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[feotakahari]

Young Souls provides another example for an argument I’ve made before: characters can be interesting if they’re unlikable, but not if they’re uninterested. These protagonists recognize that their situation is more complicated than good and evil, but they don’t really give a shit. They’re good at killing goblins and enjoy doing it, so they’re down to take out any targets they’re pointed at. There’s no hesitation, but more importantly, there’s no curiosity, no wonder, no investment in the fact they’ve been pulled away from their normal lives to fight monsters. They don’t even seem to give much of a shit about saving their foster father.