antihero

  • The Anti-Hero

    I don’t like Superman. He’s just so…good. Annoyingly so. I’m more of a Batman fan. He’s far more entertaining and far less self-righteous. In a book I read, the female protagonist’s life was being threatened by a group of psychopaths. A male saved her by killing them. She called her savior a barbarian because he killed the guys…

  • Liking the Bad Guy

    I’ve said it before, I love morally questionable characters. You know, the antihero. I enjoy writing them. How do you make these little monsters sympathetic without filing down their claws? My characters kill with no remorse. They’re prone to violence and can be more than a little heartless. They treat humans like slightly useful ants. There’s no deep reason they act…