Diversity in fiction is important, but it shouldn’t be ‘forced’ or for diversity’s sake. One of the many things I love about Black Panther is that it doesn’t go out of its way to tell you that it’s about African people. It simply shows its pride for those of African […]
Tag: character
On Character
Martin Luther King once said that he dreamed of a world where we judged people based on the content of their character, not the colour of their skin. Sadly we still have yet to enter that world. But what is character? Character is what makes us who we are inside. […]
Discussing Characters on Breaking Bad
Time for another character discussion post! After a few years of watching the first season then stopping, watching the first and second season a few years later and then stopping, and finally completing seasons three, four and five, I finally finished Breaking Bad. And what a phenomenal show with an […]
Cersei Lannister: A Complex Villain
Beautiful. Manipulative. Narcissistic. Paranoid. Maternal. Incestuous. Hateful. Distrusting. Cersei Lannister is one of the most interesting characters (for me) on Game of Thrones. Cersei is a bad, selfish person; no doubt about that. But had George R R. Martin simply made her a cruel, menacing woman that had no humanity, […]
Discussing Characters on 13 Reasons Why
Season 2 of this show has recently come out. I’ve binged watched the first season again before starting the second. Its great to watch this show again because I’m able to look at the characters differently and see why they behaved the way they did. I think this is a […]
14 Great Movie Villains
The best villains are ones that have a motive for why they behave the way they do. They’re typically driven by greed, self-interest, and some sort of power, and have little to no regard for others. We can usually empathize with them or see what drives them to their behaviours. […]