Comments on: Heroes who are mad, bad and dangerous to know…

By: MaryK

MaryK — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:52:19 +0000

“And what do you think is the appeal in a hero who walks that dangerous edge?”

The possibility of having access to the power behind the “mad, bad, and dangerous to know” (being the power behind the throne) and brushing up against that power unscathed. It’s a power trip and an adrenalin rush, IMO.

There’s a really awesome but unpublished SFRish book by Ardath Rekha called Apprentice that deals with this exact issue. It’s fan fiction based on Pitch Black and turns Riddick into a romantic hero without defanging him. [Psychotic killers are not heroes, IMO, but she has such a good explanation for it that I didn’t care.] At the end, Riddick tells somebody, “I don’t work for you; I work for her. Remember that.”

http://ardath-rekha.com/archive/viewuser.php?uid=1

By: Vinity

Vinity — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:20:44 +0000

I’d go with Clay from Kelley Armstrong’s Otherworld.

Or to take a completely different spin, How about the Hero who is civilized surrounded by wild things. John Crichton {Farscape} is dangerous in his own way but the truly dangerous one is Aeryn Sun {female lead} The entire show is him taming her! I mean, come on, who can resist a chick in leather who 2 minutes after meeting a dude, beats him up and is sitting on his face! Welcome to Farscape!

By: Anneela

Anneela — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:53:23 +0000

My bad boy rake is Ian Thornton from Judith McNaught’s Almost Heaven…sigh

By: Bentje

Bentje — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:13:35 +0000

anyone ever read Trudi Canavan’s Black Magician Trilogy? I kinda like Akkarin *g* who is the bad guy in those books (well till the heroine (somewhen in the third book) discovers that actually he is just trying to rescue everybody)…

By: Nalini Singh

Nalini Singh — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:47:18 +0000

I love Judd as as character – and I especially love seeing how he’s developing from book to book.

By: Bridget Locke

Bridget Locke — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:22:18 +0000

Me? Kick him out of bed? ha! lol

Oh, Judd! He’s still my favorite Psy/Changeling hero w/ Dorian right behind. What about Raphael? Talk about a dark, twisted hero. YUMMY!

By: Ceres

Ceres — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:29:47 +0000

Hello to everyone!

I have to say, very nice list indeed, I’m impressed. But why hasn’t anyone mentioned Judd yet? He may not be a sword-swinging, uncivilized badass but he is definetely an assassin in the true sense of the meaning. He is stubborn, betrays nothing to those who don’t know him and damn possessiv for a psy. I was totally in love with the leopard changelings but then Judd came along and I was truely lost. ^_^ If anything ever happened to Brenna again he’d leave no stone unturned to find the culprits and kill them. And they wouldn’t even see it coming because Judd’s the type that creeps up on you from the shadows and before you even notice what happened you’d be dead. If anyone had to face up to that guy I’d say they better make their peace with the world real quick. ^_~

Oh, and I’d also like to add Cian McKeltar from Karen Marie Monings books. Mr epitome of uncivility himself. ^_^ He’s one tough bastard and damn hot too. But Jessie knows how to handle him. ^_^

By the way, does anyone remember the movie series Princess Fantaghiro? I just LOVE Tarabas!!!!

By: Shannon

Shannon — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:08:47 +0000

Sweet! I can’t wait for AK-you’ve definitley made my night!

By: Nalini Singh

Nalini Singh — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:36:41 +0000

But would you kick him out of bed? That is the real question

By: Nalini Singh

Nalini Singh — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:36:02 +0000

Maybe time for a reread?

And Dmitri is all kinds of bad in AK