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Charlie Stross
@cstross@wandering.shop  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

#WritersCoffeeClub 10/10: Have you written a likeable antagonist?

Yes, but not in the current WIPs. (In the Laundry Files, sure: there's a likable evil Elder God-thing, even!)

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Tigerfort
@tigerfort@mendeddrum.org replied  ·  activity timestamp 22 hours ago

@cstross
"Likeable" is a bit of a wider field once glamours and other mind-affecting magics come into play, though.

"We spent an evening in the pub after work, and they seem a decent sort."
vs
"I glanced in their direction for a moment, and their aura rewired my brain so that I am now incapable of forming any kind of negative thought about them."

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Martin Schultz
@mshdk@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

@cstross is it Bob?

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