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Rosendorn wrote:Because you're not yet another King Arthur remake, you're not up against the wildly popular King Arthur remakes— you're up against the general genre, but not the copycats.
Rosendorn wrote:I classify "remake" as a pretty large genre. A book I remember reading the blurb of when I was a kid basically had a bard fabricate everything legendary about King Arthur, and then there are the modern recreations, etc.
Seriously, I have read blurbs of almost every type of 'myth is involved' from around the world— fairy tale remakes, fairy tale sequels, decedents of, revival plots, 'what is real what is myth'— and, to be honest? My favourite ones and the ones I remember are the ones who don't use common characters. Class of the Titans, a Greek-demigod tv series, included Narcissus. Wildefire by Karsten Knight is focused on Polynesian and Central American myth. The aforementioned Raven Boys uses a Welsh king I've never heard about until I picked up the book.
I like learning about new things. I am the type of person who searched for the history not taught in history class because the reason I studied history was to learn what wasn't taught. That the best pirate in history was a Chinese woman, how a Korean queen predicted an invasion based on an omen she interpreted, and a Warrior Queen of Matamba sat on the back of a servant when the Portuguese king refused to bring a chair for her and she wanted to be on equal standing.
Whenever I look for stories about historical figures, chances are, I'm looking for a new figure. Recognizability is an active detraction from my perspective, but I'm probably pretty rare in that. However, I doubt I'm rare in an interest for new stories that aren't the same old things.
So pick whoever's interesting and run with it. Your passion will improve the story tenfold.
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