Good Guys Who Are Not as Good As We Think.

In my last post I discussed bad guys that are not quite as bad as we think they are. So for my second post I decided to write on the opposite side of the spectrum of good and evil characters with good guy/girl characters who can not get enough of, but are not really as good as we think they are. So, here we go:

(Character and Image © New Line Cinema, Nicholas Sparks)

Noah Calhoun ~ "The Notebook" (2004):

The notebook is a movie that makes just about everyone who watches it break down into tears by the end of it. I have seen so many people cry while watching this movie, even people I had never seen cry before had cried at this heartfelt story about an old man in a retirement care home telling an old woman resident with Alzheimer's about a young couple (Noah Calhoun and Allie Hamilton) from different backgrounds and ended up together in the end (duh). *Spoiler Alert*. In the end it is revealed that the old man is actually Noah and the old woman with Alzheimer's is actually Allie who has forgotten all about Noah and their past. She has brief moments of clarity and remembers apparently and in the end Noah sneaks to her room, she remembers him and their life together and they die peacefully together.

Why We Love Him:
Noah is the poor guy with a lot of love and a romantic side. He goes to great lengths to get Allie Hamilton's attention and to get her to go out with him. When they are forced apart he rebuilds a house that they had discussed remodeling and living in and can not bring him to sell it. Later on when she returns he lets her make the decision of whether she should be with him or the fiance she had acquired thinking Noah was no longer in love with her. And of course finding out the couple stayed together until the end and he kept by her side despite her no longer remembering him or their past.

Why It's Undeserved:
Yes, Noah does seem to be a good guy and apparently has a nice romantic streak going throughout the film. However, if you actually think about the situations around the romantic acts, all of that breaks down and we are left with a crazy guy who actually only cares about getting what he wants. Now before you hit the "send" button on that hate reply or e-mail, let me explain. First of all, The ending is great, and even I have cried at it before. However, the main problem is that the events when they were younger actually lessen the romantic effect if you consider them with an unbiased outlook. For example, Noah rebuilds that house for Allie and can not sell it because it reminds him of her right? Yes, he is unable to sell the house because it reminds him of Allie, but he did not rebuild that house for Allie. He had already decided to rebuild the house and eventually live in it before he even met Allie. The only reason it reminds him of her is because they almost took the next level of their relationship there just before they break up. Which is fine, but the gesture we see of him rebuilding the house is actually something he was going to do even if Allie had never showed up in his life.

Also, the guy is actually really crazy. When the first met he climbs out of a ferris wheel seat to hang off the ferris wheel in order to THREATEN to commit SUICIDE if she did not say yes to going out with him. He even let's one of his hands go so he is only hanging on with one arm. Then it is implied that he waited for Allie when she never responded back to him, but he started playing lover to a widow who lost her husband in the war. On top of that, he does not care at all for anyone involved with the two so long as they can be together. Which is romantic right? Maybe, when it doesn't involve innocent people who are actually nicer than the heroes of the film. He does not tell the widow that he and Allie got back together until she shows up at his door with dinner in hand to Allie opening the door half-naked. Also, he knows about Allie's fiance since they are socialites and it was in the newspaper and still makes a move on her, while he also was seeing someone. Both of the people who were hurt by them getting together were not bad people, they actually seemed pretty nice and both were nice about the whole being cheated on and even being broken up with. That is not even the first time there was someone else involved. During the meeting where Noah went crazy on the ferris wheel, he jumped on the ferris wheel in between Allie and the date she was there with. Allie does seem to show guilt and concern for her fiance and the widow when they hurt them, but Noah shows no guilt about the whole thing so he obviously does not care about anything else as long as he gets what he wants, and he is obviously crazy with his threat to kill himself in order to get the girl's to say yes to a date.

(Character and Image © Walt Disney Productions)

Tinkerbell ~ "Peter Pan" (1953):

I went through a brief run down of the plot to this movie between Peter Pan and Captain Hook so I will just go over the plot as far as Tinkerbell goes, which is actually pretty short. Tinkerbell is a pixie or fairy who is Peter Pan's best friend and she uses her pixie dust to help Peter and some of the other characters to fly. She gets jealous of Wendy Darling and Peter and gets duped by Captain Hook into helping him and he traps her and tries to kill her by using the fairy kryptonite words of "I don't believe in Fairies". She of course survives and helps Peter, the lost boys and Darling siblings in the end.

