Poll Day - Should Stories Be a Forum For Personal Crusades?

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

I missed the last Thursday of the month, but with Easter goings on and Easter Eggs on mfuwss we'll just take today as a make-up day.
So here's the question, for both writer and reader as usual.
[Poll #1905733][Poll #1905733]

Comments

[threecee.livejournal.com]

I really fall somewhere between 2 and 4 on the first question. I don't try to promote any specific issues in my fiction, but certainly my values and worldview color them. My heroes may have flaws, but they will never do something that is reprehensible to me, because they are the "good guys" and so by definition share my values.

I don't mind stories that explore different values in a way that still maintains reasonable characterization and has a logical place in the story.

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

Making sense is a good thing, and staying true to the characters as we understand them. I think it's a little weird when the guys are off doing something that seems completely incongruous to what we've seen of them in the series.
I agree that our idea of a good guy must be a guide.