DanArmak comments on How to Write Deep Characters - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 16 June 2013 07:12:39AM 7 points [-]

LotR is a Mileu story

This is why it would've been hard for Lord of the Rings to contain conflicted characters without becoming an entirely different story

I thought some of the characters were conflicted. In the "good vs stupid" sense.

Comment author: DanArmak 16 June 2013 06:58:53PM 0 points [-]

Why is "good" vs "stupid" a conflict? Are they contradictory?

Comment author: wedrifid 16 June 2013 07:05:12PM * 3 points [-]

Why is "good" vs "stupid" a conflict? Are they contradictory?

Yes. Doing things that result in predictable bad outcomes is bad. "Meaning well" does not especially impress me (any more).

Comment author: wanderingsoul 17 June 2013 04:33:02AM 0 points [-]

Please taboo "good". When talking about stories especially, good has more than one meaning, and I think that's part of your disagreement