Old Bearkat
Six-man expert
III. Tips for the Evil Overlord's Wicked but Beautiful Daughter:
1. Find out all those lovely little family secrets so that the Hero can never spring them on you.
2. Do not fall in love with the Hero.
3. If you do fall in love with the Hero, and decide to help him, do not declare your intentions to Daddy. Daddy will clap you in irons, pending your execution. The Hero will rescue you, but having to be rescued is demeaning.
4. If the Hero takes you to his secret base, and once there tells all about his plans, smile sweetly, leave, and find another man; this Hero is obviously so stupid he will not be around for very long.
5. If any of Daddy's Evil Henchmen try to make a move on you, at least maim them. While the encounter might be interesting, it would set a bad precedent.
6. If you do fall in love with the Hero, and want him to love you in return, do not use a drug concocted by a wizened old lady living on the top of a mountain. If the hero is not blind, your natural charms will be sufficient to win him over. If he does not, or prefers the One True Love, then he obviously has rotten taste; find someone better.
7. Do not wear dresses with high, fan-like collars. Keep your clothing to close-fitting, simple little numbers that allow you to turn your head to see what is behind you. If you have to wear a dress with such a collar, there is an arcane device called a "mirror" that allows you to see behind yourself.
8. Have some engineers install a hidden exit from the room where Daddy imprisoned Mommy for the rest of her days after she displeased him.
9. Do not mistreat the populace. Let Daddy be the one to make enemies of all the Heroes in the land.
10. If you have siblings, do not trust them. They'll only take advantage of you. Of course if they're stupid enough to trust you, take advantage of them.
11. If any of your siblings try to enlist your aid to overthrow Daddy, smile, promise to think it over, and then turn them in. They're either stupid (in which case the plot would certainly fail and you'll all get caught), setting you up (in which case not turning them in is a very bad idea), or they've turned Good (in which case life under the new regime would be boring).
12. Laugh at all of the Sidekick's jokes, no matter how lame they are. That way when you pretend to fall for him he will be more easily fooled.
13. Rather than simply being an attractive stage prop, make sure you know every detail of the running of the Evil Empire, so that if anything unpleasant happens to Daddy, you will be able to take over with minimal fuss. Then make sure that something unpleasant happens to Daddy.
14. If you cannot decide between sleeping with the Hero and slowly roasting him alive, postpone dealing with him until you have clarified your emotions.
1. Find out all those lovely little family secrets so that the Hero can never spring them on you.
2. Do not fall in love with the Hero.
3. If you do fall in love with the Hero, and decide to help him, do not declare your intentions to Daddy. Daddy will clap you in irons, pending your execution. The Hero will rescue you, but having to be rescued is demeaning.
4. If the Hero takes you to his secret base, and once there tells all about his plans, smile sweetly, leave, and find another man; this Hero is obviously so stupid he will not be around for very long.
5. If any of Daddy's Evil Henchmen try to make a move on you, at least maim them. While the encounter might be interesting, it would set a bad precedent.
6. If you do fall in love with the Hero, and want him to love you in return, do not use a drug concocted by a wizened old lady living on the top of a mountain. If the hero is not blind, your natural charms will be sufficient to win him over. If he does not, or prefers the One True Love, then he obviously has rotten taste; find someone better.
7. Do not wear dresses with high, fan-like collars. Keep your clothing to close-fitting, simple little numbers that allow you to turn your head to see what is behind you. If you have to wear a dress with such a collar, there is an arcane device called a "mirror" that allows you to see behind yourself.
8. Have some engineers install a hidden exit from the room where Daddy imprisoned Mommy for the rest of her days after she displeased him.
9. Do not mistreat the populace. Let Daddy be the one to make enemies of all the Heroes in the land.
10. If you have siblings, do not trust them. They'll only take advantage of you. Of course if they're stupid enough to trust you, take advantage of them.
11. If any of your siblings try to enlist your aid to overthrow Daddy, smile, promise to think it over, and then turn them in. They're either stupid (in which case the plot would certainly fail and you'll all get caught), setting you up (in which case not turning them in is a very bad idea), or they've turned Good (in which case life under the new regime would be boring).
12. Laugh at all of the Sidekick's jokes, no matter how lame they are. That way when you pretend to fall for him he will be more easily fooled.
13. Rather than simply being an attractive stage prop, make sure you know every detail of the running of the Evil Empire, so that if anything unpleasant happens to Daddy, you will be able to take over with minimal fuss. Then make sure that something unpleasant happens to Daddy.
14. If you cannot decide between sleeping with the Hero and slowly roasting him alive, postpone dealing with him until you have clarified your emotions.