Interesting points, K. I don't really enjoy the stories with characters on the darker emotional/ethical end of the spectrum. grimdark and such. I end up hoping both the grimdark "hero" and "villain" are croaked by the end of the tale. 🤷♂️
It's kind of like the Dexter tv show. I saw how popular that was but didn't get the appeal.
I prefer stories about redeemable characters or only moderately flawed ones who struggle to do better instead of embracing their baser qualities as a means of meeting their goals. A werewolf that doesn't fight their nature is boring to me.
Also, the deeper the flaws a person has, and embraces, the more likely they'll turn on you like the tale of the scorpion and the frog crossing the river.
I've lived it, so I really don't enjoy it in my fiction. 🫤
Yeah. Thats kinda what I meant by all this. Your place on the journey, your emotions affect the type of character you want to see.
I will say, the morally gray character ranges from Dexter on one end to Raylan Givens of Justified on the other. Thats quite a spectrum to choose from. Not every thing has to be super dark.
Knowing you personally, your choice to read and write heroic heroes fits. And there's nothing wrong with that. 👍🏼
I actually enjoyed the original stories Elmore Leonard wrote about Rayland Givens He was more upright, more like the original westerns that Leonard wrote in the 50s/60s, than the foolish-criminal tales like Get Jackie Brown or Get Shorty. I learned from the reading of the criminal tales, but I don't go back and read them again like I do with the Westerns. 🙂
Interesting points, K. I don't really enjoy the stories with characters on the darker emotional/ethical end of the spectrum. grimdark and such. I end up hoping both the grimdark "hero" and "villain" are croaked by the end of the tale. 🤷♂️
It's kind of like the Dexter tv show. I saw how popular that was but didn't get the appeal.
I prefer stories about redeemable characters or only moderately flawed ones who struggle to do better instead of embracing their baser qualities as a means of meeting their goals. A werewolf that doesn't fight their nature is boring to me.
Also, the deeper the flaws a person has, and embraces, the more likely they'll turn on you like the tale of the scorpion and the frog crossing the river.
I've lived it, so I really don't enjoy it in my fiction. 🫤
Yeah. Thats kinda what I meant by all this. Your place on the journey, your emotions affect the type of character you want to see.
I will say, the morally gray character ranges from Dexter on one end to Raylan Givens of Justified on the other. Thats quite a spectrum to choose from. Not every thing has to be super dark.
Knowing you personally, your choice to read and write heroic heroes fits. And there's nothing wrong with that. 👍🏼
Thanks, K. I appreciate that. 🫡
I actually enjoyed the original stories Elmore Leonard wrote about Rayland Givens He was more upright, more like the original westerns that Leonard wrote in the 50s/60s, than the foolish-criminal tales like Get Jackie Brown or Get Shorty. I learned from the reading of the criminal tales, but I don't go back and read them again like I do with the Westerns. 🙂