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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?

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

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.

Melanie Roussel

May 13, 20194 min read

Tony Stark: MCU's most beautiful arc

Tony Stark is the best-drawn character in the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Melanie Roussel

Apr 22, 20193 min read

Spoiler Warning

I'm going to attempt to write a whole post without spoiling anything. Except perhaps your view on spoilers.

Melanie Roussel

Apr 16, 20193 min read

The Nuclear Influence

The 1950s was the era of duck and cover. It was also a time when sci-fi came along in leaps and bounds.

Melanie Roussel

Oct 14, 20186 min read

5# Super villains you were actually rooting for

It's a trope as old as time. Why did Sauron, Doctor Doom, Pinky and the Brain and Audrey II want to take over the world? Well, because...