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Debunking the myth there are no "heroes" in "A Song of Ice & Fire"
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<blockquote data-quote="jdavis" data-source="post: 645485" data-attributes="member: 8704"><p>Yes they are the main characters in their own little bits of the story, but they are not in the whole story, there is no stand up main character, that's not nessessarily a bad thing but it can be disconserting to people who are used to there being a main character in books (you know like almost every book ever written). As in real life? They live in a fantasy world in a fantasy book, it is a fantasy book with a new and refreshing take on fantasy books, it is a fantasy book without a lead hero or villian (as of yet) but it still is a fantasy book. I'm the main character in the story of my life too.</p><p></p><p>The Others will probably turn out to be major villians eventually, but have we actually seen anything about them, do we have a clue what they want or what they are up too? Have they appeared more than a handful of times on in less than a dozen pages? 90% of the characters in the book don't even have a clue what is going on in the north, or care for that matter. Yes they will be main villians eventually but they are just a side story right now.</p><p></p><p>Dany? She has yet to interact with the vast majority of the characters, she isn't even on the same continent yet, yes she will become a hub for this story eventually, but right now she doesn't affect anything in the book outside of her part of the story, at least Jon Snow has met several of the main characters, most of the people in the book don't know Dany is even alive. Not to mention she really isn't all that heroic.</p><p></p><p>I am very excited to start seeing all the different stories being drawn together, but that is in the future of the books, right now it is just a collection of tales from the same fantasy world. There is no stand out main character as of yet (once again that is not a bad thing at all). </p><p></p><p>You compare it to real life and then say that there is no moral ambiguity in the characters? Well are they full rounded real characters or are they definite good and evil stereotypes, you can't have it both ways.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jdavis, post: 645485, member: 8704"] Yes they are the main characters in their own little bits of the story, but they are not in the whole story, there is no stand up main character, that's not nessessarily a bad thing but it can be disconserting to people who are used to there being a main character in books (you know like almost every book ever written). As in real life? They live in a fantasy world in a fantasy book, it is a fantasy book with a new and refreshing take on fantasy books, it is a fantasy book without a lead hero or villian (as of yet) but it still is a fantasy book. I'm the main character in the story of my life too. The Others will probably turn out to be major villians eventually, but have we actually seen anything about them, do we have a clue what they want or what they are up too? Have they appeared more than a handful of times on in less than a dozen pages? 90% of the characters in the book don't even have a clue what is going on in the north, or care for that matter. Yes they will be main villians eventually but they are just a side story right now. Dany? She has yet to interact with the vast majority of the characters, she isn't even on the same continent yet, yes she will become a hub for this story eventually, but right now she doesn't affect anything in the book outside of her part of the story, at least Jon Snow has met several of the main characters, most of the people in the book don't know Dany is even alive. Not to mention she really isn't all that heroic. I am very excited to start seeing all the different stories being drawn together, but that is in the future of the books, right now it is just a collection of tales from the same fantasy world. There is no stand out main character as of yet (once again that is not a bad thing at all). You compare it to real life and then say that there is no moral ambiguity in the characters? Well are they full rounded real characters or are they definite good and evil stereotypes, you can't have it both ways. [/QUOTE]
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