I need to feel like the character(s) are honestly struggling and don't just BELIEVE they're capable of awful things but KNOW they are because they've actually done those terrible things. And I need the narrative to back off, and let me interpret the character and his or her morality,
Agreed. One reason I think that Harry Dresden works so well for this is that he DOES do massively questionable things, is sometimes questioned by characters in text YET THE TEXT ITSELF is pretty much entirely supportive of him.
There's also Xena, who I think worked the trope pretty well for awhile, but only for the first couple of seasons, really. Once the writers started bringing in Christian mythology and themes into the series I very quickly got fed up. Which is unfortunate,
So unfortunate. My mom and I were SO disappointed with Xena when the writers started writing 'on the bad crack' as we phrased it. I have never even seen the last couple of seasons.
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Agreed. One reason I think that Harry Dresden works so well for this is that he DOES do massively questionable things, is sometimes questioned by characters in text YET THE TEXT ITSELF is pretty much entirely supportive of him.
There's also Xena, who I think worked the trope pretty well for awhile, but only for the first couple of seasons, really. Once the writers started bringing in Christian mythology and themes into the series I very quickly got fed up. Which is unfortunate,
So unfortunate. My mom and I were SO disappointed with Xena when the writers started writing 'on the bad crack' as we phrased it. I have never even seen the last couple of seasons.