Spyke Raven ([info]spykeraven) wrote,
@ 2007-07-12 02:58:00
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True Heroism
I don't think it's coincidence that heroic figures of story and legend often have sad and sorry childhoods.
One of the hardest things in the world for any loving family is to let a member of it slay dragons alone.

In honour of my parents then, the truest heroes I know: thank you for giving me your swords and staying away from my adventures - at least until you're asked!


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[info]mazal_
2007-07-11 07:08 pm UTC (link)

It's wonderful to see you back on LJ. And congratulations on having the courage to engage in different forms of art (short stories, drawings).

As for me, I've posted more on LJ in the past week alone than I have probably in the past year, encouraged by good friends and by difficult events, both. I keep remembering what some young man whose name I never knew once put online years ago, to the effect of, "Write every day, even if it sucks, even if it hurts." I don't know that I'll always be able to abide by that, but I would to try.

Always thinking of you ...

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[info]spykeraven
2007-07-12 05:00 am UTC (link)
I'm trying to write or draw everyday, because it does keep me cheerful, especially when done in combination with regular physical exercise.

I headed over to your journal and was sorry to hear of your recent bereavements. You are always in my thoughts too and please, please let me know if there's anything I can do to help.

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[info]aureliajulia
2007-07-12 03:50 am UTC (link)
Thanks for that Raven. My parents were strict, but not smothering. I was allowed to seek my dragons.

AJ

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[info]spykeraven
2007-07-12 05:01 am UTC (link)
:) I only hope I will be able to do the same for my children some day. Assuming I have any.

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[info]nagasvoice
2007-07-12 06:13 am UTC (link)
It seems to me that it's not seen quite often in fiction, but a whole bunch of family or chosen family or friends working together on a dragon-slaying adventure is often extremely popular. You see more of it in the ensemble tv series or movies. The heroic bunch is often so much fun to watch.

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[info]spykeraven
2007-07-12 06:47 am UTC (link)
I assume you mean something like the gang in Buffy or Angel? I can't think of any 'normal' family that adventures together - apart from the Winchesters of course, and they're not exactly normal.

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(Anonymous)
2007-07-13 01:42 am UTC (link)
To begin with I was thinking of the older sf & f fiction out there.
Iw as struck by the contrast between, say, Andre Norton's isolated, lone hero who, if he or she is lucky, will acquire friends/family on the heroic journey, vs. some of the early juvenile sf by Heinlein. Then there's the Crestomanci family series by Diana Wynne Jones, but in that case individual members seem to have adventures around each other, more than together.

As with Buffy or some of the forensic shows, a lot more often it's chosen companions who become more or less family on the journey.

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[info]nagasvoice
2007-07-13 01:42 am UTC (link)
To begin with I was thinking of the older sf & f fiction out there.
Iw as struck by the contrast between, say, Andre Norton's isolated, lone hero who, if he or she is lucky, will acquire friends/family on the heroic journey, vs. some of the early juvenile sf by Heinlein. Then there's the Crestomanci family series by Diana Wynne Jones, but in that case individual members seem to have adventures around each other, more than together.

As with Buffy or some of the forensic shows, a lot more often it's chosen companions who become more or less family on the journey.

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