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MELANIE ROUSSEL FICTION
Melanie Roussel
Oct 104 min read
Iago and other manipulative bastards
How can you tell if your favourite character is, in fact, a manipulative bastard?
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Melanie Roussel
Aug 28, 20205 min read
The Mentor
We likely get the narrative concept of the mentor from the Greek mythological character called, surprise surprise, Mentor.
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Melanie Roussel
Jun 15, 20204 min read
Creating Your Own Villain
It’s difficult to say where this trope originated from, given, as far as I can see, it’s been part of Western culture since literature began
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Melanie Roussel
May 31, 20203 min read
Weird and Wonderful Discworld Characters - Honourable Mentions
There are well over 1100 named characters in the Discworld series, far more than I ever have a hope of covering in a month-long series.
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Melanie Roussel
May 30, 20204 min read
Cheery Littlebottom - Forensic Alchemist & Openly Female Dwarf
Cheery is a dwarf from Überwald (basically the Discworld's version of Transylvania) who moves to Ankh-Morpork as many dwarfs to.
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Melanie Roussel
May 22, 20203 min read
The Librarian - Ook
Being a librarian isn't an easy job by any means. But in the Discworld, it can be lethal.
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Melanie Roussel
May 18, 20204 min read
Susan Sto Helit - Death's Granddaughter, a Goth Mary Poppins
Susan Sto Helit is the granddaughter of Death. She's the child of Mort (Death's apprentice) and Ysabell (Death's adopted daughter).
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Melanie Roussel
May 13, 20204 min read
Dee - a villain that I wish could be redeemed
By the way, if any of you are thinking - hang on, this sounds very much like the real-world issue of X, Y or Z then, yeah
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Melanie Roussel
May 11, 20204 min read
Lord Havelock Vetinari - Patrician of Ankh-Morpork
When all is said and done, there is a lot about Vetinari that seems scarily inhuman (in a good way).
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Melanie Roussel
May 8, 20204 min read
Death - CATS ARE NICE
IT IS THE THINGS YOU BELIEVE WHICH MAKE YOU HUMAN. GOOD THINGS AND BAD THINGS, IT’S ALL THE SAME. Hogfather, Terry Pratchett When one...
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Melanie Roussel
May 4, 20203 min read
Granny Weatherwax - Bad Ass Witch and Crone
Granny Weatherwax was not an advertisement for witchcraft. Oh, she was one of the best at it, no doubt about that. At a certain kind,...
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Melanie Roussel
May 1, 20204 min read
Sam Vimes - Commander of the City Watch
Pratchett's go-to figure in the series for law and order. If Vimes agrees, we can usually be assured that it's the just option.
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Melanie Roussel
Sep 16, 20194 min read
6 Clichés of Sci-Fi and Fantasy Villains
Here’s my list of five signs that you're dealing with a clichéd bad guy...
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Melanie Roussel
Sep 9, 20194 min read
Alternative Timeline Episodes Are a Waste of Time
What does Lucifer, The Umbrella Academy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Star Trek, Bones, Red Dwarf and Stargate SG-1 have in common?
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Melanie Roussel
Aug 26, 20194 min read
Killgrave, Allison & Mind Control
George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four is a classic example, but it turns up in pop culture a lot in the 1950s.
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Melanie Roussel
Jul 15, 20194 min read
Disclaiming Science Fiction and Fantasy
That prehistoric literary criticism stifles what authors can do.
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Melanie Roussel
Jul 11, 20194 min read
7 Good Omen Easter Eggs!
I've got a bunch of new weird and wonderful facts and Easter eggs in this series.
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Melanie Roussel
May 27, 20193 min read
Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman gave his list of writing 'rules' which in my opinion are the most sensible and useful I've ever read.
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Melanie Roussel
May 24, 20192 min read
Review: The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett
It's not in the top ten favourites of the Discworld novels, but definitely in the top twenty.
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Melanie Roussel
Apr 17, 20192 min read
The Return of the Obra Dinn
The Return of the Obra Dinn - an Insurance Adventure with Minimal Colour.
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