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Main Sliding Scale Of Anti Villains Discussion
Is it possibly to have a cleanup of Type X examples of Sliding Scale Of Anti Villains, since we already did a cleanup of Sliding Scale Of Anti Heroes?
I think the Type III overlaps with Type IV Anti Hero as much as Type III.
Does Roy Batty really belong in category IV? He may have made a left turn and chosen mercy at the end, but prior to that he commits several brutal murders throughout the film, and takes obvious pleasure in letting James Hong's character freeze to death after ripping his suit in the genetic modification lab. He seems more like a type II, given his obviously evil and sadistic methods for reaching his selfish-but-really-understandable goal of not dying. He's a Woobie Destroyer Of Worlds, simply put. I could see an argument for type III as well, depending on how "noble" you view his goal of avoiding death, and how much he really cares about the other replicants that follow him.
Would like to contend that Candace fits in the "Villain in Name Only" category in that she is an obssessive antagonist to the heroes. However, neurotic and self centered though she is she is far from evil. So she fits there.
Since when was alignment ever relevant outside a Dn D context?
Shouldn't this be just "Scale Of Antivillains?" I mean, how could someone slide on the scale?
Remove type I and type II, the fact that a character is not a complete monster, does not mean a antivillain.