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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Turanil" data-source="post: 2657583" data-attributes="member: 9646">EDIT: Lets refocus the thread with a simple question:For a sci-fi / fantasy novel, what do you think is more interesting to read: about a powerful hero all the way, or about an unfortunate whimp who, after much efforts and intelligence, eventually becomes the powerful guy?-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<s>I believe that fantasy and sci-fi litteracy is before all enjoyed by a public of geeks, who turn out to be most of the time fat or skinny nerds who love to read about larger than life stories involving muscled barbarians (or clever wizards, but it's still about personnal power). And why so, if not to forget who we really are? I tell you, most of us are nice, obedient, and politically correct whimps. (I mean, even if we are professionally successful and happily married, we still are whimps) Anyway, if we didn't become otherwise, it's because we didn't get the right model to follow as children, and our mothers, fearful of real men, didn't want us to become conquering warlords but obedient good little boys instead. So now, and unless becoming aware of it through some genius insight or long psychotherapy, we are still unconscious that to please our mothers, we remain nice whimps all the while secretely dreaming of being Conan, Aragorn, or the Gray Mouser.</s><s></s><s>For those who would scream "speak for yourself dude!", I must unfortunately admit that I am writing this while eating a chocolate dessert...  <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/nervous.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":heh:" title="Nervous Laugh    :heh:" data-shortname=":heh:" /> </s><s></s><s></s><s>So now discuss!!</s><s></s><s>And then answer my side question:</s><s></s><s>For a sci-fi / fantasy novel, what do you think is more interesting to read: about a powerful hero all the way, or about an unfortunate whimp who, after much efforts and intelligence, eventually becomes the powerful guy?</s></blockquote>

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