I am an aficionado of nameless baddies. I fancy them as armed and uniformed conscripts. They all look very much alike, if not entirely identical.
My favorite scenario involving these expendable characters is when they are clueless sentries eliminated with pathetic ease. The idea is especially amusing when there are two of these nonentities… killed simultaneously by one hero.
HEADS KNOCKED TOGETHER: The victims are vigilant yet unaware, facing in the same direction. They are used as the weapons to kill them. They make funny faces and drop limply to the ground.
The scenario and all its connotations are nuanced…
The killing is impersonal and unceremonious. It is grim yet amusing. The victims are stupid while alive yet they die when their brains are smashed.
The foot soldiers of villainy are as anonymous to their
bosses as they are to us. They are unimportant in the grand scheme of things,
except as a disposable resource. Their deaths are inglorious on every level: It
was easy to kill them and no one cares.
You found something you like and need to keep doing it. Good.
ReplyDeleteSilly yet sexy yet grim is a formula that works for me, I think.
DeleteThere are those who take comfort in their anonymity. They do not realize how expendable they truly are. If you do not distinguish yourself, then you can be extinguished unceremoniously.
ReplyDeleteThe anonymous die and nobody cares. When someone important dies, loved or hated, everyone cares.
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