Can A Racist Character Be Heroic?
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- Опубліковано 29 кві 2018
- An exploration into what seems to be a forgotten element among modern-day protagonists: Real Character Flaws. Gone are the days of the Byronic hero. No more James Bonds or Scarfaces. Now is the time of flawless heroes and dull "empowerment" campaigns.
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"In Hollywood's quest for diversity, they have forsaken character flaws. If a writer portrays a female character as feeling afraid of something, that means they are sexist and think all women are weak." Great video!
In JoJo bizarre Adventure there's a Nazi named Rudol von Stroheim who is very heroic in the show
When are we going to realize that being a racist is far from the worst thing a person can be. If a murder can be a hero so can racist
Gran Torino, all the proof you need that yes, yes they can.
"I'll never forgive the Japanese!" - Joseph Jostar
JoJo's Bizarre Advenutre: Battle Tendency
In the Teen Titans original series they had a hero who hated Starfire's kind, even after she saved his life. They just view him as a good guy with a flaw in his opinions, not an outright bad person.
"It's the virtues that make them admirable, but it's the flaws that make them human" can someone quote that for me plz?
“There are no heroes. There are only heroic decisions.” -Edward Snowden
The movie Gran Torino covers this exact topic really well, though the racist character becomes less racist throughout the movie.
"I never thought I'd fight side by side with an elf"
All summed up in one sentence from Skyrim:
“You can’t make a Racist Character heroic!”
"If you kill a killer, the number of killers in the world stay the same." - Batman
"Can a racist character be heroic"
Can a hero be [name any character flaw]
"Can people that i disagree with be heroic?"
I remember an episode of Teen Titans where they meet Val-Yor who hated Starfire because he was racist towards Tamaraneans due to what I'm assuming to be species rivalry.
"Racism can never be heroic"
A hero forced to defend a people and land they he hates, no loathes. Now that's some story potential