The older you get the more you realize that strength or abilities aren't the most best things in fiction, but it's the people and humanity behind the story
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I like to think that strength comes from within, no matter how it's expressed, so a good story has to have that strength being shown, but also the "reason" for it to be there. A single victory scene rides on an entire novel's worth of storytelling.
I think that's why I'm a sucker for final fights which end with the hero reduced to their base form, or where both parties are weakened to the point that they have to resort to fisticuffs.
Even with their abilities failing them, they'll still do whatever it takes to fight for what they believe.
The people behind stories give actual pieces of their soul when they share a story. I am not able to appreciate all the souls that are shared, but I respect that they went through the hell that is required to do so.
Jarold “The Bandit King” Lawless looks on in horror as the orc huntress power bombs the wood elf through a cedar dining table. “My gods! That elf has a family!”
And when a story misses that, it becomes soulless. It's hard to explain but you know the feeling when you're reading a story where that humanity and human connection is missing.
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Even with their abilities failing them, they'll still do whatever it takes to fight for what they believe.
However, it can only do so much without a good paced, well-written story behind it.
Jarold “The Bandit King” Lawless looks on in horror as the orc huntress power bombs the wood elf through a cedar dining table. “My gods! That elf has a family!”