A hero from your world, you mean. I have known heroes before, Rin; my best friends were heroes. But our worlds, being so different, would likely have a different idea of what constitutes heroics. It might prove interesting, at the very least.
It's not as simple as all that. A hero isn't always an embodiment of all that's good in the world, though he might try to be. Even the best of heroes make mistakes and wrong turns, same as anyone else does.
So yeah, I'd say it's a little difficult to define.
That was my thought as well, though where I come from, that is hardly considered the case. It's good to know that I'm not the only one who came to such a conclusion. Seeing the world, and furthermore, seeing people in terms of black and white is a fundamentally flawed practice.
People are never black and white, unless things have seriously changed in this era. I've sen good and honorable men do stupid things, and complete bastards do the occasional good thing now and then.
Can't imagine a word where common opinon would be anything else.
Yes, well, you've never been to Europa. There's an interesting double-standard there, I've found; though everyone is, as you rightly suggest, neither black nor white, everyone is expected to be so and categorized accordingly. I suppose in a war-torn world it pays to have heroes to look up to that are not capable to the same atrocities as the men labeled villains.
You can imagine how difficult it is to rule a country with that sort of mindset.
They chronicle the adventures of the Heterodyne Boys, hardly any of which are true and all of which are Amazing, according to the people that weren't actually there.
Ah! A man with some sense of logic. Impressive. That is, indeed, true. Heroes come in many forms and with many mission statements. Before I met the Heterodynes, my hero was... ah... a man famous for creating a fully-autonomous army of walking lungfish and taking over half a continent with them.
Granted the continent was the size of a small city, but I still found it quite inspiring.
Heroes are an outmoded concept from the times before the Dark Age of technology. They are built around the cult of individual and do not properly honor mankind's achievements as a whole.
No, good deeds and loyalty are their own reward, but a post-heroic society is what we need. Heroism dances too close to the supernatural for my liking.
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So yeah, I'd say it's a little difficult to define.
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Can't imagine a word where common opinon would be anything else.
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You can imagine how difficult it is to rule a country with that sort of mindset.
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Mart's in a particularly good mood since he got his jaws maw back.]
Hey man, what's the deal with all the books?
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I just received them in the mail; I should think that would be fairly obvious.
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So, what're these books about?
Looks kinda like all the 'Hardy Boys' books they got in this town.
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Unfortunately I was there.
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Isn't that the truth...
Very well. Someone you look up to. But don't even evil men have disciples?
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[Ken is idealistic and childish at times, sure, but this is a fundamental truth that even he understands.]
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Granted the continent was the size of a small city, but I still found it quite inspiring.
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[His tone is carefully neutral. The last time they talked, after all, it did not end on good terms.]
So if a hero is nothing more than the figurehead of a cult, is all the work they do worth less?
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