Name a character that became a villain for all the right reasons, such as loss of loved ones, more realistic sense of justice, and so on?
I’m quite excited for this question. So, you asked for a man who became a villain for all the right reasons.According to Dictionary.com, a villain is “a character whose evil actions or motives are important to the plot.”Also according to the dictionary, evil is “profoundly immoral and malevolent.”So according to all of these guidelines, we are looking for a character whose “profoundly immoral” actions are justified due to the death of loved ones and a wicked sense of justice. Someone who causes more harm than good. Someone driven over the edge by the loss of their family. Someone who believes that the only real justice is chaos. One character comes to mind:The Joker (the REAL Joker, anyway) is a tortured soul. While there have been a multitude of origins for the Joker, many have accepted the one in The Killing Joke to be canonical. In addition to being terribly sad, it mirrors Bruce Wayne’s life in surprising ways.A poor man whose wife and child die. A lowly comedian who no one enjoyed. A one time criminal, horribly scarred by his attempt to provide for his family. A man who, in one evening, lost everything.It’s not surprising that the Joker became who he was. And from a certain point of view, he’s correct: life is random, cruel, uncaring. Unfair. Perhaps the only correct response to all of the traumas of life is to stare back and laugh.
Which comic book death made you cry the most?
A2A.I don’t cry easily, particularly with comic books since they’re fiction, but there was one death that really affected me.It was the death of Superman (Kal-L) from Earth-Two in Infinite Crisis. In my opinion, he has the best character arc in that crossover. Initially, he was on the side of the main villains, Alexander Luthor and Superboy from his univere.Ever since Crisis on Infinite Earths, his world was devastated and so he hoped to restore it with Luthor’s help. After his Lois Lane dies, Kal-L even fights Superman at one point in retribution for what happened since he blames Superman for not helping enough.Eventually, he sees the error of his ways after the death of Conner Kent, Superboy from this universe, and helps Superman defeat Superboy-Prime, who has gone on a murderous rampage.In the fight, Kal-El is able to knock out Superboy-Prime, but as a result of the fight, Kal-L dies from his wounds in his cousin, Power Girl’s arms.He acknowledges that Kal-El is a true Superman and tells Power Girl he’ll be with her always before saying one last word: “Lois”Every time, I read that scene or think about that, it always breaks me up inside.
Why are Spetsnaz soldiers being portrayed as evil and ruthless soldiers in movies and video games?
Why are Spetsnaz soldiers being portrayed as evil and ruthless soldiers in movies and video games?Because they go in heavy and they don’t give a sh*t.Take the children’s theater incident. They used frigging NERVE GAS to get everyone to deal with those Islamic terrorists. They killed Moms and Kids, but they sure got the terrorists. During the Beslan school incident, they didn’t give a sh*t, they got the terrorists, and waded through the blood of children and their mothers to get them. Terrorist bomb in there with the hostages and kids? Well, MAKE SURE THEY SET IT OFF BEFORE WE GO IN, OR SET THAT DAMN THING OFF OURSELVES THEN GO IN!SPETSNATZ are who you’d send if you absolutely want it done, don’t care about the furniture and the furnishings or people inside. When you want that enemy DEAD and aren’t the sort who like your entry folks to set up perimeters, set up folding tables and coffee pots, you use SPETSNAZ.They are ruthless and mission oriented."Any Mission, Any Time, Any Place" - Spetsnaz Motto.It should be: “any mission, any time, any place, the same damn way every time, fast and heavy.”[Remember, they are dealing with Chechens. Chechens terrorists are a special breed of human debris who thrive on causing horrific deaths, suffering and misery of non Moslems. They can’t be reasoned with. With Chechs involved, consider the little children already raped and everyone already dead. They’re a disgusting culture.]During the dying days of the Soviet Union, at one worker complex, during protests and rioting, the Soviets sent in SPETSNAZ as riot police, which seems like a gross misapplication to deal with thousands of violent workers.The SPETSNAZ brought their entrenching tools.They hit with the flats to send a message, but used the edge or points to drive the point home.That riot ended quickly.Word is, they do run efficient daycares and nursing homes.