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<blockquote data-quote="Underman" data-source="post: 5969627" data-attributes="member: 6696705">It's not surreal to me because I intuit without needing an explicit explanation for that one line that the king is specially gifted. I assume there is an explanation. As a king he learns the art of healing from his maesters, or divine healing is in royal blood. Also, is it mundane herbal healing or divine healing or both, I don't know, it's left vague. Also, it's not in-your-face like D&amp;D powers. It's not like the phrase is &quot;the legs of the king are the legs of a superfrog&quot;. That would be less subtle if the king jumped out of his tower every morning and landed outside the city walls.Do you not make the same differentiation that different elements in fantasy are different in quality and elicit different perspectives from the reader or audience?Also, like much of Tolkein's fantasy, the king's healing ability is written subtlely, and I don't delve too much because it&nbsp; is subtle and off-camera (whatever the literary equivalent of off-camera&nbsp; is). However, if I had to roleplay the king, get inside his mind and do his shtick, it would be helpful to know more about his healing source. Don't you differentiate between a subtle rumour in a novel vs actually roleplaying the king and don't have any curiousity or desire to understand the character further and what makes him tick and how he fits into his world?No not saying that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Underman, post: 5969627, member: 6696705"] It's not surreal to me because I intuit without needing an explicit explanation for that one line that the king is specially gifted. I assume there is an explanation. As a king he learns the art of healing from his maesters, or divine healing is in royal blood. Also, is it mundane herbal healing or divine healing or both, I don't know, it's left vague. Also, it's not in-your-face like D&D powers. It's not like the phrase is "the legs of the king are the legs of a superfrog". That would be less subtle if the king jumped out of his tower every morning and landed outside the city walls. Do you not make the same differentiation that different elements in fantasy are different in quality and elicit different perspectives from the reader or audience? Also, like much of Tolkein's fantasy, the king's healing ability is written subtlely, and I don't delve too much because it is subtle and off-camera (whatever the literary equivalent of off-camera is). However, if I had to roleplay the king, get inside his mind and do his shtick, it would be helpful to know more about his healing source. Don't you differentiate between a subtle rumour in a novel vs actually roleplaying the king and don't have any curiousity or desire to understand the character further and what makes him tick and how he fits into his world? No not saying that. [/QUOTE]

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