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1 hour ago, Not an Ookla said:

Welcome to the Shard! Who's your least favorite character?

That's a surprisingly difficult question to answer.

There are characters I hate as people, but not as characters. Dilaf comes to mind: he's an infuriating, unreasonable zealot - and the fact that I can so genuinely hate him makes him a great character in my eyes. I hate him because he's a great character, not a bad one.

I see Moash in your signature. I dislike him, but I don't despise him - I care little for what he's done, but he lost all my respect in RoW. Hypocritical coward. As a character? Brilliantly written.

The other reason why it's so hard for me to answer this question is because I don't actually pick favorites. I just like a bunch of stuff, dislike a bunch of stuff and am neutral on a bunch of stuff. Very rarely does something stand out enough for me to qualify it as "best".

But if I had to choose one, it's Kiin's autistic child from Elantris, whose name slips my mind. He's a bit of a caricature and he actually feels like a plot device. I don't dislike as  person, but I feel he could have been much more polished.

How's that for a long-winded answer to a simple question? Maybe I should start a career as a epic fantasy author.

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