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March 14th - Minas Tirith is surrounded
"But when men ran to learn what it might be, they cried aloud or wept. For the Enemy was flinging into the City all the heads of those who had fallen fighting at Osgiliath, or on the Rammas, or in the fields."
#lotr#on this day#lord of the rings#the lord of the rings#pippin#pippin took#peregrin took#tolkien#lotr edit#lotr gifs#lotr gif#jrrt#witch king of angmar#witch king#the witch-king#the witch-king of agmar#rotk#the return of the king#minas tirith#nazgul#nazgûl#grond
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Omg what did you think of rings of power!! I was sooo disappointed (spoiler) they made Halbrand Sauron!! I was hoping he would be the Witch of Agmar and slowly be corrupted!! I wanted the slow burning angst!!!!!!
This is, I assume, someone indulging me in my desire to be a villain/heroine influencer, so a) thank you b) I have not watched ROP yet, and have zero Tolkien opinions generally, but i follow a lot of darklina shippers who post about it/ I have read their fic. Galadriel and that human guy who is definitely Sauron have all kinds of things going on; you love to see it. Pristine powerful little elf princesses should indeed bone down with evil witch kings who have taken “pop ten cranberry pills and hope for the best” handsome grungy human man forms for their evil machinations. That scene where she tries to stab him and he just CASUALLY stops her? The weird power shifting as his facade drops? Jesus. 10/10
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I am curious. Who are your fictional boyfriends? I can guess a few as I have been following you for like... Four years. However, I don't recal an actual list.
Well anon... let's get a list of them
Skeletor - He-man
Galand - The Seven Deadly Sins
Bondrewd - Made in Abyss
Gueira - Made in Abyss
Han'nya - Rurouni Kenshin
Skull Knight - Berserk
Dr. Giovanni - Fire Force
Melan - Brigadoon
Perfect Cell - Dragon Ball
Cooler - Dragon Ball
Elias Ainsworth - The Ancient Magnus' Bride
Kurogiri - My Hero Acedemia
Hanami - Jujutsu Kaisen
Kakuzu - Naruto
Original Greed - Full Metal Alchemist
Lord Veloce - Viper RSR
Ainz Ooal Gown - Overlord
Venom - Marvel Comics
Ultron - Marvel Comics
Ghost Rider - Marvel Comics
Taskmaster - Marvel Comics
Harvest - DC Comics
Mr. Bloom - DC Comics
Pyramid Head - Silent Hill
Molag Bal - Elder Scrolls Online
White-Skulls (My Argonian Vestige) - Elder Scrolls Online
J'ra Suul (My Argonian Dragonborn) - The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim
Hircinne - The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind
Joshua Graham - Fallout New Vegas
Hancock - Fallout 4
Garrus Vakarian - Mass Effect
Jaal Ama Darav - Mass Effect: Andromeda
Faust - Guilty Gear
Samuel Hayden - DOOM
Al-An - Subnautica: Below Zero
Abyss Herald - Genshin Impact
Rtas 'Vadum - Halo
Reaper - Overwatch
Genji - Overwatch
Thresh - League of Legends
Lord Shaxx - Destiny
Solaire of Astora - Dark Souls
Giant Lord - Dark Souls
Darklurker - Dark Souls 2
Momotarus - Kamen Rider
Lord Zedd - Power Rangers
General Grievous - Star Wars
Durge - Star Wars
The Destroyer - MCU
Sauron - Lord of the Rings
Witch King of Agmar - Lord of the Rings
I could go on but I will stop. So yeah... Big list.
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“Ah, psychoanalysis,” Hannibal mused, “I feel as though the term was made with myself in mind. Taken from the words ‘psycho’ and ‘anal,’ the former being a perfect adjective for myself and the latter being one of my favorite activities, psychoanalysis often inspires discomfort in those who endure it. Just like me.”
“Wait, what? Sorry, I can’t hear you over how expensive your possessions are.” Will’s fingers picked at the stitching of the chair, which happened to be made of the finest mithril. It had been a Christmas gift from the Witch King of Agmar, Hannibal’s old college roommate, because a Nazgul would clash too much with his suits. - Every Hannigram FanFic Ever: An Adventure in Smut BakerStreetMuse, PinkToby
#crack!fic#hannibal#will graham#hannibal lecter#hannigram#crack fic#i'm cackling#nazgul#lotr#lol#this fic i love it
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My lotr-art project: The Witch King of Agmar
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Headcanon: Merry and Éowen have chronic pain in the arms that they each stabbed the witch king of Agmar with
Yassss!!!! Good Headcanon!!!
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How to Write a Fandom-Worthy Character (Part 1): “The Complex Heroine”
by Rae Elliott
The “strong” heroine is becoming a cliche, one-dimensional character women can’t relate to or don’t find realistic.