Why We Love Her:
Well to be honest, I really do not know. I am sure if anything it has to do with the fact that she is a magical creature who, despite showing jealousy to the sort of female lead of the film, helps the good guys out a lot. She also can fly and help the others to fly and as a kid there were plenty of us that really wished we could fly because it sounded SO COOL. So there is that. There must have been something more than that to make her such a beloved character because over the years there has been so many little girls dressed as Miss Tinkerbell for Halloween and even for fun. She even was bumped up to a lead character with her own tv and movie series set with the fairy world and friends she grew up with. She actually talks in the tv shows and movies though.

Why it is Undeserved:
Honestly, the fact that there is little I could say about the character really does not help her case. Just going by the movie "Peter Pan" the character is completely unlikable. She does not speak only jingles and makes angry faces. Sure it could be because she is so tiny and no one can hear her, but it works against making the character likable, especially considering the other things that makes her unlikable. She has apparently laid claim to the boy who never wants to grow up and gets jealous when Wendy Darling and Peter Pan meet in she and her brothers room at the beginning of the film (Which is a whole mess of creepy in itself). She constantly plays pranks on Wendy through out the movie, many of which almost get her killed. One prank in particular had Wendy almost drown with the help of the mermaids who apparently also have a thing for Peter Pan (More creepiness). When Peter tells Tinkerbell off for being so mean to Wendy, she actually goes to Captain Hook, who happens to be Peter's nemesis, and allies with him. She did get tricked, but she was all for the plan when it involved only kidnapping Wendy and her brothers. For her revenge against Wendy, which also only had basis AFTER she was playing pranks on Wendy resulting in Peter Pan feeling bad for Wendy, she let Hook into the lost boys hideout where he kidnapped not only the darling siblings, but the lost boys too(who were also her friends). She knew that Hook was not above betraying her but took the chance anyway just because she was jealous. So the character is jealous and homicidal considering she almost gets just about all of the kids killed, including herself.

 (Characters and Images © Walt Disney Productions)

Snow White ~ "Snow White" (1937), Cinderella ~ "Cinderella" (1950), Aurora ~ "Sleeping Beauty" (1959):

I will explain the reason why I chose to put these 3 in the same category later. For now the summaries. Snow White's stepmother hates that she is prettier than her so repeatedly tries to kill her only to be thwarted in one way or another because of Snow White's innocent beauty. She takes matters into her own hands and gives the girl a poisoned apple only to accidentally kill herself and all of her effort goes to waste when the prince kisses Snow White goodbye only to break the curse and awaken her. The get married and live happily ever after. Cinderella is the daughter of a nobleman who married a gold digger with 2 daughters. Her father dies and the step-gold digger and her daughters treat Cinderella as their own personal slave, forcing her to sleep in the dusty old attic and tend to their every needs. The prince has to get married and so a ball is thrown, everyone but Cindarelly go and a fairy godmother appears to help Cinderella look good and go to the ball seemingly unrecognizable. The prince and her hit it off but midnight hits and the spell is about to be broken so she has to run. The prince goes searching for her, her step-leech locks her in the attic, Cindy's mice friends help her out so she can meet the prince and they get married and live happily ever after.

All the fairies/witches of the land are invited to the celebration of Aurora's birth except for Maleficent. Maleficent is very unhappy with this so she crashes the party and warns everyone that Aurora will prick her finger on a sewing spindle and fall into a deep sleep for ever. So the King freaks out, bans sewing spindles and sends Aurora off to live in a small cottage with 3 of the fairies. Meanwhile a prince from another kingdom must get married! The two meet in the forest but Aurora ends up getting caught and tricked by maleficent to prick her finger, causing her, the people of the castle, and the people in the surrounding castle to fall into a deep sleep and roses and thorns grow and cover the entire kingdom. Maleficent transforms into a dragon, the prince kills her and kisses Aurora which breaks the curse on everyone and they get married and live happily ever after. The end.

Why We Love Them:
All of these women end up having to live in poverty for some reason or another, something that a lot of people who love these characters have in common with them. So when they end up marrying a rich handsome prince we all ended up imagining how great that would be to be rich, a princess and have anything you ever wanted. People in general like to put themselves into positions of characters in the movies and all 3 of these princesses end up in great positions. Of course where they end up earlier in the movies or in the middle is not great at all, but the end result of being married to the rich and handsome prince and being a princess is a dream that most little girls have. The girls from lower classes and poverty wish to be rich, and girls of any wealth wish to be princesses, and even girls who are princesses want to live happily ever after. So essentially we like them because we want to end up rich, happy, and married to handsome/pretty people. All about the narcissism is what I am saying here.

