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Do you think there are many "obligatory" scenes in mainstream thrillers? Certainly mega selling authors such as Jack Higgins, Tom Clancy, Clive Cussler, Colin Forbes et al have central characters who seem utterly sexless. This along with other factors adds to the unreality of the charcters who have utterly unbelievable lives. The escapist plot is one thing but making the hero just a little more human would help things along the way I feel.
On observation here, people who live on the edge be it as soldier, agent or cop usually live their whole life close to the edge I would suggest. It is not conceivable that that for instance a special forces soldier who stares death in the face daily does not party and party hard.
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