Comments on: Evil Genius http://www.laurenmclaughlin.net/2009/02/18/evil-genius/ You already know you're being watched. Do you know you're being scored? Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:20:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lauren http://www.laurenmclaughlin.net/2009/02/18/evil-genius/comment-page-1/#comment-355276 Lauren Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:01:24 +0000 http://www.laurenmclaughlin.net/wordpress/?p=209#comment-355276 I have yet to consider the ending of Watchmen because I'm reading it now. Or trying to, I should say. I'm finding the dialog difficult to swallow, as I can't quite tell if it's tongue in cheek or just really cheesy. But I might get attacked by hordes for saying that, so I won't elaborate. I'll just keep reading and hope for the best. I love to leave readers "troubled," but it is a delicate balance. A few readers mistook the Counter-argument of Cycler for the Argument and were, justifiably, horrified by the book. But I guess it's best not to worry about stuff like that. Readers are individuals. I think you should let your hero be the bad guy. Sounds intriguing. I have yet to consider the ending of Watchmen because I’m reading it now. Or trying to, I should say. I’m finding the dialog difficult to swallow, as I can’t quite tell if it’s tongue in cheek or just really cheesy. But I might get attacked by hordes for saying that, so I won’t elaborate. I’ll just keep reading and hope for the best.

I love to leave readers “troubled,” but it is a delicate balance. A few readers mistook the Counter-argument of Cycler for the Argument and were, justifiably, horrified by the book. But I guess it’s best not to worry about stuff like that. Readers are individuals.

I think you should let your hero be the bad guy. Sounds intriguing.

]]> By: Benjamin Rosenbaum http://www.laurenmclaughlin.net/2009/02/18/evil-genius/comment-page-1/#comment-355270 Benjamin Rosenbaum Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:14:59 +0000 http://www.laurenmclaughlin.net/wordpress/?p=209#comment-355270 That was my immediate reaction, too; maybe it's implicit in the way you framed the question. It just occurred to me recently that the hero of my novel might actually be a bad guy. I think I would be okay with this. At the very least you could leave readers pretty troubled, with the sense that maybe it didn't turn out as happily as the hero seems to think it did. Consider the ending of Watchmen! That was my immediate reaction, too; maybe it’s implicit in the way you framed the question.

It just occurred to me recently that the hero of my novel might actually be a bad guy. I think I would be okay with this.

At the very least you could leave readers pretty troubled, with the sense that maybe it didn’t turn out as happily as the hero seems to think it did.

Consider the ending of Watchmen!

]]> By: floatingrunner http://www.laurenmclaughlin.net/2009/02/18/evil-genius/comment-page-1/#comment-350607 floatingrunner Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:13:01 +0000 http://www.laurenmclaughlin.net/wordpress/?p=209#comment-350607 well, my alighment is lawful-good to say the least ;) but... could be dangerous if the actions were done in the anti-hero type of way. well, my alighment is lawful-good to say the least ;) but… could be dangerous if the actions were done in the anti-hero type of way.

]]> By: richard http://www.laurenmclaughlin.net/2009/02/18/evil-genius/comment-page-1/#comment-349527 richard Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:10:24 +0000 http://www.laurenmclaughlin.net/wordpress/?p=209#comment-349527 this is yer Hegelian dialectic, no? IOW, what Claire said: sounds like an <i>opportunity for growth and realisation.</i> this is yer Hegelian dialectic, no? IOW, what Claire said: sounds like an opportunity for growth and realisation.

]]> By: Lauren http://www.laurenmclaughlin.net/2009/02/18/evil-genius/comment-page-1/#comment-349247 Lauren Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:56:45 +0000 http://www.laurenmclaughlin.net/wordpress/?p=209#comment-349247 You guys are dangerous. Let the bad guy win? Jheesh. Could be fun though, couldn't it? You guys are dangerous. Let the bad guy win? Jheesh.

Could be fun though, couldn’t it?

]]> By: claire http://www.laurenmclaughlin.net/2009/02/18/evil-genius/comment-page-1/#comment-348902 claire Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:20:07 +0000 http://www.laurenmclaughlin.net/wordpress/?p=209#comment-348902 oh, let the counterargument win if it must! or maybe the argument is too one-sided and the protag needs synthesis. oh, let the counterargument win if it must! or maybe the argument is too one-sided and the protag needs synthesis.

]]> By: floatingrunner http://www.laurenmclaughlin.net/2009/02/18/evil-genius/comment-page-1/#comment-348688 floatingrunner Thu, 19 Feb 2009 07:20:42 +0000 http://www.laurenmclaughlin.net/wordpress/?p=209#comment-348688 the good does not always triumph. sometimes darkness is needed for the light to show the way. ok you know what, i am just kidding about that. i don't even know what that means. however, if you are very persuaded by your counter-argument, maybe it is supposed to be a "bad-guy" (loosely put because good and bad depends on the protagonist) story? no? ;) the good does not always triumph. sometimes darkness is needed for the light to show the way.

ok you know what, i am just kidding about that. i don’t even know what that means.

however, if you are very persuaded by your counter-argument, maybe it is supposed to be a “bad-guy” (loosely put because good and bad depends on the protagonist) story? no? ;)

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