I love the genre of fantasy/SF, but I have issues with traditional Hero morality issues…
Like, for example,
Bad guy is being bad and killing lots of people
so
Good guy comes in and kills lots of bad guy's people
WTF?
I get that this is war, and there needs to be justice, but is anyone else trying to find ways of solving issues or writing a good story without it being about war between good guys and bad guys essentially doing the same things to each other?
I just feel like a hero can be a hero in a lot of ways besides just being 'the chosen one' or having a bigger sword. Self sacrifice, perhaps. Using art to create revolution?
My 'hero' is more of a literary revolutionary who writes illegal underground propaganda in order to create revolution. Obviously there is an element of danger in this position, and obviously he can be executed… I'm just wondering if there is other examples of this sort of thing in Lit?
thoughts? Does anyone have examples of this in actual fantasy/sci-fi literature?
Like, for example,
Bad guy is being bad and killing lots of people
so
Good guy comes in and kills lots of bad guy's people
WTF?
I get that this is war, and there needs to be justice, but is anyone else trying to find ways of solving issues or writing a good story without it being about war between good guys and bad guys essentially doing the same things to each other?
I just feel like a hero can be a hero in a lot of ways besides just being 'the chosen one' or having a bigger sword. Self sacrifice, perhaps. Using art to create revolution?
My 'hero' is more of a literary revolutionary who writes illegal underground propaganda in order to create revolution. Obviously there is an element of danger in this position, and obviously he can be executed… I'm just wondering if there is other examples of this sort of thing in Lit?
thoughts? Does anyone have examples of this in actual fantasy/sci-fi literature?
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