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BY ANGELICA LOUISE PFLEIDER
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Tuesday, May 2, 2017
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I LOVE complex characters. The kind that have so many sides to them. These are the characters who have depth and give substance to a story. The most complex of characters in stories are always the villains that’s why, especially now, I find myself rooting for them more than the “good guy.”
I know I am not alone with my sentiments. Villains are great. They may do horrible things to achieve what they want but that is what makes them interesting. They weren’t born with a program that made them want to wreak havoc on society, their hugot comes from series of experiences they have had over time that made them want to transform society.
Does that sound familiar? Yes, I have realized that villains actually want the same things the heroes do; change society, save loved ones, save their identities, it’s just that they don’t go down the moral path. They aren’t always trying to satisfy the moral code society has imposed on us and as a result they end up doing things that are selfish and destructive.
That is what makes villains unique. They are relatable. Tell me, if someone you loved was in trouble but in order to save that person you had to sacrifice the peace of the society around you, wouldn’t you try to risk it? Wouldn’t you at least be tempted if you thought it was the only way?
Villains remind us of the tendency of human nature. Whatever it is we do, we do for survival. That is why we tend to cheat on that test, to snitch that money, to tell that lie, to wish for someone to get hit by a truck. Humans have emotions and those emotions cause us to make mistakes and do things that go against our moral code.
Now I’m not saying that we should start cooking Meth or looking for Death Notes, but I just want to know that villains should not be hated. They are a reminder that we should respect human emotions and what they make us capable of doing. the Joker, Walter White, Loki, Oliver, Thredson, Magneto, Cersei Lannister, Light Yagami, heck even Hagorn (three cheers for John Arcilla!) and many more of those classic names that go side by side with the heroes, they remind us that to err is human and nobody is perfect. So if you know someone who told a lie, who rolled their eyes behind their parent’s or boss’s back, don’t judge them and think if YOU have ever done things like that.
Joffrey Baratheon, however, is another story. I’m so glad he is dead. (angelica.panaynews@gmail.com/PN)
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