So it’s time we toss the “strong/kick-butt heroine” out and replace it with a more satisfying character: the complex heroine.
Fab fictional femmes like Shuri of Black Panther, Rey of Star Wars, and Eowyn of the Lord of the Rings, have raised the bar high for female characters. And, as writers, it’s time we meet that bar.
So what characteristics should your complex heroine possess in order for readers to freak over her?
Competence
Flaws/weaknesses/failures.
A noble cause she stands for.
Let’s talk about how you can use these traits in your own character crafting process.
Competence
All the ladies I spoke of aren’t strong. No, see, the adjective that better describes them is competent. That means they carry their own, they hold down the fort, and they make use of the beautiful brains God gave ‘em- in brilliant ways. See, being competent allows for strength in multiple areas, not just one.
Just wanting your heroine to be “strong” isn’t enough of a goal for her. Women possess many qualities that make them unique, honorable, and resilient. So focusing on strength alone narrows her possibilities. Focusing on creating a competent heroine, however, gives her more dimension, depth, and allows her a variety of goals and abilities.
Shuri, princess and younger sister to T’Challa, wasn’t just sitting on the sideline as her brother changed Wakandan history. She helped him change it- and not just through fighting, either.
Through the use of her awesome brain, Shuri created gadgets, weapons, and teched-out outfits to help her brother’s goal (really, the nation’s goal). She represented her family, her brother, and her people well by giving to it in valuable ways. And although she’s just teenager, Shuri has focus and direction, thereby producing the best works science has ever seen.
Rey survived on her own as a scavenger for years. She defended herself both mentally and physically against countless attacks, including the most fearsome attack from Mr. Prince Emo bad boy himself. Rey was also a quick learner and intuitive with the Force, which made her an excellent mechanic and pilot.
Eowyn, shieldmaiden of Rohan, burns at the fact that women cannot defend those they love. Yet she teaches herself how to handle a sword and hold her own anyway.
Ultimately moved to pull a Mulan and enter the war undercover, Eowyn successfully makes her way to the front. There, she faces the ultimate test of bravery: a smackdown with the Witch King of Agmar.
After the clapback of the century, Eowyn defeats the Witch King in defense of her mortally wounded uncle.
Notice a pattern here? These ladies are all self-taught in some way. Rey, alone most of her life, learns to fend for herself and scavenge to survive. Eowyn, unable to defend those she loves openly, teaches herself the ways of the sword in secret and enters the front in disguise. And Shuri, although she had the best education Wakanda could offer, created these gadgets on her own- always improving where need be.
So here’s the ultimate goal of a competent heroine:
To be a gal that’s got brains- not just brawn.
To have the opportunity to be self-taught, or a self-starter, in at least one area of her life.
To defy the odds and beat expectations.
Flaws, Failures, and Weaknesses
“But why should my heroine have flaws or failures, Rae? Won’t that just make her appear weak or incompetent?”
No, beautiful unicorn, it won’t.
Why?
Because no one can relate to a perfect heroine, a flawless heroine. I don’t know one woman who hasn’t made a mistake in their life (ahem, I’m looking at you, girl in the mirror).
Although the Force was strong with Rey, she still had weaknesses and honest desires gone unfulfilled. She longed to discover who her parents are and find her place in the world. Even though she had discovered her calling, she felt lost nonetheless and wanted, more than anything, for someone to help her find her place in the war. Those powerful, real desires made Rey a believable, relatable, beloved heroine.
As valiant as Eowyn was, she wasn’t without flaws. Her naivety bears down hard on her when she faces the horrors of war. This flaw also leads her to heartbreak, when Aragorn friendzones her hard. But we feel for Eowyn and relate to her struggle to find love in a world overcome with war.
To give your heroine a desire to find love and be loved is not a weakness, it’s a relatable quality.
Clearly, to bear a significant weakness or to fail in some way only makes heroines more relatable, realistic, and complex. Readers want to connect to characters, to see a bit of themselves in the heroine, so make sure you don’t just show her best side.
The point about flaws/failures/weaknesses is this:
Readers will find your heroine relatable and realistic.
They add depth and dimension to your heroine that readers will appreciate.
Standing for a Noble Cause
What does she stand for? What belief does she live for? Would she die for it?
To be apart of something bigger than ourselves gives us great purpose, gives us a wider worldview and perspective outside our immediate needs. Give your heroine that same purpose. If she doesn’t stand for a cause greater than herself, she’ll flatline.
Rey decidedly threw herself into the fight for the rebellion. Even though she lived on the outskirts as a mere scavenger, when the opportunity “rolled” itself into her life, she made her choice. Rey’s beliefs were greatly tested, yet she came out the other side an even more capable character.
Shuri used her talents for the greater good as well. She helped support T’Challa and bring Wakanda to the level of ingenuity it became legendary for. Her works weren’t just a trophy to hang on the wall-they had real purpose, and as a last resort, she used her weaponry in battle herself.
