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« on: September 22, 2007, 10:50:38 PM »
Ideal Barnabas for me is the anti-hero, intimidating, frightening protagonist of early 1897. Plain old "evil" Barnabas gets boring fast to me, but straight-ahead good guy BC even more so. 1840 Barnabas who is of 1840, at the start, is great. He hadn't stewed in his juices long enough to get really twisted yet... but long enough to make him interesting. I love 1795 human Barnabas. It's just the present day good Barnabas that really bothers me, though he gets boring in 1840 too.
Few writers write protagonists who are interesting and have personalities. It can't be an impossible task.