Or is it just likely that if a piece of fiction is going to have a unified tone, then some part of the human range has to be left out?
I think it's because we're viewing humanity not just through the author's eyes, but through the perspective of what they need/want for the story they're trying to tell. (And that "unified tone" is a big part of why GRRM was never one of my favorite authors; I want to see some contrast in my art.)
Watt-Evans' Ethshar series is another example of humanity which is remarkably good-intentioned and reasonable (in one book he gives thousands of people super powers, and we only see three chose to use them for evil).
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Date: 2009-03-03 08:39 pm (UTC)I think it's because we're viewing humanity not just through the author's eyes, but through the perspective of what they need/want for the story they're trying to tell. (And that "unified tone" is a big part of why GRRM was never one of my favorite authors; I want to see some contrast in my art.)
Watt-Evans' Ethshar series is another example of humanity which is remarkably good-intentioned and reasonable (in one book he gives thousands of people super powers, and we only see three chose to use them for evil).