choices

Lane Haygood · 05 Aug 2011, 16:11 · from 2011-August.txt.gz

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From: lhaygood at gmail.com (Lane Haygood)
Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 11:11:41 -0500
Subject: (urth) choices
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What about Arioch? Sure, he's "evil," in the sense that he wants chaos, but isn't that in keeping with his nature? I guess I never saw Arioch as really immoral or twisted, just... alien?

Or for that matter, the Chaosians or Random in "The Chronicles of Amber." They are antagonists, I suppose, but what, in an absolute sense, makes them any worse than Merlin or Corwin?

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On Aug 5, 2011, at 11:07 AM, "Dan'l Danehy-Oakes" <danldo at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 9:01 AM, Gerry Quinn <gerry at bindweed.com> wrote:
> 
>> My favourite villian is Casmir in Jack Vance's _Lyonesse_, but he doesn't
>> really rejoice in his villainy, and would probably find arguments to justify
>> all his actions.
> 
> Ooooh. Vance's "Demon Princes" are classic villains.
> 
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