Thread:SaynaSLuke/@comment-26538658-20151117222954/@comment-7662967-20151118193554

Nah, I would agree, they don't. And honestly, I'm not a hater of Martin 2 the way he was, he just wasn't my favorite. He would have been fine just the way he was, I think, if he had a few more personality quirks. I mean, even if a character is grown up and responsible, they need some little things that really make them an individual. Martin was (as I remember, I haven't read PoL in a while) sort of lacking in a ton of personality. And not that he needs to be overflowing with, like say .. Catkin or Star or something .. but I would have liked him better if he was a little bit differently developed.

Well .. *sigh* In a way yes, but also in a way no. I said that to shorten up a long paragraph of writing, but that's ok ;) And yes, I do agree there, in fact, in some cases, it would be less cliché. But .. the biggest thing I disliked about Martin's involvement in the quest was how much he did. Especially that he fought Ublaz, I could understand everything else, but him fighting Ublaz was too much. Alright, Ublaz did capture the Abbot, but he didn't actually kill anyone Martin was close to (that I remember) I felt it out a balance .. sure, Martin should help, he should be there to get the abbot back. But I've always thought Grath should have at least gotten a chance to fight Ublaz. Maybe she and Martin could have done it together, that would have been fine too .. but it was just him .. and idk.

And with the love interest, yea, I completely agree there. Personality is the key.

To go deeper into his reasons for being there, I would say it actually would be interesting for a character to do something just because it is the right thing to do. And honestly, despite how much Martin 2 is disliked, would readers like him more if he hadn't gone? I don't think so, I think we would say he was a coward. I think he was an ok character, his motives weren't bad, but I feel like it would have been better for him to have more at stake (not that he didn't, in a way, what he did might have been more selfless, but I would have liked to see a deeper backstory on him) and he needed a few personality quirks. So I have tried to do my best ;) He's not a ton different, just younger (because I shrank the timeline, Matti and Tess are still there)

Well, there's really only two chapters left, but I guess it doesn't seem like that ;P I should get two chapters done in a week and a half, maybe two, but .. we'll have to see :)