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For example, the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre had a girl run screaming into a barn to hide from a man chasing her with a chain saw. When he enters, she hits him over the head with a two by four. She then throws the two by four down and runs out of the barn still screaming. The man shakes his head picks up the chain saw and continues the chase. Either continue to beat him with to two by four until he is dead or pick up the chain saw and cut his legs off. Even if he survives, he will not be able to chase her down. End of movie. Apache |
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I used to read a lot of westerns as a kid. I hated the ones where the good guy bungled and flailed his way through the book. Then at the end miraculously figured everything out and put the bad guys away. Give me smart protagonists every time. Stupid would get you killed in real life. Most bad guys aren't imbeciles either.
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Yes, I have to 'connect' with the characters in some way, which, to me, just means I have some interest in them. I don't have to like them, but I have to have some smidgen of interest in them to continue on.
I read the 'Foreigner' series during the summer, and while it got a bit repetative, and the MC a bit too introspective for me, I liked them all enough to root for them and get through all 21 books and look forward to more. And now I'm working my way through the latter part of the 'Federation' series. I liked the robot books, and the Hari Seldon books, but the latter books which jump 100's of years after his death and introduce new characters after each jump... Not so much. I care about certain characters, but not the universe as a whole. (Other than, I'll finish it just to finish it. I don't really care if they reach their Second Empire or not.) I guess I'm the same way about Star Wars. Certain characters interested me, but the universe as a whole did not. So, if I can't get interested in the characters, no point to going on with a story. |
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I'm fascinated by how so many talk about liking, caring about, or being interested in characters as if they are actual people, rather than successful or unsuccessful constructs of the author; used to propel the plot. I'll go as far as to notice whether the characters are "believable" in their plot arcs (and I may even "like" or "dislike" some of them), but I never see them as fully autonomous entities. I'm almost always generally apathetic to their fictional plights in the long run. But that's probably because I don't strive to hop into their heads (or their worlds) when I'm reading about them. For me, escapism includes the freedom to not have to be truly invested in these fictional contructs' drama/joy (like I need to be in real life). They're disposable: and the author either did them well or they didn't. *shrug*
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