Why it is Undeserved:
People focus on the being beautiful women married to the rich handsome princess and living happily ever after, which is fine it is a dream many people have. The problem is that with all that comes having little to no personality and being incredibly useless. All three of these princesses do absolutely nothing for getting out of their situations. Sure all three end up having to clean and cook for people (Cinderella's step-family, Snow White's Dwarves, and Aurora had to help out the three fairies with taking care of the cottage), but that is the extent of what they do. Cinderella gets help from the mice and birds to make her original ball gown dress, and then when it gets destroyed the fairy godmother sets her up with a nice gown, shoes and a carriage to get there. Then when Cinderella's step-mother locks her in the attic it is the two mice (Jaq and GusGus) who steal the key from the step-mother and climb all the way up to unlock the door. Snow white is helped by the huntsmen that can not bear to kill her because she is just too pretty and then the dwarves (also because she is just too pretty) let her stay in their house which is barely big enough for them in order to help hide her out, and then the prince breaks the curse. Birds and squirrels get Aurora and her prince together (though by accident). The prince destroys Maleficent and then kisses her to break the curse. The fairies also try to help protect Aurora by hiding her away. So really all any of the three of them did in their own movies was sleep or cry. Also, none of them really seem to have any personality. Sure they all seem like they are nice except that none of them speak all that much and when they do it is to sing or scold the animals that help them. So we have glorified moving dolls that can only sing, sleep for eternity, or cry.

(Character and Image © Warner Brothers, J.K. Rowling)

Honorable Mention: Professor Severus Snape ~ "Harry Potter Series" (2001-2011):

Professor Snape goes back and forth in terms of whether he is good or bad through out the series. Ultimately it is discovered that he was really working with Professor Dumbledore the whole time and had to keep up the illusion of loyalty to Lord Voldemort. The reason I considered putting him on this list was actually the little things he does throughout the series to the hero trio (and other characters). He constantly berates anyone who is not in the Slytherin House (his house). In the books, Hermione gets cursed by Draco Malfoy with a curse that makes her teeth REALLY big (as she has really frizzy hair, big buck teeth in the books up until about the 4th book). When she tells on him to Professor Snape, the guy actually tells her basically that he doesn't see anything changed. The guy kills Dumbledore and had originally been right by Lord Voldemort's side at the beginning of his trying to take over the wizarding world.

Despite all this, people really seem to like the character. Personally I think it has a lot to do with Alan Rickman who somehow is likable despite doing such terrible things as the character. The reason I could not bring myself to put him on the list was mainly because he was trying to masquerade as a loyal servant to Lord Voldemort by request of Professor Dumbledore. It is likely that many of the things he said and did was to keep him from being suspected so he could keep spying for Dumbledore. Also, though it is still very wrong, Harry Potter bares a striking resemblance to his father who bullied and tortured Snape back during their school days. So the guy seems to inadvertently take things out on Harry for that. I still am including him as an honorable mention though, specifically because the guy did originally join the death eaters until it was learned that his first love (Harry's mom) and her son would be killed, and then ends up taking his anger at Harry's father out on Harry.

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Evil Characters Who Aren't As Bad As You Think ~ By My Design

When you are watching a movie, you can usually tell when someone is a bad guy. I know I personally can actually usually tell when someone is supposed to be a good guy but will betray the people and turn out to be a bad guy. The reason is because in movies and television shows you will see certain things that characters do that make them suspicious or force us to believe that a character is a terrible person. The idiom that describes the actions a character does just for the sake of showing how bad the character is was coined as "Kicking the Puppy" or "Kick The Dog" by tvtropes.org ("Kick the Dog" links to that page on TV Tropes.) Basically the idiom is talking about when a bad guy character does something so awful or evil that they just have to be bad, for example kicking or killing an innocent dog (the origin of this idiom of course). This is something that tells readers straight up that this character is a bad guy and that is all there is to it. However, I realized that some of the characters in the movies we see that are supposed to be pretty evil are not nearly as bad as they seem if you take out the "Kick the Dog" moment they experience. So here are the characters I chose:

 (Character and Image © 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures)

Cal Hockley ~ "Titanic" (1997):  

