Problem
Something has been bothering me lately:
The development of heroic characters in current stories always seems to follow the "Good guy faces evil, evil beats good guy, good guy becomes darker anti-hero to beat evil."
Now, while I like the whole concept of anti-heroes, there's a point at which I find anti-heroes to be over done.
One doesn't need to make an upstanding heroic character a sissy to make him all bright and shiny. The heroic character doesn't need to be a Prince Valiant or a Wonder Woman.
No.
I just find that the formula needs to be tossed around a bit: Bad guy becomes unhappy with his lifestyle, bad guy does some soul searching, bad guy does a 180 and becomes a shining example of a hero.
Kinda like a Final Fantasy.
I blame my upbringing for being dissatisfied with the current fucking heroic formula.
The development of heroic characters in current stories always seems to follow the "Good guy faces evil, evil beats good guy, good guy becomes darker anti-hero to beat evil."
Now, while I like the whole concept of anti-heroes, there's a point at which I find anti-heroes to be over done.
One doesn't need to make an upstanding heroic character a sissy to make him all bright and shiny. The heroic character doesn't need to be a Prince Valiant or a Wonder Woman.
No.
I just find that the formula needs to be tossed around a bit: Bad guy becomes unhappy with his lifestyle, bad guy does some soul searching, bad guy does a 180 and becomes a shining example of a hero.
Kinda like a Final Fantasy.
I blame my upbringing for being dissatisfied with the current fucking heroic formula.