tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post8281436191215540606..comments2024-03-27T13:16:32.943-05:00Comments on Western Fictioneers: VILLAINS AND TREACHERY! by Cheryl PiersonWestern Fictioneershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01683314579075461026noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-3861720496692714822018-08-08T09:34:06.022-05:002018-08-08T09:34:06.022-05:00Maybe I'm a bit late to the party, but about v...Maybe I'm a bit late to the party, but about villains- my movie one is the first and the best because he is in the first ever movie western I've ever seen - is Tuco. Villain form books- well, there is a writer James Carlos Blake. He had a book "Wildwood boys", very violent, very gritty with ending that can make you either throw away that book in disgust or howl with joy (I howled). So we have in that book a villain protagonist: good friend, good son, good brother, even a good husband, and a good horse-thief too. Bloody Bill Anderson. no-bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05844136222184229263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-77833797108862259772018-05-24T09:45:41.705-05:002018-05-24T09:45:41.705-05:00Yay!
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exponent...Yay!<br />yoo RITE!!<br />Gotta lotta<br />extraordinary<br />exponential<br />exactly.<br />Wannnum??-blessed b9, Catalyst4Christhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13650964620664544661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-22241793856659993292018-05-17T00:10:34.704-05:002018-05-17T00:10:34.704-05:00Thank you, so much, Elizabeth. I appreciate the ve...Thank you, so much, Elizabeth. I appreciate the very very kind words! Oh, yes, Fallon was sooo awful. Made me wonder "What have I done?" LOL <br /><br />I know what you mean about Dances With Wolves and Dr. Zhivago, too. And I sure know what you mean about not enough hours in the day, too. <br /><br />Thanks so much for stopping by and commenting (I love long comments!) And yes, that poem is just unforgettable once you've read it.<br />Cheryl Piersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116526340220274282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-9206962220582505292018-05-16T23:43:05.773-05:002018-05-16T23:43:05.773-05:00Oh, wow, that last stanza, so heartwrenching. I lo...Oh, wow, that last stanza, so heartwrenching. I love poetry and I've written light poems and serious poems, quite a few published. It's easier for me to write poetry than create an evil villain. I admire authors like you, Cheryl, who can create such tortured villains. Mine, for the most part, have reasons why they behave as they do. I do know that they have to be strong and cunning to be a challenge for the hero. Probably the worst villain I've created is in my New Brunswick story, a mean, heartless father. Your Fallon is a great example of evil. My most memorable villain was Komarovsky in Dr. Zhivago, played by the incredible Rod Stewart. The movie followed the book meticulously, only changing the ending. It remains one of my top five movies/books. Another book/movie I love for different reasons, is Dances With Wolves. Oh my did I hate those soldiers when they beat up Lt. Dunbar, but even more so, when they shot Two Socks as well as Dunbar's horse. I was so ashamed and angry at two of those illiterate boors. As usual, I got long-winded with my comments. Love your writing, Cheryl. I have three of your books on the go, as well as a couple others. Just not enough hours in a day.Elizabeth Clementshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16553904624219542353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-42646368455888537272018-05-16T22:47:25.298-05:002018-05-16T22:47:25.298-05:00I love this because it shows two viewpoints of mot...I love this because it shows two viewpoints of mothers--both of them love their sons...you know the rest.<br /><br />Two Mothers<br /><br />Long time ago, so I have been told,<br /> Two angels once met on streets paved with gold.<br />“By the stars in your crown,” said the one to the other<br />“I see that on earth, you too, were a mother.<br /><br />And by, the blue-tinted halo you wear<br />“You, too, have known sorrow and deepest despair…”<br /> “Ah yes,” she replied, “I once had a son,<br /> A sweet little lad, full of laughter and fun.”<br /><br />“But tell of your child.” “Oh, I knew I was blessed<br /> From the moment I first held him close to my breast,<br /> And my heart almost burst with the joy of that day.”<br /> “Ah, yes,” said the other, “I felt the same way.”<br /><br />The former continued: “The first steps he took-<br />So eager and breathless; the sweet startled look<br /> Which came over his face – he trusted me so.”