tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55282503134540185.post3818838190636532432..comments2023-11-02T06:50:17.503-07:00Comments on <ul>Fantasy & SciFi Lovin' Reviews</ul>: Do We Need Our Heroes to Slip?SQThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04251030404220909306noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55282503134540185.post-28135644706690832702011-04-18T15:41:53.871-07:002011-04-18T15:41:53.871-07:00I think everybody relates to a protagonist who can...I think everybody relates to a protagonist who can't catch a break. Things go wrong and he has to overcome them, whether he's a 'good guy' or not. <br /><br />I just don't want to know about the problem he's walking into before he does. I like to be surprised and the main hitch I have about 3rd person POV's that jump around to different characters is they almost always give away the plot. <br /><br />Whether the hero makes mistakes or is infallible is more of an opinion on the part of the reader, and I think if you can find a connection between their actions and what you would choose to do makes all the difference.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12879314489140571838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55282503134540185.post-26012852021025195922011-04-18T05:53:58.326-07:002011-04-18T05:53:58.326-07:00Conflicted heroes, and villains, make stories grea...Conflicted heroes, and villains, make stories great. A little bit of good, a little bit of bad--which will he choose and why? That's what I want to read.Amelia Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03778771052072403010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55282503134540185.post-6542499140236761442011-04-17T19:37:22.838-07:002011-04-17T19:37:22.838-07:00totally agree. I could never write the super-star ...totally agree. I could never write the super-star hero/heroine, and I tried actually to go the opposite way with my book Deadworld, with a heroine who is so fallible in the beginning that you want to slap her upside the head. The fun part is breaking them down, exposing their flaws, and then having them figure out how to get back to being whole again. Might just be the psychology major in me, but I really like reading/writing messed up characters.JDuncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00487305836910594252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55282503134540185.post-68676014586324725322011-04-13T12:40:30.628-07:002011-04-13T12:40:30.628-07:00I really like a hero to have flaws, otherwise what...I really like a hero to have flaws, otherwise what's the point. They have to be able to grow during a story to hold my interest and a "perfect" hero can't do that.Denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12092037577359181585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55282503134540185.post-53846847577979241372011-04-11T16:03:41.454-07:002011-04-11T16:03:41.454-07:00I definitely agree with this. There needs to be an...I definitely agree with this. There needs to be an element of struggle, or some time or moral dilemma that the character grapples with otherwise what is the point? If the story doesn't set out to preach, it should at least be there to entertain and there is no entertainment when the character takes a stance and then follows that stance to perfection without any mishaps along the way.ashenshadowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06761163206069090375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55282503134540185.post-68393174596384808802011-04-11T07:29:08.838-07:002011-04-11T07:29:08.838-07:00on the other end, there are heroes that are so fla...on the other end, there are heroes that are so flawed that it is hard for the reader to actually identify with them.Buddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17142269413009487783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55282503134540185.post-22552934570993112502011-04-11T07:09:53.634-07:002011-04-11T07:09:53.634-07:00Great post!
For me my hero at the end of the day ...Great post!<br /><br />For me my hero at the end of the day needs to be human. Humans slip up from time to time but that's part of the process of being the best person you can be. If you already perfect in every single way, where is the room for growth? Isn't that the point of a story is to see a character grow and becomes something totally different at the end than they were in the beginning?M. McGriffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14329175109358005355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55282503134540185.post-77770004524983334522011-04-11T00:23:16.805-07:002011-04-11T00:23:16.805-07:00Something that really disturbs me is "black ...Something that really disturbs me is "black & white-ness". The whole either your god or your bad isn't very realistic. Everyone can get pissed on someone you love now and then and to be honest it would take a serious mental injury to be superevil all the time. Sometimes I really miss the nuances.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com