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16. Nothing likeable about Lord Voldemort

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Sat Aug 25, 2018, 06:54 AM

Aug 2018

from the Harry Potter series, but he was much smarter than Lord Orange, so therefore a more interesting villain.

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I've spent a lifetime reading fictional novels, classical and popular, [View all] PCIntern Aug 2018 OP

Maybe a stupider version of Baron Harkonnen from "Dune"? The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2018 #1

It's because one of the first rules of creating literary characters is that there has to be diva77 Aug 2018 #2

And relatively believable. dchill Aug 2018 #4

You might try "Tropic of Kansas" by Chris Brown catrose Aug 2018 #3

At one point I thought the vanity and stupidity was on par with MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #5

It's Shakespearean tragicomedy. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2018 #6

In that eventually the whole damn family goes down & Dad is left madly howling on a blasted heath Hekate Aug 2018 #14

*Wow* for your post, but SHITLER ain't that big a deal. UTUSN Aug 2018 #7

Seems like a typical dumb greedy rich guy to me oberliner Aug 2018 #8

How about Zap Brannigan? pecosbob Aug 2018 #9

Zap isn't that evil Monty Burns seems about right. mucifer Aug 2018 #26

Whew! I had to take a breath at each comma. OxQQme Aug 2018 #10

I JUST posted almost exactly the SAME point in other words (although less eloquently), and... bellmartin Aug 2018 #11

A friend of mine just posted in response to an article in the Atlantic MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #12

Don't hold yourself back; tell us how you reall feel! Tell you what, though... Hekate Aug 2018 #13

Count Olaf, Series of Unfortunate Events? Nt lostnfound Aug 2018 #15

Nothing likeable about Lord Voldemort tavernier Aug 2018 #16

Exactly, I keep coming to him and rejecting the comparison bellmartin Aug 2018 #19

Vulgarmort ProfessorPlum Aug 2018 #39

You have a way with words. Develop this and submit it to a top newspaper as op-ed. Le Gaucher Aug 2018 #17

I've actually thought about it... PCIntern Aug 2018 #18

So well described. BlancheSplanchnik Aug 2018 #20

That's very insightful... PCIntern Aug 2018 #21

Thanks! BlancheSplanchnik Aug 2018 #25

I completely relate Blanche! smirkymonkey Aug 2018 #22

Hi smirky! Iv been in lurk mode lately, BlancheSplanchnik Aug 2018 #24

Good to see you! smirkymonkey Aug 2018 #28

Snarf! Yes! bwaHAAA! Why, yes indeed, BlancheSplanchnik Aug 2018 #32

He is a piece of shit from Satan's toilet dalton99a Aug 2018 #23

My writing critique group now starts every session with bitch session about Trump CrispyQ Aug 2018 #27

Or, the headline... wryter2000 Aug 2018 #31

Shakespeare could have managed to do him justice... First Speaker Aug 2018 #29

Shakespeare's Macbeth.. Cha Aug 2018 #44

H.P. Lovecraft would have been able to pull it off. Dave Starsky Aug 2018 #46

This reads like Dennis Miller's fantasy version of The Aristocrats joke... colinmom71 Aug 2018 #30

🤣 BlancheSplanchnik Aug 2018 #33

That's funny...thanks! nt PCIntern Aug 2018 #35

Flashman Cartoonist Aug 2018 #34

As the Saying Goes, "Truth is Stranger then Fiction" dlk Aug 2018 #36

He's also a "poor pitiful me" type: "Unfair. "Sad." "Not nice to me." VOX Aug 2018 #37

Best description of him I've read yet. llmart Aug 2018 #38

kick n/t blitzen Aug 2018 #40

You are going to see a plethora of Trump like villains in future novels. Kablooie Aug 2018 #41

I always thought that he and his "presidency" would have made a good subject for a Vonnegut novel. Crunchy Frog Aug 2018 #42

Bravo, PCIntern.. you've described his Cha Aug 2018 #43

Even Stephen King said he would never have conceived of Trump. Dave Starsky Aug 2018 #45