Comments on: The Hero: Taking an MC from “Meh” to “Myth” https://authorkristenlamb.com/2023/02/the-hero-taking-an-mc-from-meh-to-myth/ Author, Blogger, Social Media Jedi Thu, 09 Feb 2023 09:56:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.10 By: Joseph M Kurtenbach https://authorkristenlamb.com/2023/02/the-hero-taking-an-mc-from-meh-to-myth/#comment-116238 Thu, 09 Feb 2023 09:56:52 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=30954#comment-116238 My favorite movie (ok, three of them) is Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings. Before that, it was The Empire Strikes Back. Action movies Die Hard and Lethal Weapon also come to mind. If you’re looking for a really flawed anti-hero in a book series, I love The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever by Stephen R. Donaldson. I can’t stop without mentioning an unexpected hero (a pig farmer) in a Chosen One story, the Riddle-Master trilogy by Patricia A. McKillip, a short but (in my view) exceptionally rich fantasy with a mystery/riddle, deftly told.

]]> By: Jan Sikes https://authorkristenlamb.com/2023/02/the-hero-taking-an-mc-from-meh-to-myth/#comment-116236 Sat, 04 Feb 2023 21:29:26 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=30954#comment-116236 I think you hit the nail on the head, Kristen. A character who is too perfect is impossible to relate to, but a character with flaws and weaknesses will pull us in every time. It gives us something to root for. Great post, as always!

]]> By: Kristen Lamb https://authorkristenlamb.com/2023/02/the-hero-taking-an-mc-from-meh-to-myth/#comment-116235 Sat, 04 Feb 2023 20:07:08 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=30954#comment-116235 In reply to Jean.

NICE!

]]> By: Kristen Lamb https://authorkristenlamb.com/2023/02/the-hero-taking-an-mc-from-meh-to-myth/#comment-116234 Sat, 04 Feb 2023 20:06:59 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=30954#comment-116234 In reply to Carl D’Agostino.

I definitely feel you on that one. The key is remembering no everyone is our audience. Write for those of us who still love that content.

]]> By: V.M.Sang https://authorkristenlamb.com/2023/02/the-hero-taking-an-mc-from-meh-to-myth/#comment-116233 Sat, 04 Feb 2023 19:10:00 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=30954#comment-116233 In reply to Michael Summers.

I absolutely agree on this one

]]> By: Michael Summers https://authorkristenlamb.com/2023/02/the-hero-taking-an-mc-from-meh-to-myth/#comment-116232 Sat, 04 Feb 2023 18:31:47 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=30954#comment-116232 My favorite fictional heroes: Paul Muad’dib Atreides in Dune (he can see all and I mean ALL) of the options going forward, which doesn’t mean that he knows the future like everyone else thinks he does but does cause him a lot of pain. Intriguingly, the one option that he avoids as abhorrent, is the very one that his son takes as a short-term aid to victory that becomes his life path and forges the son into an anti-hero in the fourth novel in the Dune series.

]]> By: Jean https://authorkristenlamb.com/2023/02/the-hero-taking-an-mc-from-meh-to-myth/#comment-116230 Sat, 04 Feb 2023 03:34:22 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=30954#comment-116230 In one of my books, I have a pretty boy hero who’s good at numbers and gambling. Then I kill his family, burn down his house, and give him a whole new image (no skin grafts in his universe). He has to face the world with a face people kind of cringe at, girls don’t like him as much any more, and he has Issues. Oh, and vowing revenge, of course. He’s still good at numbers and gambling, but he wants to use those powers to find out who did in his family. Fun for the whole family…

]]> By: Carl D'Agostino https://authorkristenlamb.com/2023/02/the-hero-taking-an-mc-from-meh-to-myth/#comment-116229 Fri, 03 Feb 2023 23:41:18 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=30954#comment-116229 Seems much of today’s society is focused on discrediting traditional heroes and the patriotic, wholesome family values they represented.

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