Holding Out for a Hero

[sakuratsukikage]

Another post in the "things I really like" series.  (For the record, when I say hero in these posts, I mean it as a term inclusive of both male and female characters--same with "good guys" and "bad guys.")

So, sometime in the 1980s, I think, though I'm not really sure, considering I was born then, it struck people that really, really flawed

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[sakuratsukikage]

Aww, thank you, seriously. I'm glad you don't get bored, because I do tend to go on and on, I think. And this actually makes me really happy. XD I'd love to increase Luke appreciation in everyone I know. (And Wedge and Janson are awesome, but I'm almost glad they're not in it more so that they could be spun off into what they are in the Expanded Universe. Which is awesome.) But yes. Luke's caring about things so much is what really endears him to me, and makes me wonder how people could ever think that he's boring.

Garion, the main character, is really honest, deep-down good and Silk appreciates Garion's goodness and always looks out for him. See, I think that's the sort of thing that I think you can get, that kind of character interaction, when you embrace that a certain character is a good person, because it's natural for people to admire that. And that kind of back and forth between characters can be so interesting. And I think your point that Harry chooses to live up to his role is a really good one, too, because something that so many people seem to miss is that being a good person, being a hero, is a choice, and it's a choice that's really interesting to see a person make.

I'd like to think most people would choose to save the world and the problem is only a matter of how.

And I agree with this, so much. So it's the how and why that's interesting--to be honest, a person who would be reluctant to save the world doesn't get nearly as much of my sympathy. And thank you! I love thinking about this kind of thing, anyway. XD