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I would argue with you. Dannymac Send a noteboard - 09/04/2010 06:54:53 AM
Real life mythology always wins out over the wholly fantastic in my mind. Arthur's amazing because he occupies the twilight realm between fiction and fact, where history and story and magic all collide.


I thought about Arthur, of course, but his majesty comes primarily in what he represents. He has his glorious moments of course, and certainly powerful (and laudable) ambitions, but for me there are far too many instances where he is anything but glorious, and downright weak, paralyzed by the pulls of justice and love. His inability to control Mordred, etc...

Don't get me wrong, I love the Arthur mythos, but as a character himself?
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The greatest King in Fantasy Dannymac - 09/04/2010 05:18:42 AM 2047 Views
King Arthur. Hands down. Ghavrel - 09/04/2010 06:40:15 AM 1433 Views
I would argue with you. Dannymac - 09/04/2010 06:54:53 AM 1390 Views
That's the point, though. Arthur's humanity is what makes him so admirable. Ghavrel - 09/04/2010 06:59:07 AM 1430 Views
I have to agree with Dannymac LadyLorraine - 09/04/2010 02:04:44 PM 1427 Views
But he's not in a modern fantasy novel. Ghavrel - 09/04/2010 07:37:14 PM 1442 Views
when I read the actual book... LadyLorraine - 10/04/2010 12:08:21 AM 1451 Views
"The actual character"? Which of the countless different ones? *NM* Legolas - 10/04/2010 12:21:00 AM 678 Views
i mean the actual character of Arthur in the actual book. LadyLorraine - 10/04/2010 12:51:44 AM 1547 Views
There isn't an "actual book." Le Morte d'Arthur is a relatively early compilation of legends. *NM* Ghavrel - 10/04/2010 03:09:40 AM 723 Views
Re: i mean the actual character of Arthur in the actual book. Camilla - 10/04/2010 08:17:12 AM 1432 Views
I'm going with the most likely historical version of King Arthur RugbyPlayingAshaman - 09/04/2010 06:45:26 PM 1477 Views
My money is still on Aragorn Camilla - 09/04/2010 12:47:43 PM 1550 Views
Aragorn is so awesome... LadyLorraine - 09/04/2010 02:05:42 PM 1407 Views
Arwen's character is just never fleshed out, though. Legolas - 09/04/2010 02:18:30 PM 1369 Views
Re: Arwen's character is just never fleshed out, though. lyringlas - 09/04/2010 02:49:45 PM 1440 Views
Hm nossy - 09/04/2010 03:23:53 PM 1482 Views
Mostly, yes, but there are a few exceptions - Galadriel, Eowyn, and above all Luthien. Legolas - 09/04/2010 03:32:00 PM 1373 Views
Re: Mostly, yes, but there are a few exceptions - Galadriel, Eowyn, and above all Luthien. lyringlas - 09/04/2010 03:45:37 PM 1637 Views
I can't agree about the goddesses. Legolas - 09/04/2010 04:34:15 PM 1486 Views
Re: I can't agree about the goddesses. lyringlas - 09/04/2010 04:55:34 PM 1375 Views
If Tacitus and Graves were accurate imlad - 09/04/2010 05:09:20 PM 1467 Views
Re: If Tacitus and Graves were accurate lyringlas - 09/04/2010 05:26:43 PM 1389 Views
I rather liked her depiction in Rome. Legolas - 09/04/2010 05:34:37 PM 1480 Views
Re: I rather liked her depiction in Rome. lyringlas - 09/04/2010 05:45:06 PM 1533 Views
Re: I rather liked her depiction in Rome. Camilla - 10/04/2010 11:14:26 AM 1545 Views
I don't know if I'd call it bad, per se. Legolas - 10/04/2010 11:37:55 AM 1664 Views
Re: I can't agree about the goddesses. lyringlas - 09/04/2010 05:02:50 PM 1426 Views
Eh, the other Vala don't do much of anything either. Legolas - 09/04/2010 05:31:42 PM 1392 Views
Re: Eh, the other Vala don't do much of anything either. lyringlas - 09/04/2010 05:44:03 PM 1431 Views
Nienna, the Valier of Mercy, was single and a wanderer. She's not the most powerful, but... RugbyPlayingAshaman - 09/04/2010 06:55:23 PM 1441 Views
Re: Nienna, the Valier of Mercy, was single and a wanderer. She's not the most powerful, but... lyringlas - 09/04/2010 07:04:37 PM 1454 Views
thought of a better example: Arien the Maia of the Sun was single and far more powerful than Tilion RugbyPlayingAshaman - 09/04/2010 09:17:34 PM 1678 Views
