That's true... but I don't really think it's the decisive factor for me.
Legolas Send a noteboard - 29/12/2011 07:18:06 PM
The fact is, it is much more interesting to read a character who understands and accepts her sexuality than to read a character who doesn't. There's a vitality in Phaedre - encompassing her acceptance of herself, even when she doesn't like where it leads her, or what it means for her socially or in bad situations - that Imriel lacks. Imriel's story has his inner conflicts weaving in with his rather lacklustre political plot, such as it is. He's not a character who holds interest, because the hero who hates himself for some aspect of his he can't help is a trope bashed to dead and beyond putrefecation.
What I like most about Phèdre, I think, is that she's an unabashed intellectual - or geek, if you will - who somehow just happens to get caught in the middle of adventures that tax her physical and emotional courage as well as her brain. But you make a good point, her acceptance of her sexuality and her feelings makes her mature and less prone to irritate than the typical teenager heroes in fantasy in general. And having a mad crush on the main antagonist is not as big a cliché as you would think, so...
So, for anyone who has read Kushiel's Dart by Jaqcuelyne Carey
- 29/11/2011 08:37:55 AM
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Carey is a decent writer
- 29/11/2011 04:03:45 PM
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really? I thought she had great storytelling
- 29/11/2011 04:31:05 PM
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I actually felt like the trilogy gained a lot of depth as it went on - the third book was the best.
- 29/11/2011 05:34:28 PM
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I agree about the consistency. And possibly about the storytelling.
- 29/11/2011 06:25:52 PM
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Re: I agree about the consistency. And possibly about the storytelling.
- 29/11/2011 07:13:22 PM
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Re: One of the major differences between Phaedre and Imriel is extremely simple.
- 29/12/2011 01:48:10 AM
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That's true... but I don't really think it's the decisive factor for me.
- 29/12/2011 07:18:06 PM
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Of course, you have to make allowances for a bat-shit insane culture
- 01/12/2011 05:02:27 AM
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I don't think I can come up with 10 fantasy cultures/mythologies which stand up to close examination *NM*
- 01/12/2011 09:11:07 AM
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