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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kenmarable" data-source="post: 4798011" data-attributes="member: 40359">I'll tackle this, although I'm sure there are others who can handle it better.One reason why I really dig Drizzt, is, to be frank, I haven't read the latest several novels with him, so I haven't been overloaded. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> For me, I read the original Icewind Dale trilogy and the Dark Elf trilogy as a teenager, and they just hit the perfect sweet spot for awesome action and non-cardboard characters for that age. The rest of the novels (that I read) were fun in that they were revisiting characters I liked and all, but really those two trilogies stand out as the peak of Drizzt-dom.In fact, I'm not ashamed to admit, that as a teenager and all the particular stress those years entail, reading Drizzt's commentaries between chapters was quite moving. I went so far as typing them up and hanging a couple on my wall. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> He was a role model in a way (not being a dual scimitar wielding emo before emo's were invented), but as someone who is deep down a very good person but struggling to find how to walk that path when all around seemed to work against you. (Like I said, I was a teenager.) To this day, I still really like his line about grief dividing when shared, and joys multiplying.Plus, there's just the visceral joy watching Drizzts, Wolverines, and Snake Eyes. The supreme confidence and supreme talent totally unleashing is good old fun. After a couple decades, it can get old as they try to out-do the last awesomeness, but in their early prime (e.g. 2 original Drizzt trilogies, Chris Clairemont's X-Men for Wolverine, etc.), it's just fun.Now, what I have trouble getting is Lovecraftian inspired stuff. I mean, you just throw in some Elder tentacles from outer space with people going insane and fans get all giddy. Although, honestly, I think my problem might not be with Lovecraft's actual work, but just the massive overload of "Lovecraftian" stuff where if there's a single tentacle or some insanity, everyone is all claiming it's "Lovecraftian" as if that alone makes it a better product. A story or adventure might seem pretty mediocre, but if you can get some "Lovecraftian" street cred, it suddenly becomes utterly awesome to a lot of fans. I just don't get it.</blockquote>

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