I'm not entirely sure what my point is, unless it's: "Look! Wow! Isn't this amazing?" /g/
But I definitely concur with the 'I'd be a different person in different circumstances' idea, whether it's applied to real people or fictional characters.
Take Miles Vorkosigan, who is a favorite of mine (from Lois McMaster Bujold's Barrayar books). He's a brilliant military commander, who has driven himself to excel because he feels the need to compensate for severe physical handicaps. Put him on another planet, in another time, and he'd probably still be a hyperactive little git with a big mouth, but he wouldn't end up an Admiral, might not be so competitive or have such issues with his famous father, etcetera.
I don't think I quite understand the mindset of the second group of people you mention. Is it that they fear to identify with someone who isn't a true-blue hero? Or is it about the safety of the familiar, where they don't want to read anything that might upset them or fall outside certain rigid boundaries?
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Date: 2003-09-23 08:01 am (UTC)But I definitely concur with the 'I'd be a different person in different circumstances' idea, whether it's applied to real people or fictional characters.
Take Miles Vorkosigan, who is a favorite of mine (from Lois McMaster Bujold's Barrayar books). He's a brilliant military commander, who has driven himself to excel because he feels the need to compensate for severe physical handicaps. Put him on another planet, in another time, and he'd probably still be a hyperactive little git with a big mouth, but he wouldn't end up an Admiral, might not be so competitive or have such issues with his famous father, etcetera.
I don't think I quite understand the mindset of the second group of people you mention. Is it that they fear to identify with someone who isn't a true-blue hero? Or is it about the safety of the familiar, where they don't want to read anything that might upset them or fall outside certain rigid boundaries?