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In my fantasy story that I'm slowly getting into, my MC Sirena is an apprentice witch. Her two fellow apprentices, Aster and Keeva, study alongside her under their High Priestess, and they all som...
#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T13:06:56Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/48430 License name: CC BY-SA 4.0 License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
#2: Initial revision
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weakdna says reinstate monica
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2019-12-08T13:06:56Z (almost 5 years ago)
In my [fantasy story](https://writing.stackexchange.com/questions/47445/avoiding-racist-tropes-in-fantasy) that I'm slowly getting into, my MC Sirena is an apprentice witch. Her two fellow apprentices, Aster and Keeva, study alongside her under their High Priestess, and they all somewhat cooperate with the king of the lands where they live. Sirena is not the most powerful of the three. In fact, for most of the story, the expectation is that Keeva is the most powerful--she's aggressive, ambitious, courageous, and headstrong. But in the end, neither Sirena nor Keeva saves the day. Aster shows herself to be the most powerful (the "chosen one" if you will), despite her alternative, non-violent approach (healing and clairvoyance). What I'm asking is, since Aster is the _hero_ in the end, is it okay that I'm not focusing on her? Is it okay that I follow the journey of Sirena, even though she is not the most important of the three in the context of the whole? Should I switch to have my protagonist be Aster, or switch Aster and Sirena's roles? _Does my main character need to be the one who saves the day?_
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2019-10-07T16:18:03Z (about 5 years ago)
Original score: 20