re: #87 Eclectic Cyborg

I’ve often thought that’s because heroes have certain rules they have to follow or else they are not the Hero anymore. They can’t be unethical, they can’t be immoral, they can’t be corrupt, etc.

The villain on the other hand can be as immoral, unethical, petty, sadistic or vindictive as they want and still make it fit the character. For that reason, to me, villains have more flexibility.

There’s a reason Darth Vader is probably the most popular of all Star Wars characters.

And partially that he was a cosmic bad-ass in Ep IV and Ep V. And then his character was assassinated by Lucas in Ep I-III.