SeverinR
Vala
I feel the "American" hero is stagnant. I love t.v. shows from Canada. The characters seem more real, they aren't posing, they aren't positioning themselves for their next zinger or quotable line.
I wonder if this is what your "feeling". The fantasy hero flexing his muscles and flipping a sword to impress the reader rather then actually having a reason to do it.
We have the macho hero or the anti-hero(the nerd that finds a way to become the hero), we have the pretty damsel waiting to be saved, or the PMSing warrior woman trying to prove she doesn't need anyone.
Cliche in our heros, makes the books cliche.
I don't think the genre is dead, but it might be stagnant.
When I started looking at what publishers want, they want new heros. They want women in lead rolls, they want unique people in the books. Something that sets this book apart from all the others.
Conan was a good story, but how many muscle bound warriors can we read about? They can have muscles, but maybe personality too?
I wonder if this is what your "feeling". The fantasy hero flexing his muscles and flipping a sword to impress the reader rather then actually having a reason to do it.
We have the macho hero or the anti-hero(the nerd that finds a way to become the hero), we have the pretty damsel waiting to be saved, or the PMSing warrior woman trying to prove she doesn't need anyone.
Cliche in our heros, makes the books cliche.
I don't think the genre is dead, but it might be stagnant.
When I started looking at what publishers want, they want new heros. They want women in lead rolls, they want unique people in the books. Something that sets this book apart from all the others.
Conan was a good story, but how many muscle bound warriors can we read about? They can have muscles, but maybe personality too?
Dreamer
