Needs a good pic: Hero Antagonist

Is this even picturable? I honestly can't imagine a picture for this that wouldn't be Just A Face And A Caption.

I'm okay with Mega Mind myself.

I agree

Which Megamind image are we talking about here, exactly?

Don't see any Mega Mind suggestions here; is that for Villain Protagonist?

Mega Mind would be good for Villain Protagonist; for this, though, we may need to do some more thinking.

I was confused on which thread I was in. Somebody suggested Mega Mind for Villain Protagonist in that thread, and that's what I was remembering.

Yeah, Mega Mind fits the Villain Protagonist but not the Hero Antagonist (since he is essentially a protagonist).

I thought Carmelita Montoya Fox was a good example, as well as Inspector Zenigata. You could also argue about Lex Luthor in some books.

I like the car chase suggestion. If it's from a video game (e.g. GTA), wouldn't the fact that the cops are not the player be an obvious feature of the image? Here is one◊, though something in-game might be better.

Well, there's this. [1]◊ Any good?

Prefer one where the (villain) protagonist is being attacked, and not attacking.

I like the first GTA one with the police doing the chasing.

Someone who has never picked up a Superman comic will know several things about him. They'll instantly recognize him in his costume, know he's from Krypton, his human name is Clark Kent, what his powers are, that he's a Truth, Justice, and the American Way sort of guy, and grew up in Kansas with Ma and Pa Kent. He dates Lois Lane and works as a reporter wearing glasses, and Lex Luthor (who is bald) is his arch nemesis.

(I didn't know all of those...)

Seems our problem is that we're too focused on finding a Villain Protagonist for the pic. Looking at the Hero Antagonist trope, most of the examples are about conflicts of good vs good (typically lawful vs chaotic). Taking my pic in page 2, thats a conflict of good vs good or depending on how you see it, white vs lighter shade of grey.

Hero vs hero is a fine idea, but in the image you suggested, it is unclear that the opponent is a hero. The caption is necessary for explanation.

The best image would depict someone who is clearly heroic, and also clearly an antagonist.

[1]◊

I think this one is from Dark Knight Returns.

^That works. And yes, it is.

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Nice. Uploaded that:

Looks good.

I like the idea, both characters are well known for being heroes. One Problem is, it is not clear which one is the antagonist or whether one of them is the antagonist in the story at all.

Maybe there is a superhero comic cover showing some other well known superhero in the antagonist role? This could help to understand who is protagonist and who is antagonist.

Does it really matter who the antagonist is?

Err... I'd just like to mention that that's current image of Badass Normal.

edited 6th Jan '11 5:16:02 AM by Servbot

Captain America vs Iron Man◊, Hulk vs Wolverine◊, Superman vs. Thor◊, "Hollywood" Hogan◊ (although that may be more like Face–Heel Turn, and JAFAAC)

Of these I like Superman/Thor the best, they look most heroic. I like "hero vs hero" because it solves the problem of needing the image to show which one is the antagonist. (It doesn't really matter.) Flip side: the Superman/Batman image is definitely an example... given context, yeah, it's a Batman comic and Supes is an antagonist. Not sure if the Superman/Thor fanart actually counts.

edited 6th Jan '11 11:23:19 AM by rodneyAnonymous

I really really don't like that Iron Man shot, he doesn't even look like Iron Man.

These look like images for Let's You and Him Fight.