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[anghraine]

I have my issues with Aragorn, but one of the things I really enjoy about him is that he has an actual goal and is actively pursuing it, while simultaneously prioritizing more important or morally imperative things.

This doesn’t make him flawless by any means, but in a lot of ways, it’s really refreshing. Consuming self-doubt is so often treated as a default, and somehow obligatory for heroic characters, and I get ... really tired of it sometimes.

(—she says as she writes an intensely uncertain and directionless main character.)

Comments

[lokifan]

That's actually a really good point. And having this other goal as opposed to "EVERYTHING IS THE MISSION".

[anghraine]

Yes—I think it can add some interesting complexity and strain to a character.