict in character form) and with out conflict, what is the purpose of the story?
I thought that to better understand villains and what makes them great, I would write up a "referral sheet". This is a list I've compiled of what makes a villain.


•Motive: WHY the villain is doing what said villain is doing. Whether it be to prove themselves, vengeance, or to satisfy their own blood lust, etc, etc, etc.


•Back story: Usually villains have a harrowing back story which can contribute or tie in to their motive. A back story adds depth to our villain and could serve to induce pity or even have readers and viewers feeling like they could relate. There are villains that had once been the "good guy".


•Mental traits: Such as intelligence, curiosity, cruelty, manipulation, calculation, etc, etc, etc.

 •Scheming and Plotting: I decided to put this in a category of its own. Everyone loves a good, organized villain that either keeps having everything go wrong for them or keeps coming out one step ahead.

•Emotional traits: These are obvious ones. Jealousy, rage, anger, sorrow, etc, etc, etc. Then some not so obvious ones. Regret, pity, helplessness...

•Appearance: This one is tricky. Villains appear in all different forms, some can even be very attractive. Though when it comes to the "stereotypical villain" these appearance traits come to mind. A dark figure, hump back, physical defects, pale, grimy/greasy.
Popular Villain colors: Black, red, green, purple...


•Justification: Many villains believe that what they are doing IS right and that they are justified in doing it which gives them just as much drive as the protagonist/hero/heroine.

•Ambition: Think Machiavelli's "The Prince". (See here: http://www.sparknotes.com/philosophy/prince/) Sometimes a villain is just trying to make his way up in the world, and doing so ruthlessly, not caring how many people they step on(or kill).


•Insanity: In some cases, a villain is just completely nuts and that's why they are the way they are. Other times, a villain is only a little "off" and this can contribute to what makes them interesting.


•Victims and/or hero/heroine/protagonist: A villain is nothing without victims. A hero/heroine is nothing without a villain.

And lastly...


 •Doing a lot of bad deeds/ being up to no good/ Cruel intentions: This goes with out saying but I jot it down anyway! For lack of a better word, well, duh!

Now that I have created this list to refer to as I blog about villains, I want to hear from you. What do you think makes a villain? Tell me about your favorite villains in literature, movies and TV. What makes them so great?

Leave me a comment below!