Tamzen Cannoy
12-11-2002, 01:34 PM
In the article, Karrin writes:
I was going to include a detailed literary example of what I think an interesting hero in a dark world is like, but since this is already running long, I'd like to simply point out The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher. If you like modern fantasy in a grim setting and well-written characters, you might just enjoy this series. Harry Dresden is my idea of a good guy in a bad world — he takes an awful lot of punishment, but he still manages to survive.
I have to point out how very apt this is. Jim Butcher used to play for years on Ambermush where he played one of the most hated villian types who is so well remembered that people who never got to play with him use this char as the height of evilness. But his char was a lot more well rounded than the general impression left to the masses. As you say, complex and interesting and multifaceted. He left when he started writing novels which was definately the Mush's loss but the book world's gain.
I was going to include a detailed literary example of what I think an interesting hero in a dark world is like, but since this is already running long, I'd like to simply point out The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher. If you like modern fantasy in a grim setting and well-written characters, you might just enjoy this series. Harry Dresden is my idea of a good guy in a bad world — he takes an awful lot of punishment, but he still manages to survive.
I have to point out how very apt this is. Jim Butcher used to play for years on Ambermush where he played one of the most hated villian types who is so well remembered that people who never got to play with him use this char as the height of evilness. But his char was a lot more well rounded than the general impression left to the masses. As you say, complex and interesting and multifaceted. He left when he started writing novels which was definately the Mush's loss but the book world's gain.