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Heroes - Villains
Welcome To Heroes-Villains
Written by Alexis Hope   
Monday, 13 October 2008 14:20

Welcome, this site is still young so bear with us. Our aim is to become a comprehensive directory of all Heroes and Villains. Mainly as a character guide and reference. We will also gather information on character creation, and hope to provide inspiration for writers, game creators, illustrators etc.

 Villains have always been an interest of mine (as well as heroes but mainly villains). There motivation has always fascinated me. We all have things we care about so motivation for a heroes is some what easier to conjure up in a story. Villains on the other hand have a tendency to be destructive, and a well written story always has a convincing bad guy.

Fiver from "Watership Down” was always a favorite hero of mine as he's not a complete 'Super Hero'. He had powers to his advantage but they only governed the decisions made by him and his brother Hazel. Hazel was the muscle of the two with charismatic leadership. Yet he also was very believable. Well done to Richard Adams who wrote that book.

These memorable characters are important not just in story writing/telling but as idols for us to look up to. They don't have to be from comic books for us to idolize them. Some of us enjoy the reality based idols, but either way they're still important people in our lives.

Enjoy the site.
Last Updated ( Sunday, 02 November 2008 04:28 )
 
Summary of a Villain
Written by Alexis Hope   
Monday, 13 October 2008 14:09
What's a villain? A wicked evil person; a scoundrel? Or as Agnes Repplier says - "A villain must be a thing of power, handled with delicacy and grace. He must be wicked enough to excite our aversion, strong enough to arouse our fear, human enough to awaken some transient gleam of sympathy. We must triumph in his downfall, yet not barbarously nor with contempt, and the close of his career must be in harmony with all its previous development." - Agnes Repplier Last Updated ( Friday, 03 October 2008 )
 
Villains
Written by Alexis Hope   
Monday, 13 October 2008 14:23
Villain: a cruelly malicious person who is involved in or devoted to wickedness or crime; scoundrel.

Key word in the above description 'devoted'. Such devotion often leads to their demise. There devotion has to be admired in some way, if only we were all so dedicated to a cause, we'd live in a completely different world. 

The origon of the word is a interesting one, coming from the old French/ late Latin 'Villanus'. Meaning peasant or worker of the soil of a Villa. The word become an insult suggesting treacherous (trechious) behaviour.

In folk tales the villain oposes the hero character, either in a fight or compition. The character is usally applied to fairy tales, folk tales, or fictional stories. And is a  almost nessesary asset to any popular story.

Cinderella's step sisters and great examples, chooping off parts of there own feet to fit the shoe posing as the hero. Wow thats what I call devotion lol. These characters have aided in the stors popularity.

 
Heroes
Written by Alexis Hope   
Monday, 13 October 2008 14:24
hero: a man of distinguished courage or ability, admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities.

So here is our definition, its a pretty broad description. When submitting heroes go by this. In my opinion heroes in novels, comics, movies, and reality are all potential idols for us. In many ways heroes and villains are a new religion. If you're not one to go to church I bet you've been to a movie. And if you like it or not you'll remember some part of those characters that you identified with. So in some ways their actions leading by example create the moral boundaries we live our life by.

Techniquely the term hero is used in Classics studys. Referancing men and women with god or demi-god ansestory in Greek religion. When I use the term I think 'notiable person of virtue'. A virtious character can be found in many story mediums, and are generally the publicly admiered character.

Although heroes are aligned with the good guys they share many similaritys with the badies. Both characters usually suffer a trobled childhood but divert in alignment along the way.