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Artemis in other fandoms
So, as there seems to be some people in here, I'll go ahead with another thread.
(there are spoilers for the Black Company and the Liveship Traders, so be warned)
I'm reading the Black Company at the moment, and there's this character named Raven who's a tough deadly guy and immediately made me think of Artemis. He can make knives appear in his hands as if by magic, he is very evasive about his past, seems to have major emotional issues and also has the death glare. The only time he showed some compassion was when he risked his life to rescue a young girl being raped.
In the Liveship Traders, there's a pirate named Kennit who struck me as a screwed-up Artemis. He is very ambitious and distrustful to the point of paranoia, also with big emotional issues due to a traumatic childhood very similar to Artemis's. He wants everybody to fear him and is very particular about his looks, his hygiene, and the image others can have of him, so everything he says or does is perfectly controlled.
It's hard to describe in a few words, but these two characters gave me a strong Artemis feeling while reading those books.
So, if you have read them, what is your opinion? Or if you haven't, are there other characters that remind you of Artemis?
(there are spoilers for the Black Company and the Liveship Traders, so be warned)
I'm reading the Black Company at the moment, and there's this character named Raven who's a tough deadly guy and immediately made me think of Artemis. He can make knives appear in his hands as if by magic, he is very evasive about his past, seems to have major emotional issues and also has the death glare. The only time he showed some compassion was when he risked his life to rescue a young girl being raped.
In the Liveship Traders, there's a pirate named Kennit who struck me as a screwed-up Artemis. He is very ambitious and distrustful to the point of paranoia, also with big emotional issues due to a traumatic childhood very similar to Artemis's. He wants everybody to fear him and is very particular about his looks, his hygiene, and the image others can have of him, so everything he says or does is perfectly controlled.
It's hard to describe in a few words, but these two characters gave me a strong Artemis feeling while reading those books.
So, if you have read them, what is your opinion? Or if you haven't, are there other characters that remind you of Artemis?
As a side note, the (somehow) anti-hero cold blooded assassin with a traumatic childhood is definitely nothing new and it didn't begin with Entreri. What heightens Artemis popularity over his "brothers" is the way Salvatore describe him, how he reacts to the situations & events that take place in his life, his interaction with Jarlaxle and Drizzt, etc. It's all thanks to the author that Artemis is one of the favorites.