Dark Lord Rant I'm posting this here because I thought you would enjoy it.
So you want to have a dark lord for your hero to overthrow? Okay, I’m always willing to read about an interesting dark lord. However, there’s just one problem: most dark lords are as dull as re-used dishwater. Boring dark lords occupy so many fantasy books that it takes a lot to make me pick up a book with a dark lord.
( Here are some ways to persuade me to pick up a fantasy book with a dark lord )