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azurelunatic) wrote2003-02-14 01:07 pm
azurelunatic) wrote2003-02-14 01:07 pm
Craftedness
Am reading John Ringo's When the Devil Dances. There is a character who is very good at everything. Almost a super-soldier. This character is competent at any battle skill, and kicks much ass.
It would be very, very easy to dehumanize this character. They are *perfect*. Well, at combat stuff, at least.
This character also, as the price of these skills, has some severe defects. These defects make this character human. While physically perfect, this character is highly mentally imperfect.
I would even go so far as to say that this character could be reasonably brought up in a literary comparison with Lois McMaster Bujold's character Bothari from the Vorkosoverse. Both are highly physically fit and able to take care of any military situation. Neither of them are whole in the brain.
I have not read far enough to comment much further on them, but I think it would be worth a literary wanking at.
It would be very, very easy to dehumanize this character. They are *perfect*. Well, at combat stuff, at least.
This character also, as the price of these skills, has some severe defects. These defects make this character human. While physically perfect, this character is highly mentally imperfect.
I would even go so far as to say that this character could be reasonably brought up in a literary comparison with Lois McMaster Bujold's character Bothari from the Vorkosoverse. Both are highly physically fit and able to take care of any military situation. Neither of them are whole in the brain.
I have not read far enough to comment much further on them, but I think it would be worth a literary wanking at.
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I need to start reading that, I blew though its predecessor and then waited to start it when I had time, and I still haven't had time.
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ok...I know what I'm doing tonight :-)
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Move 'zig'.