In James Cameron's 1997 Blockbuster hit "Titanic" (Based on the real Titanic minus Jack, Rose, Cal and Rose's mother). The tragedy of the RMS Titanic Cruise ship back in 1912 takes a backseat to a love triangle Plot-line. Rose DeWitt Bukater and her overbearing mother board the Titanic with Rose's Rich Obnoxious Conceited Jerk Fiance Caledon 'Cal' Hockley (Rose's mom hooked them up). After a night or two on the ship suddenly Rose can no longer handle being rich (Okay so she feels like a caged bird really and blah blah blah), and decides the best way to be free is to jump off the back of the boat and kill herself. Jack Dawson (A poor teenager who draws naked women and is really poor) sees her running and ends up talking her out of it resulting in an emotional affair, Cal figures it out thanks to his gun toting butler (basically) and keeps them apart so Rose gives Jack a dime to draw her naked to leave for Cal so that she can break up with him and be poor with Jack and spit and junk. They do it in a car, the titanic hits an ice burg, panic ensues, the couple end up in the water after the boat sinks, Most people die (including Jack), Rose survives and hides from Cal and her mother then goes on to be really old and screws over likely scarred-for-life Titanic Treasure hunters who listened to her talk about how she used to be attractive, young and naked for what I assume was hours considering how long the movie was versus her having to explain everything in detail.

Why We Think He is So bad:
From the time Cal appears on screen he is constantly talking down to our heroine Rose and patronizing her "intelligent thoughts". He is very controlling in everything he does, including Rose and when she stops doing what he says he pulls the reigns on her tighter and sends James "The Butler" Bond to spy on her through a lot of the movie. When he discovers that she stayed up drinking most of the night with Jack and the other 3rd Class people of the ship he has a hissy fit, tells her she is his and will obey her ("as a wife should obey her husband") and flips the table. After Jack draws Rose naked, Cal gets Butlerus Snape to plant an expensive necklace he gave to Rose on Jack and accuses him of stealing resulting in Jack being taken to the Master-At-Arms (The Cruise Ship Version of a Prison Warden). He pays a crew-member a ton of money to get a place on a life raft despite there still being plenty of children left on the boat. Then he tricks rose onto a life-raft to save her, but Rose jumps back onto the ship from a lifeboat to be with Jack, so Cal flips out and starts shooting at them with Butler Impossible's gun. Then when he goes to get on the lifeboat he had paid a ship crew-member to save a spot for him on, the crew-member throws his money back out at his face realizing that he was probably going to die and the money was useless to him anyway. In the end, Cal grabs a crying child, claims the child is his to get on a boat and survives. He apparently loses his fortune and then commits suicide at some point, karma is a bitch eh? The 2 times he gets ticked off and gets violent are his "Kick the Puppy" moments.

Why it is undeserved:
First of all, let's start with his "Kick the Puppy" moments. Both times he loses it and gets violent he is enraged that his fiance is apparently cheating on him and wants to leave him. There are a lot of times when people in the real world have killed for less than that, and this guy is incredibly proud and conceited so imagine being cheated on when you believe you are the hottest, richest and most awesome guy in the world. That is a pretty big fall to take. I am not excusing his actions by the way, but there is a disaster going around them and the guy has taken a pretty big fall from his pedestal so it actually makes sense for him to react the way he did given the circumstance. Also, in regards to his patronizing Rose, let's put this in perspective. The titanic disaster happened 101 years ago. The movie came out in the 90's, 85 years after the disaster. Back in 1912, women were still often thought of as accessories and not equal to men, and in some places women could not own land or vote. In fact, in America we did not get the right to vote on a national scale until the 20's. So his actions, while most likely exaggerated, could be considered a time period thing. In the 90's, there started to be a shift in gender roles with women going out to work while men were becoming stay-at-home dads. So seeing a character like Cal on the big screen then automatically labeled him as a jerk to independent women who were paving a way through a "man's world".

What people forget is how much difference there is between decades in views and beliefs, especially when there are 8 1/2 decades between the two eras. So what we saw as a jerk was often considered a real man 8 decades ago. So all of that is not quite as bad as we perceive it to be based on the time period the guy was supposed to be from. Also, the guy seemed to genuinely care for Rose at times. He brought her on a cruise, with her overbearing mother (and actually caters to her mother's wishes a few times). He bought her anything she wanted and more (Paintings that he particularly hated that she liked, a giant engagement ring and a necklace). He puts his jacket over her a few times when she is out on the boat during cold nights without a jacket, and despite her cheating on him and trying to leave him for Jack, he tries to save her by convincing her to get on a lifeboat. Yes the guy is an incredible douchebag, but it is more about his wealth status and the time period versus a more progressive time period that makes him seem that way than what his actions are (well, aside from that attempted murder part towards the end).

