Even in the ensemble cast of Deep Space Nine, the captain gets more screen time any any other character. With the exception of the brand new Discovery, every Star Trek show has focused around the captain. Returning to the broom race, Akko’s parents might not have the money to keep her in school, and Akko could think that the only way for her to keep learning magic is to win the first-place prize. The occasional story where she tries to cheat could still work, but only if it’s clear that the system is unfair.
The best way to fix Akko would be to make her a legitimately hard worker and then reward her for her efforts. When a story is about the protagonist trying super hard to get what they want, it’s critical that they seem deserving of that goal.
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How to Fix ItĪkko’s problem is that she’s combining two elements that don’t work well together: extreme earnestness and sketchy morals. It’s unclear if she thinks all this cheating will make her a good witch or if she’s lying about her goals. Over and over again, she neglects her schoolwork and tries to find shortcuts around her problems. In another episode, when Akko is having trouble with her spellwork, she goes on a quest to find a magic artifact that will make her the best witch ever. Instead of putting in extra practice, Akko goes out and buys a super powerful magic broom to give her an edge. The problem is that she doesn’t know how to fly a broom, something the other girls all learned before they even came to school. In one episode, she decides that she needs to be the best at broom racing in order to follow in her idol’s footsteps. Worse, Akko is unwilling to put any work into achieving her goal. Even though her motivation is inherently sympathetic, it gets annoying through sheer repetition. Seriously, it’s like there was some rule in the writers room that they couldn’t let a scene end without Akko loudly proclaiming how she’s going to be the best at magic that there ever was. I know that because she keeps repeating it. *Īkko’s primary motivation is to be the greatest witch of all, despite how bad she is at magic.
The only thing Akko and Miss Granger have in common is how useless their friends are. If that sounds like the “what if Hermione was the main character” scenario you’ve always dreamed of, I’m sorry to disappoint you. In Little Witch Academia, protagonist Akko is the only girl from a non-magical family attending a witch school. This way, when he gets a rude awakening about the realities of life, it isn’t a commentary on whether or not governments should be transparent in their dealings. He doesn’t want to kill his enemies, and he’s eager to risk his own life and the lives of his comrades to save others, even if the chances of success are remote. In that version of the story, Holden is idealistic in a more general sense.
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How to Fix Itįortunately, I don’t have to think too hard about a solution because the Expanse TV show already made one for me.
That’s a recipe for annoyance if ever there was one. It feels like he’s out of step with the rest of the universe and preaching about a problem that isn’t important to anyone else. No one else in the story particularly cares about the issue, except to shake their heads at Holden whenever he blasts incendiary information over the airwaves without a second thought. This is incredibly frustrating for anyone who actually cares about freedom of information Holden’s arguments sound like a caricature of their position.Įven for readers who don’t particularly care about information transparency, Holden’s obsession with it gets annoying fast. Holden’s arguments are obviously flawed, and they have to be that way so that Miller can shoot him down and explain that sometimes you need to keep information from the public for people’s own good. He defends this by saying that people have a right to know. Several times, Holden brings the solar system to the brink of war by broadcasting sensitive information without any thought to the consequences. Holden believes in freedom of information, or at least a warped version of it. The problem is how Holden’s ideals manifest. On its own, this is a great character arc. The story is about Holden losing his idealism and realizing he has to make hard choices in order to prevent a greater evil from triumphing. Leviathan Wakes, the first book of The Expanse series, pairs idealistic Holden with jaded anti-hero Miller. * If the audience doesn’t like a character, they won’t become invested in what happens. This investment is especially important for the protagonist. If the story has an unlikable protagonist, many people won’t finish it. Likability is a critical aspect of storytelling.
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