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<blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 1332968" data-attributes="member: 158"><p>Hearkening back to the Original question:</p><p></p><p>"Is Drizzt destined to become a Classic... of the Sword-and-sorcery genre?"</p><p></p><p></p><p>I'd say he already is.</p><p></p><p>Think about this:</p><p></p><p>How many times have we heard complaints about "those damned drizzt clones?" How many times in this thread alone? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>The nature of a "classic" is how many times it is referenced in relation to its age.</p><p></p><p>Tolkien, with LOTR going on 50 years old now, still attracting new readers, sporting literary complexity unparalleled in a fantasy genre novel, is obviously a classic. It's age and mindshare contribute to this.</p><p></p><p>Te Drizzt character, being almost 20 years old itself, and STILL having DM's lament that those damned Drizzt clones are still running around, tell me that Drizzt is INDEED a staple, and therefore a classic, of the genre. A character so compelling that gamers young and old try to emulate the "cool factor" tell me he is a memorable and compelling character for at least the casual reader.</p><p></p><p>About Hacks - if Hacks are writers who wrote to popular audiences, Shakespeare was a hack. The fact that he packed his works with beauty, symbolism, and truths of the human condition all while meeting deadlines and subjects required speak to the quality of the writer, not for whether his work was temporarily popular.</p><p></p><p>About Salvatore: I have not read much of his work outside of the FR stuff, but it's not really fair to associate him ONLY with Drizzt; he does have more than that to his credit. But since the question concerned Drizzt specifically, that's where I'm concentrating on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Henry, post: 1332968, member: 158"] Hearkening back to the Original question: "Is Drizzt destined to become a Classic... of the Sword-and-sorcery genre?" I'd say he already is. Think about this: How many times have we heard complaints about "those damned drizzt clones?" How many times in this thread alone? :) The nature of a "classic" is how many times it is referenced in relation to its age. Tolkien, with LOTR going on 50 years old now, still attracting new readers, sporting literary complexity unparalleled in a fantasy genre novel, is obviously a classic. It's age and mindshare contribute to this. Te Drizzt character, being almost 20 years old itself, and STILL having DM's lament that those damned Drizzt clones are still running around, tell me that Drizzt is INDEED a staple, and therefore a classic, of the genre. A character so compelling that gamers young and old try to emulate the "cool factor" tell me he is a memorable and compelling character for at least the casual reader. About Hacks - if Hacks are writers who wrote to popular audiences, Shakespeare was a hack. The fact that he packed his works with beauty, symbolism, and truths of the human condition all while meeting deadlines and subjects required speak to the quality of the writer, not for whether his work was temporarily popular. About Salvatore: I have not read much of his work outside of the FR stuff, but it's not really fair to associate him ONLY with Drizzt; he does have more than that to his credit. But since the question concerned Drizzt specifically, that's where I'm concentrating on. [/QUOTE]
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