tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32908111.post1272472844594240659..comments2024-02-15T21:08:50.441-05:00Comments on TRISH'S DISHES: Making A Bad Guy BearableTrish Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18038324441006141430noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32908111.post-37268114775699310422009-10-14T12:47:47.353-05:002009-10-14T12:47:47.353-05:00I brief study on non-violent psychopaths should do...I brief study on non-violent psychopaths should do it. Check out "Without Conscience" by Robert Hare. They are often charming, seductive, possess an innocence, etc.,...but watch out...they are the among the most toxic! And the frustrating part is most people can't see their true colors and adore them--that is, until they leave a wake of destruction behind them.kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02960292730816811421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32908111.post-13834637276632988072009-10-14T10:10:56.879-05:002009-10-14T10:10:56.879-05:00I think Marian Keyes did a great job in her book &...I think Marian Keyes did a great job in her book "That Charming Man" describing an incredibly handsome, charming (as the title states) man who is, in reality, abusive and abhorrent. You can see how the women in the book fell for him but yet you as the reader want to scream "NO - stay away! He's awful!"Rachaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01324452346335000961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32908111.post-85216106667579439942009-10-13T20:03:09.170-05:002009-10-13T20:03:09.170-05:00I guess it depends on whether you'll give us e...I guess it depends on whether you'll give us enough of his back story to explain any of his issues. Like, in Thomas Harris' book 'Red Dragon', he gets into the abusive background of the killer, Francis Dolarhyde. He's still a horrid monster. But when the murderer befriends a blind girl, he shows her a human side that he never allows for his victims. It's quite a nifty dichotomy that I think is portrayed better in the 1986 movie 'Manhunter' than in the 2002 remake 'Red Dragon'. Just a thought.LEstes65https://www.blogger.com/profile/15963146455105319876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32908111.post-27771348812900448352009-10-13T19:02:08.650-05:002009-10-13T19:02:08.650-05:00In his book "The People of the Lie" M. S...In his book "The People of the Lie" M. Scott Peck describes a couple whose son he treated for depression as "evil". He was a psychiatrist, so this was not a statement he made lightly.<br /><br />According to Peck, they were a nice looking couple who presented themselves as concerned about the welfare of their son who was having a breakdown. As he worked with the boy one-on-one, he learned that the boy's brother had shot himself the previous year. Further conversations led to questions about the parents and a gift they had given the surviving son the Christmas after his brother had died -- a gun. Peck was shocked when the boy reported that his parents had given him a gun just months after his brother had taken his own life. The 16 year-old replied, they didn't give me A gun, they gave me THE gun. The one his brother had used to kill himself. <br /><br />This anecdote was non-fiction, but chilling. This paradoxical version of evil as a coldness/lack of love housed in a woman in a pill-box hat and her husband in a sensible suit, is described in detail by Peck in the book and might be quite helpful to you as you develop this character.Joan Ballhttp://www.flirtingwithfaith.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32908111.post-62811841129735938442009-10-13T18:03:20.441-05:002009-10-13T18:03:20.441-05:00Tom Perrotta brilliantly evoked sympathy for the p...Tom Perrotta brilliantly evoked sympathy for the pedophile sex offender, Ronnie, in Little Children. Just the thought of him still gives me the creeps. Yet, I felt sorry for him. How did Perrotta do it? Well, Ronnie's mother loved him, and he loved his mother. And the pedophile was portrayed as victim more than perpetrator of his own demons.Darrelyn Saloomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11948492186125419830noreply@blogger.com