Carcer in Pratchett's _Night Watch_? "I can see your house from here."
The elves in Lords and Ladies? Maybe they're shallow or just alien.
Twelve Kingdoms has character who seems neither sadistic nor "doing the necessary thing", he's lashing out in self-destructive petulant rage. There's another character who... we can't tell his motivation yet, but spiteful "let the world fall" destruction may be part of it.
The Other and Bangladesh Dupree and Old Heterodynes in Girl Genius. Given free rein, the Jaegers and Castle.
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Date: 2012-05-07 11:53 pm (UTC)The elves in Lords and Ladies? Maybe they're shallow or just alien.
Twelve Kingdoms has character who seems neither sadistic nor "doing the necessary thing", he's lashing out in self-destructive petulant rage. There's another character who... we can't tell his motivation yet, but spiteful "let the world fall" destruction may be part of it.
The Other and Bangladesh Dupree and Old Heterodynes in Girl Genius. Given free rein, the Jaegers and Castle.
Ges, Serg, and Cavilo in Bujold.