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MELANIE ROUSSEL FICTION


Iago and other manipulative bastards
How can you tell if your favourite character is, in fact, a manipulative bastard?
Melanie Roussel
Oct 10, 20244 min read
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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
Melanie Roussel
Jun 15, 20204 min read
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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.
Melanie Roussel
May 31, 20203 min read
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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.
Melanie Roussel
May 30, 20204 min read
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Moist von Lipwig - Forger, Con-Artist, Postmaster General
If you're interested in character alignments, Moist is perhaps the best example of a Chaotic Natural character.
Melanie Roussel
May 25, 20205 min read
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The Librarian - Ook
Being a librarian isn't an easy job by any means. But in the Discworld, it can be lethal.
Melanie Roussel
May 22, 20203 min read
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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).
Melanie Roussel
May 18, 20204 min read
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Detritus - Husband, Father Watchman & Troll
I fervently believe, Detritus - my favourite Troll of the Discworld - has the the most transformational arc of the series.
Melanie Roussel
May 15, 20204 min read
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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
Melanie Roussel
May 13, 20204 min read
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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).
Melanie Roussel
May 11, 20204 min read
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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...
Melanie Roussel
May 8, 20204 min read
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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,...
Melanie Roussel
May 4, 20203 min read
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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.
Melanie Roussel
May 1, 20204 min read
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Science Fiction Predicts 2020
2020 is just around the corner. In these troubling times, it's helpful to have an idea of what's in store. Well, fear not, here are a few...
Melanie Roussel
Dec 9, 20192 min read
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6 Clichés of Sci-Fi and Fantasy Villains
Here’s my list of five signs that you're dealing with a clichéd bad guy...
Melanie Roussel
Sep 16, 20194 min read
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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?
Melanie Roussel
Sep 9, 20194 min read
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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.
Melanie Roussel
Aug 26, 20194 min read
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Disclaiming Science Fiction and Fantasy
That prehistoric literary criticism stifles what authors can do.
Melanie Roussel
Jul 15, 20194 min read
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7 Good Omen Easter Eggs!
I've got a bunch of new weird and wonderful facts and Easter eggs in this series.
Melanie Roussel
Jul 11, 20194 min read
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Good Omens - Amazon Prime (Review)
I'm going to say straight away that I absolutely adored this series. It completely lived up to my expectation and then some.
Melanie Roussel
Jun 3, 20193 min read
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