Agreed. But in a way she's been acting a bit like an idiot for quite some time in the comics - the plan to go to Tibet and give up their powers to fool Twilight made little sense. Now, she is acting like an idiot.
Did you perceive that as build up though? I'm not sure they meant to depict her as incompetent even if that's how she came over.
OR say George RR Martin - who within two pages shows why Jamie slew his king and in the course of a few more, why he loves Ceresi with such devotion. Martin's plots come directly out of his characters, his characters do horrible things - but we understand why and we sympathize. Tyrion who is being forced by his father to marry Sansa, our hearts break for both Tyrion and Sansa, who will both be horrified by the union, yet Tyrion has no choice. We also understand why Tyrion's father has to do it. And aren't entirely sure if we were sitting in these characters shoes we'd do something different. That's good writing. It doesn't preach to you, it allows you to make up your own mind - by sharing an experience.
I found it pretty much incredible how sympathetic Martin's villains are. Cersei for example, though she is a horrible and often silly person has a motivation I find entirely understandable too. She was force married to an abusive drunk who doesn't love her, that she doesn't want his children as well as get rid of him is completely clear.
I take it you're not yet finished with storm? There are some pretty brilliant bits of Tyrion and Jamie characterisation in the end.
Now I want to hunt down the Temeraire books.
Yay!I highly recommend them. Best piece of fantasy I read in quite some time. I wrote a "why you should read" post without spoilers here (http://rogin.dreamwidth.org/39234.html?#cutid1) and a proper detailed review is sitting half done on my harddrive.
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Date: 2010-09-11 03:46 pm (UTC)Did you perceive that as build up though? I'm not sure they meant to depict her as incompetent even if that's how she came over.
OR say George RR Martin - who within two pages shows why Jamie slew his king and in the course of a few more, why he loves Ceresi with such devotion. Martin's plots come directly out of his characters, his characters do horrible things - but we understand why and we sympathize. Tyrion who is being forced by his father to marry Sansa, our hearts break for both Tyrion and Sansa, who will both be horrified by the union, yet Tyrion has no choice. We also understand why Tyrion's father has to do it. And aren't entirely sure if we were sitting in these characters shoes we'd do something different. That's good writing. It doesn't preach to you, it
allows you to make up your own mind - by sharing an experience.
I found it pretty much incredible how sympathetic Martin's villains are. Cersei for example, though she is a horrible and often silly person has a motivation I find entirely understandable too. She was force married to an abusive drunk who doesn't love her, that she doesn't want his children as well as get rid of him is completely clear.
I take it you're not yet finished with storm? There are some pretty brilliant bits of Tyrion and Jamie characterisation in the end.
Now I want to hunt down the Temeraire books.
Yay!I highly recommend them. Best piece of fantasy I read in quite some time. I wrote a "why you should read" post without spoilers here (http://rogin.dreamwidth.org/39234.html?#cutid1) and a proper detailed review is sitting half done on my harddrive.