Eowyn wouldn’t stand idly by as Middle Earth fell into the hands of Sauron. She courageously took on a battle no other woman had before. Fighting for the world of men, and even taking a hard hit from the Witch King in the process, Eowyn took her stand valiantly.
Here’s what you need to take away from heroines who stand for a noble cause:
Readers admire and respect a heroine who stands for something bigger than herself.
Fighting an internal or external battle to defend that belief, no matter the odds, helps cement their identity as a beloved heroine.
Let’s be clear about something real quick: your heroine doesn’t have to fight in a battle to be strong. She doesn’t have to swing a sword or battle ax to be considered worthy of our respect.
(In fact, read more about my belief that we need more diverse female characters here)
There are many types of heroines and that’s okay. But if you want to create a complexheroine readers will appreciate, then remember these three keys:
Make her competent
Allow her to use her brain
Let her be a self-starter or self-taught
2. Give her flaws/failures/weaknesses
She doesn’t always have to win every battle (and she shouldn’t)
Failures make her relatable and more beloved to readers
3. Give her a noble cause to stand for
Standing for something greater than herself gives her a purpose readers appreciate
Defending that belief despite great opposition builds her character
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This post leads on from last week’s on antagonists, but is aimed a slightly more specific type of antagonist - the villain. In this, I’ll be looking at some of the most famous antagonists from fantasy-adventure works - the ones who genuinely strike fear into the hearts of our protagonists and are a real threat; the ones we remember long after the story is finished. Villains like Lord Voldemort, Darth Vader, The Witch-King of Agmar, and even the White Witch from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
It should be noted that all of the suggestions I give in the post come in tandem with last week’s post. You should not forget as you read that your villains, like all antagonists, need real motivations, arcs and faces to be interesting.
That being said, how can you write a fantasy villain that inspires that deep sense of fear, power and gravitas?
What Not To Do
Tell, rather than show.
Please don’t write: Lord EvilMan, the most powerful and scary man in all of EvilTown, walked in the room. He looks at the people and says: “I’m so powerful. I could kill every single one of you. Don’t cross me!”
Okay, my example is a bit exaggerated, but the point stands. There is nothing less impressive than a villain telling you how powerful he is, or you simply telling the reader that he is very powerful and scary. More than most things, these traits need to be shown to be effective.
So how do you show these things? Well, here are some ways to consider it:
Reactions and Fear
One of the things that make all the above villains so ominous is the way that other characters react to them over the course of the story. When we discover who fears them, we discover a lot about how dangerous the character is.
Sometimes, it will be the way they react to their presence, for example when Darth Vader enters a room, people will cower and look subservient without him really needing to say anything. Film, of course, has the added benefit of being able to throw some great music and sound design onto this as well, but what is important is that you are capturing the tone in your writing. You should be trying to capture this in your prose and one effective way of doing then is describing how people - especially strong and important people - react to them.
This is even more impactful when the villain isn’t there. Consider how we are introduced to the White Witch in CS Lewis’ wonderful The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. The beavers are extremely scared when her name is mentioned. Tumnus is so scared that he actually betrays his new friends, just because he is worried what will happen to him if he doesn’t. By making the characters do things that are out of character and against what they would usually do at the mere mention of the villain, without the villain actually being there, tells us a lot about their power.
The most obvious example of this working is Lord Voldemort. The fact that before we even meet him people are too scared to say his name in public has a huge effect on our perception of him as a reader. It’s a very clever narrative trick.
This is amplified by the fact that even after he has been defeated people are still too scared to speak his name. They actually flinch when others do it. This helps paint him with all the danger and gravitas that he deserves and means that when we do actually see him rise again at the end of The Goblet of Fire, it becomes one of the most memorable scenes in modern literature. This is because of how Rowling has set him up using others reactions.
I’m not saying that everyone needs to be scared to say your villain’s name. That would be a bit too on the nose and bit too similar to Rowling, I think. But do consider other ways that you can have common and normal people react to discussing or mentioning the villain. This really helps build up their danger.
While having common folk fear the villain is a good thing, sometimes this is even better demonstrated by someone very powerful fearing the villain. In the Lord of the Rings, Gandalf is set up as being an extremely powerful wizard, so when he becomes afraid of the Balrog, we know things are getting serious. This happens again later on where Gandalf is used as a narrative tool to indicate that the Witch-King of Agmar is someone to be really scared of, as he has no desire whatsoever to fight him.
If you can have otherwise powerful and competent heroes suddenly become quite afraid of something or someone in particular, this contrast will really help develop the villain’s sense of strength and danger.
Stories and Mythology
Real worlds and cultures have stories and myths built into everything. Don’t forget about this when you build your world. In The Name of the Wind, the Chandrian appear in fairy tales and songs sung by children. They are very much an old part of the world and that lends them a certain gravitas.
