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Laitoste · 09-26-2006, 05:26 PM

My favorite bad guy? The Ring, unless you count it as part of Sauron. How cool (in concept)/terrifying (in actuality) is an object that can take over your mind and soul? And we all can relate to it. It's the ultimate enemy--how do you fight against an inanimate object? How do you battle something that is corroding your willpower, your very being?

Other than that, the Witch King--what Farael said--or Smaug would have to be my favorites. Such delicious malice! Sauron is almost too easy to ignore--it's the Ring we worry about, the Ring that frightens us. And the only time Sauron scares me in the films is when, in Bree, the Eye suddenly flashes on the screen. I jump off the couch every time...

Oh, and favorite villain on list? Heathcliff. Hands down. Even though I don't remember the book very well, I remember being thoroughly creeped out by him--the whole thing, really.

09-26-2006, 05:26 PM	#11
Laitoste Wight Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Behind the hills Posts: 164	Zaphod Beeblebrox? What? My favorite bad guy? The Ring, unless you count it as part of Sauron. How cool (in concept)/terrifying (in actuality) is an object that can take over your mind and soul? And we all can relate to it. It's the ultimate enemy--how do you fight against an inanimate object? How do you battle something that is corroding your willpower, your very being? Other than that, the Witch King--what Farael said--or Smaug would have to be my favorites. Such delicious malice! Sauron is almost too easy to ignore--it's the Ring we worry about, the Ring that frightens us. And the only time Sauron scares me in the films is when, in Bree, the Eye suddenly flashes on the screen. I jump off the couch every time... Oh, and favorite villain on list? Heathcliff. Hands down. Even though I don't remember the book very well, I remember being thoroughly creeped out by him--the whole thing, really. __________________ "If we're still alive in the morning, we'll know that we're not dead."~South Park Last edited by Laitoste; 09-26-2006 at 05:30 PM. Reason: Forgot something...