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Ever notice how in fantasy books the smaller army always wins? Murtach74 Send a noteboard - 20/09/2009 01:01:18 PM
It happens in scifi too. I've noticed that the "good guys" always have the smaller army and somehow miraculously they win against the huge evil army. Not to mention that there are not that many battles that the "good guys" lose anyway. It does make it more dramatic but it is getting kind of over used. Here are some examples.
Star Wars
Eragon(like four times or something!)
Lord of the Rings(sort of)
First battle in the Temeraire series(forgot what it was called)
etc.
There are so many examples. Pleasae tell me some books where this doesn't happen. And also how you feel about constantly reading smallerV. Bigger and smaller winning.
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Ever notice how in fantasy books the smaller army always wins? - 20/09/2009 01:01:18 PM 1322 Views
It's an essential plot device - 20/09/2009 04:41:04 PM 964 Views
Yeah but... - 20/09/2009 07:38:36 PM 944 Views
I don't quite agree - 21/09/2009 01:22:45 AM 898 Views
I'm sitting here trying to think if I've read any books like that... - 21/09/2009 01:40:08 AM 823 Views
Fail. - 21/09/2009 04:43:24 AM 1030 Views
Agreed. - 21/09/2009 04:59:39 AM 913 Views
Well there are plenty of authors not in their right minds - 21/09/2009 05:49:22 PM 842 Views
True. - 21/09/2009 06:50:43 PM 920 Views
Re: Ever notice how in fantasy books the smaller army always wins? - 20/09/2009 08:45:48 PM 1087 Views
That, and... - 20/09/2009 09:08:48 PM 931 Views
Nineteen Eighty-Four, baby! - 20/09/2009 10:37:05 PM 868 Views
That is not even fantasy... - 21/09/2009 12:00:48 AM 870 Views
IT ISN'T?! *NM* - 21/09/2009 01:42:16 AM 368 Views
Yeah, didn't your dad tell you about the double ungood days of the 80s? *NM* - 21/09/2009 01:52:46 AM 357 Views
Doubleplusungood. - 25/09/2009 02:09:27 AM 842 Views
I agree. 1984 is not SF-F. *NM* - 25/09/2009 12:36:46 AM 364 Views
Who knew? ¯\(°O)/¯ *NM* - 25/09/2009 02:07:19 AM 351 Views
I... don't know what those symbols mean. *NM* - 26/09/2009 07:04:13 AM 377 Views
Wheel of Time? - 20/09/2009 11:52:36 PM 853 Views
I have not found that to be always true - 21/09/2009 12:52:00 AM 824 Views
The smaller army doesn't always win - 21/09/2009 02:47:07 AM 842 Views
Because you don't have to root for the huge army that's supposed to win. - 21/09/2009 04:38:22 AM 895 Views
everybody loves an under dog *NM* - 21/09/2009 03:51:12 PM 369 Views
Pratchett makes much of this. *NM* - 21/09/2009 04:11:04 PM 386 Views
Exactly what I was going to say - 27/09/2009 02:55:02 PM 1022 Views

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