D.S.Nate
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This was inspired by a thread that I saw here a few weeks ago and so I talked about it on my podcast.
I'll leave you with the same question:
What is a hero? and what are your thoughts in the Hero's journeys do you think it can go out of date?
(Here's my thoughts on it if you care to read...)
I feel that our take on hero it taken too on the nose to mean the classical hero's in myths and the hero's journey structure is taken as some rule book to only make hero's when that's all backwards. For one all story structures are made from the observations that people studying stories found in most of the stories they found compelling.
The observation was one of something that existed the world over before the story structure was ever put to pen. Not all the stories observed had ever step in the structure they created because it was a common observation but a rule book. Because of this, you can change the tale of a boy gained a power to slay the dragon to get the treasure into, a young man (boy) who gained the skills (power) to ace an interview (slay the dragon) to get a better wage (treasure).
So on delivery yes, I agree that a boy picking up a magic sword and smiting evil is alone is not going to cut it. that that dose not make the structure that was observed from them stories outdated because I can't help but see it in a lot thing stories today.
I'll leave you with the same question:
What is a hero? and what are your thoughts in the Hero's journeys do you think it can go out of date?
(Here's my thoughts on it if you care to read...)
I feel that our take on hero it taken too on the nose to mean the classical hero's in myths and the hero's journey structure is taken as some rule book to only make hero's when that's all backwards. For one all story structures are made from the observations that people studying stories found in most of the stories they found compelling.
The observation was one of something that existed the world over before the story structure was ever put to pen. Not all the stories observed had ever step in the structure they created because it was a common observation but a rule book. Because of this, you can change the tale of a boy gained a power to slay the dragon to get the treasure into, a young man (boy) who gained the skills (power) to ace an interview (slay the dragon) to get a better wage (treasure).
So on delivery yes, I agree that a boy picking up a magic sword and smiting evil is alone is not going to cut it. that that dose not make the structure that was observed from them stories outdated because I can't help but see it in a lot thing stories today.
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