Re: regarding Herc
I have no problem with a "goody two shoes" hero, but why choose a character known for his murderous rage as the basis for your goody-goody hero? Why not choose Jason (of the Argonauts), or Perseus, or Theseus? Or even Odysseus?
It was quite refreshing to have the hero actually be a nice, reasonably well-adjusted person after the whole slew of 80's angry, angst-ridden anti-heros. (KS even reffered to Herc as "Minnesota nice" once in an interview. I lived there for a year, and I agree!)
I have no problem with a "goody two shoes" hero, but why choose a character known for his murderous rage as the basis for your goody-goody hero? Why not choose Jason (of the Argonauts), or Perseus, or Theseus? Or even Odysseus?