Why Heroism is important

Feb 16, 2011 13:37

This man sums up just about everything I believe about Fantasy:

http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lgrin/2011/02/12/the-bankrupt-nihilism-of-our-fallen-fantasists/

Why is it that todays authors insist on dragging down heroism and heroic traits and dumping a metric ton of manure on it?

Why do they insist on substituting filth for love and romance, debauchery for purity, who must they twist bravery and courage into cowardiance?

I'm tired of 'Dark, edgy, with plenty of black humor and gritty realism.'

Maybe I'm 'naive' maybe I haven't seen enough of the 'dark, gritty, real world.' But I am confident these 'gritty' books will be dropped by the wayside with all the other bad books. And forgotten. As it should be.

Why must there the description be dark and horrible? Why must the description describe the ugliest and the worst, why must the smell of the sewer and unwashed human being be described?

Why are the characters, praised for their 'realistic humanity.', generic in their nihilistic worthlessness?

Yes, there are plenty of people like that, but the last time I checked most people tend to cheer when the Hero kills them.

Is it to much to ask for someone who can keep a lid on the obscenities? Is it to much to ask for someone who won't compromise his principles? Who will kill the men who would do evil?

Who doesn't have an addiction of some kind? Who treats women with respect and dignity? Who won't stand by and do nothing when evil men would have their way?

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