Fannish Pet Peeve

[scrollgirl]

Seriously, can we please stop with the "noble heroes are boring" crap? I would really, really like for this to happen. When did "hero" and "noble" become dirty words? What happened to boasting about our Big Damn Heroes? When did we start thinking "good" = "perfect

Comments

[slybrarian]

I agree completely. Noble heroes can be incredibly interesting if they're done right. Give me Cam Mitchell or Carrot Ironfoundersson over some brooding, half-psychotic Batman figure any day.

[scrollgirl]

Noble heroes can be incredibly interesting if they're done right.

Absolutely! And I hate that too often noble heroes are dismissed without giving them a chance to stand on their own merits.

(Which isn't to say I don't love Batman when he's not psychotic.)

[gaffsie]

Carrot! OMG YES! I love him like I love Benton Fraser (that is to say, a lot). And people who think that Carrot isn't interesting are insane. After all, you have to be incredibly smart to be that simple. :D

[slybrarian]

And possibly incredibly devious, too. There's always that niggling little doubt in my head that Carrot knows damned well that he's manipulating everyone around him, but I can't help but think that even if he is he's obviously doing it for a good reason. Right?

[gaffsie]

I've always suspected that he's one devious bastard. But as you say, he's doing it for good. He didn't even compete for the throne, because he knew that Ank Morpork would be worse for it.