Hm. I think I was counting that as (d), on the grounds that "not wanting to be eaten by a dragon" wasn't really specific enough to count as characterisation. And I think, even if he's equally morally culpable, books are often more sympathetic to characters who bumble a big crime than ones who succeed at it.
But I'm happy to count this as one of the exceptions where a straight-up assassin is somewhat sympathetic -- there definitely are examples of that, I just think they're rarer than characters which sort of fit the mold, but don't do "sympathetic" and "killing for money" at the same time.
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Date: 2012-09-03 02:43 pm (UTC)But I'm happy to count this as one of the exceptions where a straight-up assassin is somewhat sympathetic -- there definitely are examples of that, I just think they're rarer than characters which sort of fit the mold, but don't do "sympathetic" and "killing for money" at the same time.