I just realized that what bothers me about so much fantasy - TopicsExpress



          

I just realized that what bothers me about so much fantasy fiction, particularly the big fandoms that I can think of off the top of my head, is how hard they lean on the notion that one is chosen for greatness: one stumbles upon fantastic events and is swept up by them willy-nilly (Narnia, the Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, Wheel of Time), or picked out at a certain age (Harry Potter, Percy Jackson), or snatched up by an intercessory figure (the Hobbit, the Heralds of Valdemar). I want heroes who come across challenges and choose, without coercion or destiny or the world at stake, to dig into the madness and adventure of their own free will.
Posted on: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 22:16:00 +0000

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