Looking at all the different mythologies and stories, you seem to see a common factor. There are Heroes, Villains, journeys, and beasts. It can be viewed in The Odyssey, The Lord of the Rings, and even throughout the final fantasy series, and everything they do in these stories seem in the norm for the characters. We read these stories and think about how its possible for these people to leave their loved ones and friends all for the sake of the journey. Its the inevitable hero complex. Ordinary person takes up a seemingly impossible task and enshrine themselves in the immortality of the stories.
But in today's modern world, that's all we think about. The stories. Heroes as we believe are only the Soldiers, Police, Firefighters and even doctors. But we forget that in these stories, it the uncommon folk who grow into the destinies that shape the world. Why does society deem that quest and journey, should be given only to the soldier that the government hires. Why not take it upon ones shoulders to journey out and explore.
My question, I guess, I'm posing to you, is, Why do these stories, have to be just that? It seems to me that, people are to afraid to make themselves into legends. let me know what you think, even if you think I'm absolutely mad.
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