Lemme clarify that "villain" here is the more fun word for antagonist, not some category of antagonist more specific. *grin*
Oh, I like Tacroy. And I love Snape. Poor Snape :(
In Cinda Williams Chima's Heir series, there are a lot of villains, but the most fascinating antagonist is a man named Hastings who's on the protagonist's side - or seems to be, who's got this mysterious past and unusual skills.
There's Tom's father (and co-worker, I guess) in The Piper's Son (love love love this one). This is such a brilliant, frighteningly real study in family dynamics. (Not in the US until March, though. I ordered my copy from Australia.)
Mr. Chesney, from Dark Lord of Derkholm. The chief priest from The Goblin Wood, and Coralinda from Mystic and Rider - I seem to like fanatics, oddly enough.
I've discovered that one of the things I like about Jellicoe Road and Long May She Reign is that the enemy that the protagonists are facing are themselves, really. Where there are uncomfortable situations and people who are sometimes nice and sometimes not, but who mostly good people. (This usually only happens in contemporary fiction, though.) And I just realized that in The Cardturner, which is the most recent book that I loved, there's no real antagonist. Except time, maybe. Or luck.
(Also - I haven't read The Perilous Gard. Is it good? And this meme is awesome :)
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Oh, I like Tacroy. And I love Snape. Poor Snape :(
In Cinda Williams Chima's Heir series, there are a lot of villains, but the most fascinating antagonist is a man named Hastings who's on the protagonist's side - or seems to be, who's got this mysterious past and unusual skills.
There's Tom's father (and co-worker, I guess) in The Piper's Son (love love love this one). This is such a brilliant, frighteningly real study in family dynamics. (Not in the US until March, though. I ordered my copy from Australia.)
Mr. Chesney, from Dark Lord of Derkholm. The chief priest from The Goblin Wood, and Coralinda from Mystic and Rider - I seem to like fanatics, oddly enough.
I've discovered that one of the things I like about Jellicoe Road and Long May She Reign is that the enemy that the protagonists are facing are themselves, really. Where there are uncomfortable situations and people who are sometimes nice and sometimes not, but who mostly good people. (This usually only happens in contemporary fiction, though.) And I just realized that in The Cardturner, which is the most recent book that I loved, there's no real antagonist. Except time, maybe. Or luck.
(Also - I haven't read The Perilous Gard. Is it good? And this meme is awesome :)