I mean in books, in movies, on tv.

After finishing season two of True Blood I found myself disappointed that Maryanne Forrester didn't get to...well I won't spoil it.

I was giddy when Lestat got his revenge. I even root for that little worm guy who tries to steal the recipe for the hamburgers Sponge bob makes in my neices cartoons. What's wrong with me?

I just saw this book in the children's section of a local bookstore the other day, The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig, and it is totally cute! I've always thought the wolf got a raw deal in those stories. And that poor giant was just tying to protect his home from that thieving Jack and his infernal beanstalk. It's all about who's telling the story I reckon. I tend to have an affinity for the so-called bad guys too, unless we're talking about Buffy

Vigilantism is deeply rooted in the human psyche, where the perception of right has not been done, and might clouds judgment is the desire for revenge for the perceived wrongs.

For an example play Live A Live, especially the (final) "King of Demons" scenario where the main character Oersted goes from hero to villain in a delusional stupor at night, and understands what it's like to be shunned by the people he once thought were his allies, friends, and admirers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_A_Live

(the WP version has nothing on the game itself as shown below)




The above was a rather long way of saying about the sublime enjoyment for morally questionable activities, where one does an act against another to align the rest with ones moral compass in the name of "doing the right thing".

Which is another way of the first sentence...
(which is a sign that I really should sleep...)

Oh definitely.  Lestat, Walter (from the Dark Tower and the Stand), Khan (Star Trek) and of course my all time sweetheart........................





Janet

Always always always. The good guys are always boring

I cannot agree with Walter though Janet, this is an exception where I was rooting for the good guys.

Might be a little creapy, but the joker from the new batman..... hahaha 

I like Pauline Campbell-Jones from the league of gentlemen. She is a total beeeatch   

I think that's why True Blood mesmerized me so much, you can't really tell who the bad guys are...everybody is messed up.

I wanted Liquid Snake to prevail in Metal Gear Solid..but we always have to have the good guys win

I never root for anyone it is not fair to play favorites. I also do not like fiction, reality is entertaining enough with out people's fantasies.

If you read nonfiction you can see how to control the future knowing the facts and probable results. The exciting part is trying have all your ducks in a row.

Quote from: lisagurl on November 29, 2009, 08:22:31 PM
I never root for anyone it is not fair to play favorites. I also do not like fiction, reality is entertaining enough with out people's fantasies.

Guess he wasn't entertaining enough...

Of course...

Sylars inner hunger for knowledge and to be special enough to be different I've always identified with, along with his sense of humor. Sometimes I wish I could be that way, but I'm not a sociopath or a killer... So I guess thats too bad.

Nero from the new Star Trek. If you read the comics, as twisted as he becomes, he really starts off as a person who just wants a wholesome life from what I remember... And I identify with his powerlessness over the molecular forces of what is happening... I identify with how he feels, and I'm always in agreement that "Humans must pay for their carelessness!"
I love that idea... Even though I could never do that, I sometimes wish it were all over in an instant. This parasitic, missing-link race obliterated for good. But considering I am one and that I'm connected and love a few humans... I guess I can't be Nero either. It'll happen if we continue this nonsense ANYWAY, with the mass extinctions that happen, what?, every 26 million years I think?


The Mcdougal brother who is an android. His unrequited love for Melfina, another android, which he is always overbearing with. He's a "bad guy", but not necessarily evil... But I think I used to act in the same nuttery that he acted in when I was in love. Oh testosterone... You jerk.

J E N O V As followers.



Malcolm Mcdowells role as the man who wanted pure ecstasy again, in the "Nexus". I think it was in Star Trek Generations.


Haruko from FLCL (she's beautiful, even if she's twisted)

Steve Jobs. What an evil prick. But I must say that his computers don't get as many STDs as any of the Windows ones, and I'm too lazy and have no time for Linux.


My own character that I made when I was 12... I root for him very often. He's kind of like... Count of Monte Cristo revenge sort of person, only more corrupted. Thats my goal... To make the audience totally fall in love with a sociopathic, slightly selfish male teenager... I want people to love him, regardless of anything. We'll see...

Hatsumomo

Memoirs of a geisha

Hi all, given that 'root' is Aussie slang for sex, when Americans say they are 'rooting for the team' we think of 'Debbie does Dallas'!!!

Raistlan from the dragon lance series
jessica

... Ofcourse I do!
When the protagonist warrants it.

I also do not like fiction, reality is entertaining enough with out people's fantasies.  The biggest difference between fiction and reality is that fiction has to be believable.

That line is exquisite.

QuoteGuess he wasn't entertaining enough..

I never have seen him in my life. If I were to take a guess I suspect he is on one of the CSI shows. I do not watch TV.

I've never really watched it routinely either. I'm still not going to buy one, but I like to download the occasional series and watch it all in the space of a few days. My big thing with tv is the short intervals and constant disruption, I like to get intellectually engaged and stay engaged in something for hours on end. The idea of commercial breaks in a 22 minute program would just fry my brain. Downloading is kind of fun, because not having watched tv for the last 10 years theres lots of stuff that has been made that's just a hoot. The first show I downloaded was "Firefly".

Humans have been telling stories for millenia, and I don't think there's anything wrong with the new medium itself. People use it in an unhealthy manner yes, but that doesn't mean there is anything wrong with television itself. If I had read "Firefly" instead of watching it I'm sure it would have been just as enjoyable. I've read a lot in the past and I will in the future, but there is something to be said for screenplaying. I really dig "True Blood" and from what I gather, the on screen presentation is significantly different from the novels it's based on.