Knightmare Stereotypes
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Come to think of it, there were some pretty strong male/female stereotypes in there. Female-wise all the Powers That Be ladies were young, beautiful and dumb as two short planks (Marta, Gretel, Mellisandre), whilst any ladies that were potential danger were evil, cunning and usually not very nice to look at (Aesandre, witches, etc).
The ones that were inbetween were always incredibly confused:
Velda - paranoid elf with asthma
Gundrada - warrior man-beast
Stiletta - warrior man-beast
Mrs Grimwold - gender issues
Elita - pain in the bum
Any more for any more?
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Interesting topic.
I wonder, if I go to the back of my wardrobe, will I end up in Winteria talking to Aesandre?
Nice name, unoriginal character.Ariadne is just such a stereotypical spider. Spinning webs, scuttling around on eight legs, attacking smaller creatures - Arachnid Rights groups must have been up in arms. (Perhaps Mary Whitehouse lent them the arms.)
Ah-Wok, I think, is extreme; I always felt uncomfortable watching him, especially when his pronunciation of 'l's as 'r's actually became part of the puzzle. Although, thinking back to the Dungeoneer who asked Ah-Wok if he was from the East, perhaps not everyone saw him as an excessive stereotype.
I suppose it was sensible to have Merlin himself as the main 'good' wizard, rather than creating a diluted 'Merlinesque' character with a different name. Archetype rather than stereotype, you could say.
Sir Hugh de Wittless, seemed a bit stereotypical, but having his bluff gallantry as the result of a curse by Hordriss, added a nice twist to the character.
As for dragons... although Smirkenorff was a fantastic innovation on Knightmare, I felt that Owen the dragon was less stereotypical.
Hordriss seemed a very original character - perhaps that's why he lasted longer than any of the others.
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I don't mind Mace's character, since usually there was a little story going on around him. And if he's a stereotype, at least he's a pretty interesting one. Unlike some, Olaf. Ho ho ho, he's a Viking with a bad Scandinavian accent. Gosh, what a great creation.
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