An opponent offers more complexity/ambiguity in their motivations. Consider a WWII story with James (a British protagonist), Hans & Helga (the Nazi antagonists) and Ivanna (a Russian opponent.)Ivanna and James share a goal of denying Hans the Maguffin Bomb, but because neither trusts the other’s government to share the secrets of the Maguffin Bomb each seeks to be the one to bring home the bacon. Add in a sizzle of sexual sportiness and you’ve plenty of motivational complexity. Especially if there is reason to suspect one of our Nazis is a less than true believer.Oh yeah, make everybody ambisexual and prone to think with organs ill-equipped for such uses (however magnificently equipped for other applications.)Call it the Good, the Bad and the Hot-to-Trotsky.
JohnHerbison about 8 years ago
Well, there is the traditional reference to the Russian bear. Edward P. Bear, a/k/a Pooh, was a bear of very little brain.
nosirrom about 8 years ago
“Black Stalin”“The Secret Gulag”
rlm226 about 8 years ago
Bernie – The Last Commie
news_techren about 8 years ago
Hotsky To Trotsky
Ferret-Fever about 8 years ago
“Snow Red & the 7 Politburo Members”.
Diat60 about 8 years ago
Goldilocks and the Troika
Egrayjames about 8 years ago
“From Russia with Doves”
garcoa about 8 years ago
Wow, this one is from 2008 and 100% relevant.
Oge about 8 years ago
Green borscht and ham?
Oge about 8 years ago
Horton hears a who, and reports it to the secret police.
cubswin2016 about 8 years ago
Bucky’s writing isn’t fit for a gossip column.
iggyman about 8 years ago
I’’m glad with Vlad…
Major325 about 8 years ago
All the books are available at ’Lenin’s and Things."
ChessPirate about 8 years ago
“The Secret Police”“Harriet the KGB Spy”“Alice’s Adventures in Siberia”“The Tale of Peter the Great”“The Little Collective Farm”
Al Nala about 8 years ago
An opponent offers more complexity/ambiguity in their motivations. Consider a WWII story with James (a British protagonist), Hans & Helga (the Nazi antagonists) and Ivanna (a Russian opponent.)Ivanna and James share a goal of denying Hans the Maguffin Bomb, but because neither trusts the other’s government to share the secrets of the Maguffin Bomb each seeks to be the one to bring home the bacon. Add in a sizzle of sexual sportiness and you’ve plenty of motivational complexity. Especially if there is reason to suspect one of our Nazis is a less than true believer.Oh yeah, make everybody ambisexual and prone to think with organs ill-equipped for such uses (however magnificently equipped for other applications.)Call it the Good, the Bad and the Hot-to-Trotsky.
Kind&Kinder about 8 years ago
The Kremlin GremlinGotcha in the DachaDoctor DumaAndropov the Laundry ManSpacivo CadetOn Pinsk and Needles
eb110americana about 8 years ago
“Where the Wild Things Czar”
“Horton Hears a Ruskie”
humorist54 Premium Member about 8 years ago
Love all the comments, especially those by Pacopuddy and Al Nala! And I assume the video is Putin on the Ritz.
kappazei about 8 years ago
Taking self publishing to a whole new level. Maybe Sam Harris should try his hand at this genre.
Lupin III about 8 years ago
Goodnight, Goodnight, Meltdown Site