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[Elle]

Also Ollie could probably definitely kick Claude's ***** on any given day of the week, and then feel bad about how easy it was!

[Belcatar]

There isn't anything wrong with having characters with similar qualities. Take Robert E. Howard, for example. His most famous character is Conan the Cimmerian, the quintessential sword and sorcery hero. But Conan shares many qualities with Howards other creations, such as Solomon Kane, Bran Mak Mor, Kull, and Red Sonja.

You could also look at Michael Moorcock's Eternal Champion concept as another example of this. Elric is just one iteration of this eternal champion, Campell's Hero with a thousand faces done literally.

Stephen King's Dark Tower brings together many of his stories, and he has claimed that all of his stories are related to that work. If you haven't read the Dark Tower, I highly recommend it.

Similarities between Ollie and Claude aren't anything to worry about. In fact, you may want to embrace them. Those are the qualities that you consider heroic, the qualities that make you come back to those characters and want to explore their lives.

[Henrike]

I`d never thought of comparising those two, their whole attitude is different.
Ollie: give me something to fight!
Claude: give me a book to read

Of course there is this world-saving-thing but hey, they`re both main characters and that`s what main characters do

Heee...

we'll just see about that. I think the first page in Chapter 1 will scramble that up a little bit. Maybe not. I just like to shake the snowglobe.

hmmm...wonder what this is all about

[Stevenpjones]

This is starting to remind me of the old Warlord-Green Arrow debate us hardcore comic book fans had back in the 1970s and 1980s. Except I could undestand that. The two had similiar body types, had long hair, both had goatees. I just don't see any resemblance 'twixt Ollie and Claude. Sorry.

[Warder]

Hahaha! It's not like that Steve, we're just reminiscing on our old friend Ollie. Claude has big shoes to fill as the new protagonist. I guess this thread is more like our send off to the Ollie that never really will ever leave us.