(Quick note:  I finished reading Sizzle and Burn–great book!! The first chapter had such a fabulous ending hook. No way could I put that down. Loved the characters, loved the paranormal powers, pretty much just loved it. 🙂  But, I wasn’t a total loafer yesterday, I did get 8 pages written on my WIP–not my usual 10, but still, not too shabby for a girl playing hooky.)

Now, for today’s blog topic, I want to talk about heroes. I often find that when I watch movies or TV shows, I tend to gravitate toward particular types of heroes (and I also write about a particular sort, too).

Here are a few of my favs:

1. Vin Diesel from Pitch Black. A true bad-boy character. Vin’s character was a convicted killer. He looked out for himself. He hunted. He had a sexy as hell voice. But…in the end, he fought for others. A killer with some good inside–gotta love that.

2. Spike from Buffy. (Zoe, I know we share a fondness for him!)  Again, another bad-boy. Once, a full-on monster, he evolved in the series and became a character who literally fought for his soul. Loved that evolution.

Hmmm…are you seeing a trend here? I don’t like heroes who are perfect. No one is perfect, and I certainly don’t want my heroes to pretend to be. I like heroes who’ve seen the dark side, who have the dark side in them, but can still–under certain circumstances–do the right thing.

3. Rick O’Connell (Brendan Fraser) in The Mummy. I really enjoyed this character–he had a troubled past, when the heroine found him, he was just about to be executed–oh, yeah, great opening. But, it was obvious that this guy was smart. He was tough. And, as I quickly discovered, he was very loyal. Great hero material.

So those are some of my favorite heroes…anyone else wanna share?

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