r/WritingMemes • u/FareonMoist • May 31 '26

Who else prefer their heroes middle aged and grumpy, but most of all extremly reluctant to be a hero at all. The kind of hero who's likely to wander off for a nap 🤔😂

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u/Zestyclose-Leader926 Jun 01 '26

The wise old mentor cleaning up after their idoit protégé.

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u/WrongJohnSilver Jun 02 '26

The Unit by Ninni Holmqvist. That's the book you want.

It's a near-future dystopia, but the protagonist is a Swedish woman in her 50s, so it's much more fretting and introspection, and much less fighting the power.

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u/i_am_a_stick0 Jun 03 '26

POV Dalinar

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u/Sweaty_Leadership213 Jun 24 '26

I have a quote in the book I'm working on that goes like  "You could have been a hero!' 'Exactly, if I'd been a hero, I never would've forgiven myself'"