Some of these examples don't fit the archetype of Magnificent bastard. The Grinch, for instance, has a scheme, but doesn't really have the moral code. Sure he doesn't kill and all he actually does is steal, but that's because his goal doesn't require it too; he just doesn't want Christmas to come.
I may be biased though, as I have seen the Grinch Who Stole Christmas countless times.
The real problem with this trope is that it's too subjective and vary with telling and culture. Odysseus, for example, might have qualified as a magnificent bastard to the Trojans.
Thoughts?
Some of these examples don't fit the archetype of Magnificent bastard. The Grinch, for instance, has a scheme, but doesn't really have the moral code. Sure he doesn't kill and all he actually does is steal, but that's because his goal doesn't require it too; he just doesn't want Christmas to come. I may be biased though, as I have seen the Grinch Who Stole Christmas countless times.
The real problem with this trope is that it's too subjective and vary with telling and culture. Odysseus, for example, might have qualified as a magnificent bastard to the Trojans. Thoughts?