Why Do I Like These Guys When I Would Dislike Them in Real Life?
I seem to have a Type of character that I fall for, inevitably. Even though, logically, if I met any of them in real life, I wouldn't like them, and they wouldn't like me.
It started with Kerr Avon (Blake's 7).
Anti-hero, cynic, brilliant, snarky, witty, pragmatist, who rolls his eyes at heroics. But also faithful, with a dead girlfriend that he's willing to be tortured for in order to avenge her... only to turn out that she'd betrayed him all along. He needs a hug.
Then there was Methos (Highlander).
Brilliant, snarky, witty, pragmatist, survivor, who rolls his eyes at heroics. Oh, and a mass-murderer who played mind-games with his girlfriend. But he grew up. Probably. He's just this guy, y'know.
Severus Snape (Harry Potter) is next in line.
Brilliant, snarky, witty, liar, spy, but also a nasty piece of work, a bully who holds a grudge like it defines his identity. And faithful. With a dead girlfriend whom he betrayed, but switched sides for and is willing to die in order to avenge her. He needs a hug.
And now Loki (Marvel). The most dangerous and unpredictable of them all.
Brilliant, snarky, witty, liar, manipulator, betrayer, survivor, mass-murderer, with a love-hate relationship with his brother that is as tangled as a hundred balls of yarn that have been played with by a thousand cats. Or possibly that's his mind; he isn't quite sane. And yet he has helped save the world.
He needs a hug too.
They are all quite rude (except possibly Methos). In real life, that would annoy me, if they were rude to me.
They all consider idealists to be morons. In real life, that would mean they would consider me a moron too, and I would not like that at all.
They don't play well with others. In real life, that would also annoy me, if I had to work with them. I much prefer cooperation to confrontation.
Every single one of them is a killer. In real life, that would terrify me. Loki especially.
So why on earth do I like them in fiction?
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It started with Kerr Avon (Blake's 7).
Anti-hero, cynic, brilliant, snarky, witty, pragmatist, who rolls his eyes at heroics. But also faithful, with a dead girlfriend that he's willing to be tortured for in order to avenge her... only to turn out that she'd betrayed him all along. He needs a hug.
Then there was Methos (Highlander).
Brilliant, snarky, witty, pragmatist, survivor, who rolls his eyes at heroics. Oh, and a mass-murderer who played mind-games with his girlfriend. But he grew up. Probably. He's just this guy, y'know.
Severus Snape (Harry Potter) is next in line.
Brilliant, snarky, witty, liar, spy, but also a nasty piece of work, a bully who holds a grudge like it defines his identity. And faithful. With a dead girlfriend whom he betrayed, but switched sides for and is willing to die in order to avenge her. He needs a hug.
And now Loki (Marvel). The most dangerous and unpredictable of them all.
Brilliant, snarky, witty, liar, manipulator, betrayer, survivor, mass-murderer, with a love-hate relationship with his brother that is as tangled as a hundred balls of yarn that have been played with by a thousand cats. Or possibly that's his mind; he isn't quite sane. And yet he has helped save the world.
He needs a hug too.
They are all quite rude (except possibly Methos). In real life, that would annoy me, if they were rude to me.
They all consider idealists to be morons. In real life, that would mean they would consider me a moron too, and I would not like that at all.
They don't play well with others. In real life, that would also annoy me, if I had to work with them. I much prefer cooperation to confrontation.
Every single one of them is a killer. In real life, that would terrify me. Loki especially.
So why on earth do I like them in fiction?
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