FiveSecondsToFly wrote:I just feel like it should be more how the characters act and react than the world they are in. Like one side of the world is always dark or the bad guys have an obvious mark. 'cause life isn't like that.
Somehow though LOTR is great and it has both. But its not about how evil Sauron is, but the struggle of giving up the Ring.
*Stops before I start rambling and making less and less sense*
That makes perfect sense! I think
A major theme in my story is that there is no black and white 'good and evil'. I also refrain from calling my antagonists 'bad guys' because though they do bad things, they are not blatant evil and we learn why they do the things they do- and on the other side, my supposed 'good guys' or protagonists also make huge mistakes that would be seen as evil, so we must question the whole 'angel of light versus demon of darkness' cliche, for things are never as they first appear and a being cannot be purely anything. It's all a greyscale.
As for LOTR yes, I'm not sure how that was pulled off either.
You've been warned of the carrots.
