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Drakansa

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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:38 am

I'm writing a story with a magic pirate princess. And dragons. But it's a lot cooler than it sounds when I write it like that! (At least... I think it's cool sweatdrop )

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 11:39 pm

I've read a TON of "In some land, some guy/girl is singled out/"chosen" to have awe-astounding powers and has led a terribly tragic life. Finds that one person that loves them and may just save them...aww"

See that's fine, like someone said, it's all in how you develop the story but soooo many have cookie-cutter characters and no real depth. They don't bother to get into the really deep stuff like emotional bonds and human nature and such.

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Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 9:34 pm

The ones that get me are the 'save the day' superhero types. They come from a small peasant village, then overnight become a great warrior and saves the kingdom. xp Been there done that, to many times.
Another I've been noticing a lot lately are whiney hero's. Think Shinji from Evangelion *blanch* whimp.

Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 3:55 am

Ah, come on. You don't want the humble-yet-strong and silent peasant to save the day, but you don't want the emotionally wrecked, cosmopolitan, difficult teenager to do it either? You probably don't like heros with big egos and practical harems sitting in every city either (Like Green Arrow and the such), so...I guess this is a good place to ask...

If you're going to pick a side of the spectrum to place a protragnoist on, which one is it going to be? I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just curious what people out there prefer.

And as for overused story lines in actual books...I really like salvation stories, where one person goes out and after much turmoil shows another life isn't so bad. This mostly happens in teenage books. One thing I hate in teenage books is the whole 'everyone hates someone inparticular' syndrome. No high school is EVER that united against one thing, not even in hate.

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