<< You see the problem? To you Jar-eel is more interesting because she is diverse and has cool social skills. To me she's dull because most heroes are like that, I like the extreme, arbitrary dudes like Harrek best of all, or selfish bastards like Ethilrist or nutcase demons like Death on a Horse.
Its a matter of taste as to what is interesting. >>
Can't argue with the last sentence, but I do hope that most of the rest of the post referred to Martin's tastes as regards reading and writing fiction rather than his approach to writing She Guards Us ;-). Fortunately, from some previous off-digest communications with Martin, I'm fairly confident that his comments *were* at least partly tongue-in-cheek. SGU will, I'm sure, have plenty to interest those of us who don't share Martin's taste in heroes!
Mind you, I can't help wondering what Martin thought of the character suggestions I sent him when he asked me for 'five characters you'd like to play in a Lunar game'. Not a weapon-wielder among them (albeit, I grant you one had a nasty line in offensive magic)...
Forward the glorious Red Army!
Trotsky
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