There are no classic Western protagonists; there is no higher moral ground where heroes wear white cowboy hats and villains are draped in black. John Wayne was the quintessential American movie Western protagonist. When he took on the role of the cantankerous, morally questionable Cogburn, the ...
Every memorable villain needs a good backstory. Anime villains with compelling backstories end up being just as, if not more so, engaging as their heroic counterparts. Since many anime stories are told through multiple episodes, anime villain backstories receive plenty of fleshing out. It...
Great horror movie villains with ridiculous, complicated origin stories underscore how deeply the genre is rooted in the element of mystery. While horror films are known mostly for their nightmarish imagery and heart-pounding musical scores, theconvoluted stories of certain movie villains can greatly a...
SVD missionaries from India, Brazil, Vietnam, Mexico, Angola, Ghana, Indonesia, and the Philippines serve in the Spain Province and infuse the teachings of Saint Arnold Janssen into their work. They promote cohesion and ignite a passion for faith among rural inhabitants. They face adversities wit...
His works tend to incorporate the Psychology of Black/African experience across the diaspora as a means of building rich, fully realized frameworks for stories centered on Black heroes, villains and worlds. He believes that the erasure and exclusion of Black existence from many genres can be ...
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Having lived in Gotham for decades, Spacey has survived countless attacks by supervillains, and today, though a man with many enemies, he refuses to put down his pen no matter what criminal attempts to intimidate him. With his enormous experience and a network spreading over the entire city,...
And, furthermore, it is exceedingly improbable that any villains who had committed such a murder as is here supposed, would have thrown the body in without weight to sink it, when such a precaution could have so easily been taken.” The editor here proceeds to argue that the body must ...
This will lead away from conceptualising problematic cohorts as high emitting ‘villains’ and rather illuminate the socially shared ideas about what these groups hold as good or appropriate, as well as their infrastructural and institutional context, and set the scene for socially and environmentally ...
The brave Jedi. The devious Sith. These iconic heroes and villains embody the struggle between light and dark that is at the very heart of Star Wars. In this exciting middle grade anthology, ten acclaimed authors imagine all-new tales for some of the saga’s most popular characters, from ...