(Character and Image © Marvel Comics)

Magneto (Max Eisenhardt/Erik Lehnsherr) ~ "X-Men" and related media:

The X-Men (For those of you unfamiliar with the series) are a SuperTeam of mutants with various abilities who try and keep humans and mutants alike safe. Their mentor is Professor Charles Xavier, also known as Professor X, a bald older gentleman who can not walk and so uses a wheelchair to get around (sometimes one that hovers). He apparently started the school for gifted students (aka mutants) with his best friend Erik Lehnsherr back in the day. Erik Lensherr was originally Max Eisenhardt a Jewish boy growing up in Germany back before and during World War II. Of course he ended up in a concentration camp with his parents and eventually moved to America changing his name to Erik Lensherr before meeting Xavier and establishing the school (This of course changes depending on which show/movie/comic you read, but most generally use a variation on this plot line). Anyway, Xavier and Erik differ in opinion on humans and mutant roles so they split up and Erik becomes Magneto, who is the mentor to the "bad" mutants.

Why We think He is So Bad:
Well, the biggest reason he seems so bad is probably because he hates non-mutants and either wishes to enslave or destroy them in most of his plots. Since most of the readers are in fact non-mutants, that hits a bit of a sore spot(With the exception of the few non-mutants who developed Stockholm syndrome without actually being kidnapped by him and really love this character of course.). He also is quite a hypocrite at times. He is all about taking over the world with mutant control and saving mutants, and yet he has absolutely no problem with using a mutant to further the cause. When I say use, I do not just mean tricking them into doing something either. He will injure or kill a mutant if he thinks it will help his cause. So he thinks non-mutants are beneath them and does not care what happens to them, and will sacrifice his own kind without hesitation to further his goals. That sounds pretty bad right? Generally disregarding life is an evil thing, thus is his "Kick the Dog" aspect.

Why it's Undeserved:
His methods are ruthless, misguided, and hypocritical. So he is certainty not a good guy. However, his methods are often for what he thinks is a greater purpose for his people. The one thing he and Professor X have in common is their penchant for picking up strays as well. He will often pick up mutants who have no where to go and let them join him in his quest. So he shows a compassion at times that is on the same level as Professor X. The problem lies in his disregard for non-mutant life, and while he does show some compassion towards the mutants he wants to sacrifice sometimes, he still will use them to further his goals. But in order to understand why he is like this, you have to consider things from his perspective. The guy was a Jew from Germany during a time period when Jews were captured and sent to terrible prisons where they were tested on, gassed, and did not receive any food or care in any way. So the guy really seen the worst of how people can get when there is hatred towards a group of people. Then it turned out he was a mutant, and when mutants were being discovered by non-mutants, there were some that were imprisoning them and testing on them. So he had to deal with hatred and disregard for life from groups of people twice over. With the mutants, all of the imprisoning and testing continued on for many times longer than Hitler's Nazi regime and imprisoning the Jewish. So the guy knows how bad things can get and is full of vengeful thoughts and wanting to keep such things from happening to other people like him.

While the guy is completely misguided, he really does want to help and keep bad things from happening to more mutants. So the guy is not bad, but definitely not a good guy either.

(Character and Image © Walt Disney Productions)

Captain (James) Hook ~ 
"Peter Pan" (1953):

Peter Pan follows Wendy Darling and her brothers as a sprite-like boy named Peter Pan takes them to a magical Place called Neverland. Neverland is home to a group of young boys who got lost and are led by Peter Pan, mermaids, a snooty and jealous fairy named Tinkerbell, and apparently a Native American Tribe of some sort. There Peter Pan has an evil nemesis by the name of Captain Hook who, with his pirate crew" live off the coast of Neverland on their pirate ship.

Why We Think He is So Bad:

First off, the guy is an adult and is constantly trying to capture and kill a young boy. He even uses underhanded means like bombs and guns to try to get the boy, as well as sending his crew after him. He tricks Tinkerbell into helping him, captures Wendy (plus her brothers, and the lost boys) and tries to kill Tinkerbell by using the words "I don't believe in fairies" which apparently is some kind of magic death spell for fairies. He also tries to feed them all to a crocodile by making them walk the plank. There is of course no Child Protective Services to take care of the guy (unless you count the ticking crocodile who apparently REALLY wants to eat Captain Hook even over the children which I would assume would make more food with how many of them there are versus one boney looking seadog). And this guy is really the only adult the lost boys have contact with (except for the Native American Tribe which kind of just ignores them for the most part except after Peter Pan saves the Chief's daughter Tiger Lilly).

