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Of course no person is perfect, and in literature a perfect person would be boring.
In my view, anyone who does something selfless that really helps other people or person, because they see the need to help, is a hero. They don't need to be good in every other way. Just that they use their powers for good.
Villians can be nice, too. With some fatal flaw that causes great harm.
No such thing as a perfect person. We are all flawed in some way
Colossus: Four or five moments - that's all it takes to become a hero. Everyone thinks it's a full-time job. Wake up a hero. Brush your teeth a hero. Go to work a hero. Not true. Over a lifetime there are only four or five moments that really matter. Moments when you're offered a choice to make a sacrifice, conquer a flaw, save a friend - spare an enemy. In these moments everything else falls away...
No. It just means he's gotta be strong and he's gotta be fast and he's gotta be fresh from a fight.
This is the best answer.
It's dangerous to put people on a pedestal. A lot of good happens because someone who isn't perfect decided to do something good that day
No, it just means you are someone that helps others, even when you know that you won't gain anything from that yourself.
fictional heroes can be perfect, real "heroes" are always flawed.
Mahatma Gandhi supposedly did some weird thing where he is said to have slept naked with young girls, including his niece. 🧐
I personally don't idolize people, but rather commend them for their specific actions.
No. Who you described at the end is what is called an Anti-Hero, who is someone who can do good things but they do them their own way which might not always be the right or correct way to solve a problem. Even if the problem was solved.
Deadpool is an anti-hero - loves killing people and partaking in all sorts of immoral things, but is doing good deeds by only doing the killing on bad people.
An arrogant person like Tony Stark is not an anti-hero, just a hero.
Now in real life, well it’s a completely different story. I’d say it’s just more that anyone can do heroic acts no matter how bad of a person they are.
Nobody is perfect. Not even heroes. Not even fictional heroes.
A hero is only a hero from one perspective. There was a movie in '92 called Hero that sort of explores this a bit. It's not a great movie, but it has a sort of scummy guy do something great and a sort of OK guy do something scummy.
The theme song from Mighty Mouse gives the description of a hero that I subscribe to. A hero is someone who is there to save the day when someone really needs saving. Anyone can be a hero if they answer the call when fate provides them the need for one.
Mister Trouble never hangs around
When he hears this Mighty sound.
"Here I come to save the day"
That means that Mighty Mouse is on the way.
Yes sir, when there is a wrong to right
Mighty Mouse will join the fight.
On the sea or on the land,
He gets the situation well in hand
So though we are in danger, we never despair
Cause we know that where there's danger he is there!
(He is there, on the land, on the sea, in the air!)
We're not worrying at all
We're just listening for his call
“Here I come, to save the day!”
That means that Mighty Mouse
Is on the way!
We're not worrying at all
We're just listening for his call
“Here I come, to save the day!”
That means that Mighty Mouse
Is on the way!
source: https://www.lyricsondemand.com/tvthemes/mightymouselyrics.html
Dude. For some reason Underdog got mixed up with Mighty Mouse in my head and I could not figure out wtf you were on about. It took me a full minute to have this all click.
That will depend on your values and culture. In ancient greece, heroes were warriors that killed many or defeated impossible odds. Now it is usually about self sacrifice or saving many people. Some people see humble hard workers as heroes. Though that also has an element of self sacrifice.
No. In fiction, it is the flaws of the character that make them more compelling, realistic, and (sometimes) relatable. Perfect heroes in fiction often fall flat with audiences because there is no opportunity for the character to grow or overcome something, no meaningful character arc.
In real life, there aren't perfect people, and when someone performs a selfless, brave or compassionate act, they sometimes receive the title of hero, but they are still the person they were before, with their faults, flaws, sins, relationships, roles and every other facet that makes up a whole person.
It doesn't. It means that they do good things despite their personality traits.
Perfect, like many things in life, is matter of perspective. You can have some traits that some may perceive as flaws and still be perfect. Just means your life is at least a tad more interesting.
One great feat does not a hero make.
Everybody has flaws and makes mistakes, but when the number of good deeds far outweighs the bad, you earn the title of hero.