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| Andrew Scott - Moriarty |
(Elementary Spoiler! If you haven't seen the first season, don't read:)
In Elementary, once again, I was well pleased with such a stunning plot twist. Creating Sherlock's love interest, Irene Adler, and his greatest enemy, Moriarty, as one and the same was pure genius! What better way to pit the protagonist against the antagonist by making their lives intertwined in an eternal love/hate relationship. The inner battle torments Sherlock as he now must end his greatest addiction--M--the love of his life, played by Natalie Dormer.
In my new found writing career, I have spent dozens of hours crafting the perfect protagonist. One day I woke up and realized I needed to put the same amount of effort into the antagonist. So, the next time you are tempted to write a typical villain, think of these two Moriartys and think outside the basic bad guy image.
Do you have a favorite villain you created or one from a t.v. series or a movie? My favorite villain from my upper MG mystery (WIP) is a 13 year old green-eyed girl nicknamed Snake Eyes.
#atozchallenge #amwriting #Sherlock #Elementary #Moriarty
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| Natalie Dormer - Moriarty |
Both shows have presented Moriarty well.
ReplyDeleteAnd it's probably odd, but there are no real villains in my books. Close though...
I love all things Sherlock, and I'm a huge fan of the PBS show :) Great post for the letter 'M'!
ReplyDeleteOh I'm such a Sherlock fan! I thought Elementary's choice to make Moriarty a woman, AND Irene Adler, was brilliant.
ReplyDeleteI wish I would have thought of that:) Amazing writers.
DeleteI LOVE thriving antagonists. They should be every bit as complicated and real as the MC, and seriously, if you can't love your antagonist, you have no business writing. I've written one that only my mother seems to hate. Everyone else has this fascination with her wicked and malicious ways. In fact, she's going to get her own series. Ooh!
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Sounds, wickedly fun--her own series! I find a little bit of myself in each of my antagonists. AHHH!!!
DeleteI love wicked antagonists, then they are a good match for the protagonist. I agree that one should never underestimate the bad guy, they can have many aces up their sleeve.
ReplyDeleteDavid Robert Jones the villain in Fringe is a good one.
ReplyDeleteScott reminds me of Mark Ruffalo. I loved the ending to season two when he, basically, calls Sherlock an idiot for thinking there was a master computer code.
ReplyDeleteI love Mark Ruffalo! Great actor. And the Sherlock/Moriarty game Benedict/Scott play is insanely fun to watch:)
DeleteI'm thinking hard and I don't have a favorite villain. They do make a story more interesting.
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I liked the whole twist in Elementary. It also explains a bit of his aversion to serious relationships. Well done.
ReplyDeleteLiz A. from Laws of Gravity
Natalie up there has a very intriguing face! Favorite villain...hmmm...I'm watching Mad Men right now, so my brain is fogged up with that...I do love January Jones. She's such an interesting character--a cold mother and ex-wife who you still find a way to love. But I'm not sure this show has any true villains...everyone's both good and bad, interestingly.
ReplyDeleteVillains are super important. Alfred Hitchcock said, "The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.” And Russell Crowe said, “I like villains because there’s something so attractive about a committed person -- they have a plan, an ideology, no matter how twisted. They’re motivated.”
ReplyDeleteVillains can be such fun. I'm a Captain Hook fan myself. He's a hot mess in every incarnation and in ONCE UPON A TIME he's just plain hot.
ReplyDeleteI love the antagonist in one of my to-be-released books. It flexed my writing muscles to write such an evil character.
ReplyDeleteMoriarty on BBC's Sherlock is THE best villain ever. Hands down. Every scene he was in captivated me and I liked him, even knowing I should hate him.
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