Thread:LostGod2000/@comment-27586321-20150310005758/@comment-1762629-20150310031127

Yes, he's an effective stand-in.

As for Bryagh... I really don't know, but something about him fascinates me. He's not particularly three-dimensional, and he's not particularly filled with personality, but it's rare a villain can make so much impact with minimal screen-time and four lines. The Big Bad was just a cackling Sauron-expy (with the voice of James Earl Jones, admittedly a big plus) so he's not particularly interesting, but I just find the design, his voice, his fued with the knight Orrin and his final confrontation with him... Again, something oddly fascinating.

But maybe it all comes back down to my fascination with the Complete Monster trope. With certain exceptions aside, Bryagh's probably one of the straightest examples of a Monster in a children's film I've ever seen. He's a character that, despite relatively little influence on the plot and the fact he's subservient to the omnicidal Big Bad, manages to ooze utter vileness with every scene he's in. To sum up, he's a cannibalistic child-murdererer who's end goal is the destruction of mankind, and he manages to murder almost every main character in the main climax and laughs about it. That's another aspect I like about him. He's still a minor character, but I'll be damned if he isn't one of the most proficient examples of a literal hero killer I've seen in a while.

So, it comes down to extremely personal choice. I'm not sure exactly why I like Bryagh so much, I kind of just... do.

As for the Monster blog, I haven't had time to do it quite yet, but I'll get to that soon. Top priority.