Another Wednesday Weekly Blog Challenge from Long and Short Reviews. So tempting to choose an anti-hero, who’s “a villain” but also the protagonist. I’m currently enjoying the Dead Boys Detectives from the Neil Gaiman‘s Sandman Universe (which he says he’s “not particularly” interested in creating as a cinematic universe though seems on the slippery slope to do so), so Lucifer comes to mind.
It was a great series – classic detective/cop buddy show, if one of them was the literal devil. Great comedic edge.
But to choose Lucifer seems like cheating. And rooting for Hector over Achilles in The Iliad doesn’t seem to fit either, because Hector isn’t really a villain (and I’m not convinced Achilles’ is the protagonist).
I know there’s been occasions where I’ve thought the heroes so incompetent that I am a little rooting for them to just get taken out by the villains, but usually those stories are bad enough that I don’t remember them even if I did stick around to finish them.
Now I’m trying to think of stories were the heroes are upholding the social norms we are supposed to root for but I don’t actually do so, so I’d root for the villain. Again, I’m sure I’ve read such, but can’t think of any off hand.
Ugh. I think I’m going to go back to my cheating first thought and stick with the Devil, Lucifer from the Sandman Universe. And Crawley and Adam the Anti-Christ fit in there too.
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Crowley and Lucifer are both great picks! I loved those shows.
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I could definitely appreciate rooting for Crawley!
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My sister, when she was small, used to root for every villain there was. She liked Cruella De Ville and Ursula, and loved it when the Wolf blew each of The Three Little Pigs’ houses down. I think there’s something fun in wanting the (fictional) bad guys to win occasionally.
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Ursula is a marvelous villain. My friends and I had the theory that she was Ariel’s mother (divorced from the king/dad) and there had been some parental alienation going on…
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Oh, I can see that. Although it turns out they were brother and sister. But your familial disfunction theory was sound.
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Ooh, I didn’t know about their sibling relationship. Yeah, family dysfunction at its finest.
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It was originally planned to be mentioned in the 1989 animated film, which is why Ursula mentions having lived in Triton’s palace. But it’s definitely clear in the live action version from last year. I think it deepens her character quite a bit.
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I’ll have to check out the live action version. I have Disney+ so easy enough.
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I love Lucifer! He’s way too dang charming to root against. :D But I also agree with Good Omens – they were bad guys but there’s something about them that really wanted you to see them get their HEA.
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