Dangerous Men with White Hair and Black Clothes

[botias]

Here it is... my rogues gallery from preteen to present.

Exhibit 1: Prince Irrylath Never let it be said that literature cannot corrupt the youth. This vampyre bad boy of my preteen years is from Meredith Ann Pierce's Darkangel Trilogy which comes highly recommended for young people. Irrylath does a great employee orientation: "I had another tiring maid before you, but she tried to run away. She did not get far across the plain. I caught her by the hair and strangled her, then threw her to my gargoyles. If you try to leave here, I will do the same to you." Amazon sums the story up like so: "The servant girl Aeriel must choose between destroying her vampire master for his evil deeds or saving him for the sake of his beauty and the spark of goodness she has seen in him." Hmmmmm. Exhibit 2: Raistlin Majere Forget boy bands--this is who I mooned after in high school. Mr. Majere wants to rule the world--by becoming a god--and, oh yeah, Evil. Co-creator Margaret Weis says that in a DragonLance movie she'd like to see James Marsters play Raistlin. Good choice. Exhibit 3: Spike Need I say more? Nah, I didn't think so. Exhibit 4: Agent Pendergast The sophisticated, preternaturally competent, rogue FBI agent in Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child's series of science/action/horror novels. He is said to be lean but well-muscled, and I expect he's preternaturally competent in a variety of disciplines. Exhibit 5: Prince Lotor At least 6'6" of blue alien overlord goodness. He wants to rule the galaxy almost as much as he wants a certain blond protagonist to rule it by his side.

Comments

[wenchsenior.livejournal.com]

I forgot all about Prince Irrylath!

What about Jareth in "Labyrinth" as well. Evil (kind of), seductive, black clothes (sometimes), white-ish hair.

Hmmm...

[botias.livejournal.com]

Remember him? I still have a copy of the first book. I didn't care as much for the others. When I crack it now--it is pure bad boy pron. His incredible prettiness, his tormented past...

I liked Jareth. He definitely deserves honorable mention, along with the Malfoy guys, Draco and Lucius.