Why it is Undeserved:

Captain Hook is really spineless and uses underhanded means to go after Peter Pan and the lost boys, and the fact that he is an adult who is trying to feed children to a crocodile, blow them up or shoot them does not help this villain's case. However, there is an important thing to note when you are considering whether they guy is really as bad as he seems. Before the time period of the film, Peter Pan cut off the guy's hand. That "innocent" little boy cut off a grown man's hand. AND he tries to feed Hook to the crocodile during the movie and it is implied he did it prior to the film's setting. Also, the boys keep stealing from the pirates, and here is a surprising note, Captain Hook is a pirate! Pirates are not known for their sympathy towards anyone but their own crew. Not to mention the fact that Peter Pan can fly due to pixie dust given to him from his magical fairy sidekick and often uses underhanded means himself.

Also, these pirates are stuck off the coast of Neverland apparently unable to leave the place and have to constantly fend off against little boys attacking their ship and a crocodile constantly trying to eat their captain. Such conditions would make anyone crazy and not think twice about killing the little brats that are lead by a demon who cuts off your hand and tries to feed your hand to a crocodile. Now in the lost boys defense, they are all young impressionable children who have no adult role models to tell them what is wrong and right, but to Hook who has obviously lost his mind due to being stuck in a magical place that constantly tries to kill him, and who is a pirate, it makes more sense to try and off the boys than to put them in time out.

(Character and Image © Walt Disney Productions)

Honorable Mention: Maleficent ~ "Sleeping Beauty" (1959):

Maleficent is the fairy/witch who was the only in the kingdom not invited to the celebration of Princess Aurora's birth. She was excluded which it has been decided is a form of bullying. So technically the King bullied her. People who are bullied will sometimes react in a violent way so in a sense her getting revenge on the king makes a lot of sense. Which is why I considered putting her on this list. While it is recommended that someone who is bullied not take things into their own hands and to talk to your parents, teachers, and counselors about being bullied and let them handle it. However, during the time period of "Sleeping Beauty" there wasn't really anything you could do about "bullying" other than taking care of things yourself and if the royals were involved you pretty much had to raise up an army in protest to behead the king. So really Maleficent was doing kind of a great thing by not only going up against the King who technically bullied her but doing it all on her own.

However, the problem with her actions, and the reason I did not add her to the list officially, is the innocent people who got involved in the revenge Maleficent decided to get. Really it was the King and Queen who technically bullied her, but her revenge actually hits everyone within the castle and the surrounding town. Also, she sets her sights on Princess Aurora to take her revenge in the first place. Maleficent tricks Aurora into pricking her finger causing her to fall to "eternal" sleep and the curse spreads out through the kingdom. So for what the King and Queen did, the princess and the rest of the kingdom had to suffer. If she had put the "eternal" sleep curse on just the people that were in that room (minus Princess Aurora), I would have put her on the list. However, cursing the innocent people involved in her vengeance makes her pretty bad and I really could not bring myself to put her on the list because of that reason.

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Designfryk By My Design

     

 Hello everyone, and welcome to the Design Fryk Blog! This is my random thought blog. I have many many interests and passions and my blogs will be random topics based on all of my interests and hobbies. I am a Graphic Designer and a writer so a lot of my posts will be about topics on Graphic or Web Design and writing.

         I love music, especially Rock and Classical music, but I do enjoy certain songs or artists from other genres. I love many different art types as well. From architecture, interior design and fashion, to sketching, painting, sculpture and digital designing. I do not do a whole lot of painting or sculpturing but I do sketch a lot and digital designing is a part of my passion so I do that quite often as well. I also really enjoy just about any types of crafts and cooking or baking as well.

         I love movies and television shows. I particularly enjoy Comedy of any type but also really enjoy Horror, Thrillers, Sci-Fi, Supernaturals, and Parody type movies and shows. I even watch shows and movies from other countries when I get the chance to. 

         I play video games as well. I particularly like Role-Playing and First-Person Shooter type games, but also love puzzles and mystery themed games. I will give any game a chance but usually only like the types of games I previously mentioned. 

         I have been attempting to self-teach myself the Japanese language and have gotten at least to simple conversations and can recognize some of the characters, so I will also probably talk about that most likely. I plan to learn other languages, but have my hands full with learning Japanese right now so I am stopping at Japanese for now.

         As you can tell from this blog post, I have a lot of interests to talk about. If any of you have any topics that you would like me to discuss, feel free to comment here or shoot off an e-mail to me. And you can check out my designs at my website.

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