Imagine if your character is walking through a town and their one claim to fame is, “one day Lord EvilMan stopped here to stay the night. Up there is the house he stayed in, they say no one can stay a night in there without going mad.”
This is a demonstration of how your villain becomes part of the cultural tapestry of your world. Name things after them. Have stories, apocryphal or true, told about them. Make people scared.
Real Power and Threat
Your villain needs to pose a real threat to your protagonist. A real threat. There are two things you need for this to be the case.
1. Have them actually do something
Please don’t make your villain all talk and no action. Good examples:
The Chandrian murder Kvothe’s entire family at the start of The Name of the Wind.
Darth Vader orders the destruction of a whole planet. Then he fights Obi Wan and kills him. Then chops off Luke’s hand and throws him down a shaft.
Give your villain some real gravitas and don’t wait until the second half of your story to do it. If you want us to be intimidated and threatened by them, give us reason to be.
2. Imminent Threat
Great villains work well if the protagonist feels like they could be killed at any time. The threat feels very imminent. For all that I love the books, and the villains, my mine gripe with Rothfuss’s Kingkiller Chronicles is the fact that the Chandrian appear so violently at the start and then basically disappear for the rest of the books. They stop feeling like a threat and lose all of that great fear that was built up at the start.
There are many ways of creating an imminent threat. The White Witch is a constant and imminent threat because she has Edmund captured and is slowly turning him against his siblings.
3. Have them far more powerful than your protagonist
Nobody wants a villain who is easily defeatable. The best protagonist / villain relationships are ones that are hugely unbalanced. Our villain needs to be a real threat. Our protagonist should be the severe underdog in any conflict.
Consider Lord Voldemort - apart from some other clever narrative tricks like having the same wand, Harry doesn’t stand a chance. If it was a normal magical duel with no extenuating we all know that he would be dead. There’s no question of the matter.
What power does Frodo have to defeat the Witch-King of Agmar or Sauron for that matter? None, except for the possibility of destroying the ring. But in one on one combat they are a clear and impossible threat.
The White Witch even kills Aslan, our great hero and saviour, without much of a fight. (I know, I know, he comes back, but at the time it has a lot of impact).
A great example of this actually comes from Brandon Sanderson’s YA novel, Steelheart. I think Steelheart is a great villain precisely because he is so completely unstoppable. When they do stop him, it isn’t because the protagonist is stronger or more powerful, but because of another narrative twist.
Conclusion
If you want a really scary, memorable and intimidating villain, consider doing the following:
Show how scary they are by using reactions of other characters, both big and small.
Make them part of the cultural and narrative tapestry of your world.
Make sure they act early on, and don’t just talk about it.
Make them an imminent and real threat and make them far more powerful than your protagonist.
Discussion
This post is designed to both help inspire, but also be a springboard for discussion.
What do you think makes a great villain?
Do you disagree with any of the above?
What are your favourite villains in stories and what makes them work? Do you have other good examples for us to pick apart?
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(without wanting to make this about self-promotion, if you found any of this interesting, feel free to check out www.binge-writing.com - there will be updates every Thursday.)
As much as I strive to post once a week, next week I will be away in Sri Lanka, so may not be able to.
If I am unable, then the week after I will be writing about how to construct individual scenes and chapters and what goes in them.
See you in two weeks, probably.
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March 1st - Frodo, Sam and Gollum begin the passage of the Dead Marshes at dawn. They temporarily halt and hide from a flying Nazgûl.
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10, 28, 40.
10. If you could have one fantasy fulfilled right now, what would it be?
Lol. I want to have sex in public again, preferably under the stars in a different country, like the Maldives. Or just a healthy relationship with a guy that my family and friends like and who supports me.
28. What are your erogenous zones?
My neck, my back, my pussy, and my wenis. Idk really, just pay attention to me and make me feel special.
40. Are you a screamer, a grunter, a moaner, or a groaner?
Lol. I don’t think any of these, but just for fun, I screech like the Witch King of Agmar. Do I get to keep my nerd card?
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Anna’s comprehensive boyfriend list.
Garrus Vakarian
Jaal Ama Darav
Perfect Cell
Cooler
King Cold
Bumblebee
Spinister
Riptide
Bumblebear
Hubcap
Kurogiri
Venom
Ghost Rider
Taskmaster
Ultron
Scar (the predator from avp)
Rtas ‘Vadum
Teeba Ei
Scouts-Many-Marshes
Derkeethus
General Grievous
The Iron Bull
Genji
Reaper
Zenyatta
The Witch King of Agmar
Sauron
Legolas
Skull Knight
Melan Blue
the first Greed from fma
Elias Ainsworth
Bondrewd
Data
Ainz Ooal Gown
Han’Nya
Zer0
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