<br /> “Ah, yes,” said the other, “How well do I know”<br /><br />“But soon he had grown to a tall handsome boy,<br /> So stalwart and kind – and it gave me so much joy<br /> To have him just walk down the street by my side”<br /> “Ah yes, “said the other mother,<br />“I felt the same pride.”<br /><br />“How often I shielded and spared him from pain<br /> And when he for others was so cruelly slain.<br /> When they crucified him – and they spat in his face<br /> How gladly would I have hung there in his place!”<br /><br />A moment of silence – “Oh then you are she –<br />The mother of Christ”; and she fell on one knee.<br /> But the Blessed one raised her up, drawing her near,<br /> And kissed from the cheek of the woman, a tear.<br /><br />“Tell me the name of the son you love so,<br /> That I may share with your grief and your woe.”<br />She lifted her eyes, looking straight at the other,<br />“He was Judas Iscariot: I am his mother.”<br />Author Unknown<br />Cheryl Piersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116526340220274282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-29988964555142174252018-05-16T21:20:47.049-05:002018-05-16T21:20:47.049-05:00He sounds like my kind of villain, Gordo. I'm ...He sounds like my kind of villain, Gordo. I'm like you--I love a many-faceted character and I am always interested in why they chose the path the chose rather than something different--why did they choose to self-destruction, evil, cruelty rather than doing right and good? There's a poem out there that illustrates this so wonderfully. It's about two mothers talking about their children--Jesus and Judas. I'll post it if I can find it.<br />Cheryl Piersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116526340220274282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-50665906770823974082018-05-16T21:00:57.396-05:002018-05-16T21:00:57.396-05:00A good article, Cheryl. I like for heroes to have ...A good article, Cheryl. I like for heroes to have some flaws or weaknesses. They are not totally merciless, not totally consumed with evil, and aren't the toughest meanest, callous, immoralest, or rudest. My favorite villain was a Soviet Spetsnaz (the Soviet Special Forces) officer in mu co-authored "Target Texas," a WWIII techno-thriller. He was tough, out to hunt down American Rangers, proficient, and dedicated, but he got cold and hungry like anyone else, and though brutal, he had self-imposed lines he'd not cross.Gordohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17411491669023091364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-24067805817764125992018-05-16T17:47:26.452-05:002018-05-16T17:47:26.452-05:00Aw, thanks, Doris. I love villains--not in real li...Aw, thanks, Doris. I love villains--not in real life, but to write about and contemplate. What makes them tick? I bet your work was very interesting, but heartbreaking, as well. I can see how the younger kids that go down the wrong path would see that what they were doing, they were doing for the 'right' reasons, even if that wasn't really true.Cheryl Piersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116526340220274282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-75568353774386030872018-05-16T17:46:03.342-05:002018-05-16T17:46:03.342-05:00I love villains, too, Kaye. Yes, the flaws are so ...I love villains, too, Kaye. Yes, the flaws are so wonderful to explore, aren't they? Unfortunately for my villains, they never overcome their flaws...SIGH.<br />Cheryl Piersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116526340220274282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-34544031114767192382018-05-16T17:31:38.425-05:002018-05-16T17:31:38.425-05:00The one thing I know, from my work with juvenile d...The one thing I know, from my work with juvenile delinquents, they believe what they are doing is the right thing. It may be wrong in the eyes of the world, but it their minds they are right/justified, etc. When that kind of villain shows up, I love it. <br /><br />I do love all the stories you listed. Such great reads. DorisRenaissance Womenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09045401344374224512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-66788574297682966112018-05-16T13:50:59.347-05:002018-05-16T13:50:59.347-05:00Cheryl,
Villains are my favorite to write. I als...Cheryl, <br /><br />Villains are my favorite to write. I also like the hero who has a hint of villainy in his personality - his “flaw” - that he battles and overcomes. Kaye Spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13530735658588595790noreply@blogger.com