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I'm going to have a little something later today to accompany this essay, and no, it's not a counter this time around. Rather, it's another example of how enduring the motif of Conan as the lion is, as demonstrated by an important character in a popular video game that's getting some fresh new life breathed into it later this month. Keep your eyes open, my friends!

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Yay! I can’t wait to see that, I do like your criticism (I particularly love it when you come around to critique my stories and offer me your awesome tips) but when we join forces it just makes my week my friend (I’m being honest here!)!

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Another interesting insight into plot and characters. Often, an author has a much fuller image of his characters than appears on the page/screen. Sometimes, viewers inject their own qualities onto a character. Literature is indeed a complex thing. All the more reason to keep AI out of it.

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Agreed, and I think Howard poured only the best of himself into his characters even as he made them wholly different from himself, and you nailed so much about literature especially Howard’s right here.

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