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Merchants are never heroes in western stories. Either comic relief or villains. Imagine LOTR with Aragon as a trader. Wtf was Aragon’s job in exile anyway? Did he work private security for caravans between Rivendell and the Shire?
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Even as a kid, I appreciated the fact that Sinbad made money off each adventure and returned richer every voyage. And didn’t apologize for it. He kept going adventuring out of restless boredom, not some heroic call.
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The Roc! The island that turned out to be a whale! Old Man of the Sea! Such wonderful tales for one’s childhood imagination.