Flutterby™! : Id and villainy

A few notes on characters and plot: Melodrama and Mary Sue, and Id and villainy.

Those two entries are Ed's bit of riffing on his notion that "no one's a villain in their own mind" contrasted with books to make my flist's heads explode: John Ringo, wherein a self-loathing hero is described. John Ringo's response to that review is worth reading if you're interested in what makes fiction successful, if you don't make it that far down the comment threads otherwise. (Related: this Sensible Erection entry that turned me on to that review).