B2MeM: More of Grin's "The Ennobling Fantasy of J. R. R. Tolkien"

[ramblin_rosie]

Posted here: Part 4: Bored with the Good
This appears to be the end of the series, given the segue to Robert E. Howard, but I guess we'll see in two weeks.

Personally, I've never understood the complaint that good characters are boring. Granted, you don't want a character whose faultlessness puts him/her into Suvian territory, but I love my fictional heroes because, whatever their flaws and vices might be, they are at heart good people who want to do the right thing.

Comments

[nuranar.livejournal.com]

I think I remember feeling somewhat aghast when I first found complaints about good characters. I love good characters, unless they're also being really stupid.

[ramblin_rosie]

And even then they have to be *really* stupid to put me off. Crittendon, for example, gets on my nerves unless he manages to do something right--and I love Bernard Fox! But Carter, even when he bungles, never manages to kill an ep for me.