Ah, Memory Lane ...
"People give Tasslehoff and Fizban some shit, but really, the dufus from
Dragonlance has to be Tanis. The guy's supposed to have charisma out the
yahoo, and while that's an interesting take for a half-elf fighter
character, it sure doesn't make sense the way the guy's been written.
He's boring and moody and irritating, and the only thing that's
interesting about him is something that the teen-friendly books couldn't
go into, really—that he's torn between true love (with the equally
boring Laurana, whose only problem seems to be self-doubt, in that she
doesn't realize how awesome at everything she is…) and good sex (with
the turned-evil Kitiara—Dragonlords do it with lances, don't you know).
Also, even as an eleven year old, reading these books in wide-eyed
wonder, I had to consider this: Tanis goes to great lengths to hide his
elven heritage, going so far as to grow out a full beard—but you gotta
question why the idiot doesn't just change his last name."
http://www.toplessrobot.com/2008/10/the_5_most_and_least_shameful_dungeons_dragons_cha.php