Re: I can't agree about the goddesses. imlad - 09/04/2010 05:06:49 PM 1539 Views
That was my first assumption too, but evidently not. *NM* Legolas - 09/04/2010 05:22:39 PM 662 Views
I changed it to Livia Augusta Sheesh, you people-- a guy mistypes one time!! *NM* lyringlas - 09/04/2010 05:29:03 PM 728 Views
I call bullshit Camilla - 09/04/2010 08:09:49 PM 1366 Views
Re: I call bullshit lyringlas - 09/04/2010 08:31:16 PM 1405 Views
Re: I call bullshit Camilla - 10/04/2010 08:04:15 AM 1479 Views
I didn't realize it was fashionable to call Tolkien sexist. lyringlas - 10/04/2010 05:12:07 PM 1476 Views
Re: I didn't realize it was fashionable to call Tolkien sexist. Camilla - 12/04/2010 11:00:23 AM 1347 Views
Exactly. Comet Sedai - 13/04/2010 03:08:46 AM 1461 Views
Re: Exactly. Camilla - 13/04/2010 08:54:01 AM 1540 Views
I was going to say something similar. nossy - 09/04/2010 03:21:45 PM 1407 Views
Re: Aragorn is so awesome... Camilla - 09/04/2010 08:00:25 PM 1375 Views
Re: Aragorn is so awesome... lyringlas - 09/04/2010 08:37:12 PM 1401 Views
He's good, but then he just doesn't have to face so many things. Legolas - 09/04/2010 02:22:04 PM 1693 Views
Doesn't have to face many things? Camilla - 09/04/2010 07:59:27 PM 1438 Views
As in, there are many important aspects of being king he doesn't have to face. Legolas - 09/04/2010 08:07:16 PM 1432 Views
well technically speaking he WAS the king when he did all those things. LadyLorraine - 10/04/2010 12:15:26 AM 1432 Views
Re: Doesn't have to face many things? lyringlas - 09/04/2010 08:38:51 PM 1291 Views
Re: Doesn't have to face many things? Camilla - 10/04/2010 08:24:33 AM 1384 Views
Re: Doesn't have to face many things? lyringlas - 10/04/2010 05:08:42 PM 1540 Views
Re: Doesn't have to face many things? Camilla - 12/04/2010 10:55:12 AM 1348 Views
He really wasn't a king in majority of the story though random thoughts - 12/04/2010 05:54:23 PM 1352 Views
I'm sure there are many, but one coming to mind is Prince Josua from Memory, Sorrow and Thorn Legolas - 09/04/2010 02:23:57 PM 1396 Views
Oh yeah I liked him a lot *NM* ironclad - 09/04/2010 04:09:59 PM 694 Views
Josua Lackhand is a great fantasy King! imlad - 09/04/2010 05:14:39 PM 1461 Views
Arutha was never King. *NM* Myrdhyn - 09/04/2010 07:18:30 PM 666 Views
I'm going to go with a tie... Myrdhyn - 09/04/2010 04:22:42 PM 1408 Views
Rohan was a whiny hypocritical bitch who failed at the only real test of rulership he ever faced. Cannoli - 10/04/2010 02:51:34 AM 1455 Views
That actually slipped my mind. I can't believe that. Myrdhyn - 16/04/2010 04:44:46 PM 1502 Views
Joffrey and the Stag! *NM* Kotagg - 09/04/2010 09:53:56 PM 667 Views
ROFL *NM* RugbyPlayingAshaman - 09/04/2010 11:39:36 PM 643 Views
Artur Hawkwing Cannoli - 10/04/2010 03:34:02 AM 1559 Views
Alexander the Great? *NM* Ghavrel - 10/04/2010 05:08:25 AM 692 Views
AH conquered more, did better, & was not a huge d-bag. Alex would have commissioned that big statue *NM* Cannoli - 12/04/2010 03:00:39 PM 675 Views
And both managed to have their so-called "empires" crumble within a year of their death. *NM* Ghavrel - 12/04/2010 06:12:20 PM 682 Views
Which just reinforces how awesome AH was - no one else could do what he did Cannoli - 13/04/2010 11:50:54 AM 1486 Views
??? Sidious - 10/04/2010 10:30:13 AM 1964 Views
Ta'veren is not a power, it is an accomodation with what the Pattern demands of certain people Cannoli - 12/04/2010 02:56:57 PM 1379 Views
Simba *NM* BlackAdder - 10/04/2010 08:40:38 AM 724 Views
Manwe Sidious - 10/04/2010 10:31:54 AM 1862 Views
Bah. He's hardly a character. *NM* AgentOrange - 12/04/2010 01:07:29 AM 801 Views
Arutha, the Prince of Krondor AgentOrange - 12/04/2010 01:06:14 AM 1464 Views
Westley Comet Sedai - 13/04/2010 02:59:36 AM 1398 Views
Leto Atreides II random thoughts - 13/04/2010 05:07:29 AM 1353 Views
I'll agree with that! *NM* imlad - 13/04/2010 11:33:10 AM 667 Views
What's the name of the Lemur-thing that's the King in "the penguins of madagascar"? He gets my vote! *NM* Mjolner - 14/04/2010 04:46:42 AM 729 Views
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