A gruesome peril idea |
(Below is a blog post from my Yahoo blog. I know I said I would do this more often, but I am trying to figure out how to just have a feed directly from Yahoo to Myspace to avoid having to cut and past... Posted by Sylvester on Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:08:00 PST |
The Wild, Wild West |
An action show from before my time but which I saw in reruns as a kid was The Wild Wild West basically, James Bond in the American West just after the end of the Civil War. If it sounds daft, it ... Posted by Sylvester on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 01:41:00 PST |
A villain taxonomy |
I promised something on villain archetypes and here is a first pass at it. This is going to be just an outline I really don't have my thoughts as organized (or pedantic) as usual, and RL is enoug... Posted by Sylvester on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 05:40:00 PST |
The Uses of Formality |
I can't say that I always play the stereotypical archly suave villain in stories and RP, but I tend in that direction. Here are a few reasons: One aspect of villainy that I discovered a bit on the ... Posted by Sylvester on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 07:17:00 PST |
Good girls, bad girls, damsels |
One of my great misfortunes in social life has been to have a face that says "nice guy." It would be helpful if my career in real life were that of con artist, but not in bars. I don't give off a ... Posted by Sylvester on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:05:00 PST |
Odd gags |
I promised a while back (pre-myspace, but it doesn't matter) a little list of odd gags I had used in perils. I'll give the ones I can think of off the top of my head in a moment. First, I need to po... Posted by Sylvester on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:45:00 PST |
Dressed for Danger |
It is very important to me to have a captive damsel who is dressed for the part. Now, as in most matters of taste, the point is not what is absolutely right or wrong, but what is appropriate fo... Posted by Sylvester on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 05:02:00 PST |
Peril Genres |
In the course of a few online conversations I have had recently, I have gotten to thinking about some recent stories and RPs I have been engaged in and how they fell into various genres much like th... Posted by Sylvester on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 08:20:00 PST |
The notorious Proust Questionnaire |
(I thought a quick way of letting you know a little about me would be by reposting this entry from the old yahoo blog.)
I recently had occasion to deconstruct for a friend a peril I had thought up f... Posted by Sylvester on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 10:10:00 PST |
Introduction |
"Hi, my name is Sylvester "
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"Hi Sylvester!"
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"&and I&I am a villain. I think about perils all the time, all day long, even when I am supposed to be thinking of other things. I can't help m... Posted by Sylvester on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 09:52:00 PST |