https://ursulav.livejournal.com/1588153.html
"I have not been willing to read books about awful people for a long
time, because their awfulness is not the least bit interesting to me,
but I am also starting to lose patience with standard fantasy people.
All the interchangeable protagonists with interchangeable names. Yes,
you're scared, yes, your suffering is very important to YOU, but it's
not enough to suffer at me any more. You must be interesting while you
are doing it."
I agree. In entertainment, I much prefer stories where I can sympathise
with the characters - not just in novels, but also comics, movies and
video games. I'm not saying there cannot be any unlikeable characters,
though it's much more interesting if the antagonists are also
sympathetic than if they aren't, but a work where I find the protagonist
intensely unlikeable - or worse, one where every character is unlikeable
- is going to lose my interest really quickly.
Share and enjoy,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
