On the flip side, I’d like to see less-rational characters in fantasy books. I can’t believe in pseudo-medieval worlds where the main characters have no ethnic, racial, gender, or class prejudices; have no superstitions; and never make decisions for religious reasons.
(In some fantasy, notably Tolkien, ethnic and racial stereotypes are allowed—but in those fantasy worlds, they’re true almost 100% of the time; and the author assumes that the reader, like the author, won’t even think of them as prejudices.)
On the flip side, I’d like to see less-rational characters in fantasy books. I can’t believe in pseudo-medieval worlds where the main characters have no ethnic, racial, gender, or class prejudices; have no superstitions; and never make decisions for religious reasons.
(In some fantasy, notably Tolkien, ethnic and racial stereotypes are allowed—but in those fantasy worlds, they’re true almost 100% of the time; and the author assumes that the reader, like the author, won’t even think of them as prejudices.)