The Bad Guys

[rodentfanatic.livejournal.com]

I remember one of the things I liked about the Anita Blake books was the bad guys. To me, they were always cool, even the lame ones. Who were your favorites, and why? I only read up to NiC, but here are the ones I liked.


Nikolaos: I had yet to read anything by Anne Rice, so the concept of a child vampire was new to me. I like her, and I remember being struck, for some reason, by how she took breath mints to hide the scent of blood. That little thing, to me, seemed a hint of trying to hang on to humanity even after all her years…or maybe she was just enhancing her cute little girl image. Also, calling rats and being able to fly are totally powers I would want. I saw scans of her amazingly 80s-look from the comics, and fell in love with her HUGE FREAKING BOW.

Valentine: I liked the gold mask, okay? And did anyone else get the impression that he was pedophile? I don’t know why, but pedophile characters always intrigue me, perhaps because they’re so under explored and difficult to make sympathetic. Or because I’m a Nabokov nut.

Dominga Salvador: She was awesome, hands-down. And I loved that freaky zombie-chimera she had.

Melanie: I LOVE Melanie. She was, as another lasher put it, “the original she-bitch with a harem”, and unlike with Anita, there was no attempt to paint her any other way. That’s what made her cool. I am still waiting for her to get her revenge. Why have we not seen more of her?!?! Oh, right she’s a woman.

Raina: I LOVE Raina. Much for the same reasons as Mel. Yes, she was a horrible person, but she was a bad guy, and she clearly acknowledged and loved being horrible, versus Anita. Now her poor ghost gets used as yet another excuse for Anita to have sexing’ she “doesn’t really” want.

Raw Head and Bloody Bones: One of my favorite folklore critters, he rarely shows up in media, so I was pleased to see him!

Seraphina: I’ve yet to see another old lady vampire, so I give her points for originality, and the thing with Anita’s mom was a neat thing too.

Xavier: Again, I find pedophiles to be a neat brand of bad guy. *shrug* Dunno why.

Red Woman's Husband: I loved his taste in accessories! Plus, calling the dragon was mad cool. I liked the glimpses gained into his personality as someone who had been deluded for so long.

Chimera: I just liked the concept of a panwere, and I like to think he’s a warning of what Anita could easily become.

Comments

[pandaemonaeum.livejournal.com]

Agreed.