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This week's poll was suggested by Midlife_otaku. Isn't it just a matter of perspective whether you're the hero or the villain?

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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: If you could somehow go back in time and repeat your life (or try to change it), which point in time would you choose?
Choices:
Newborn - votes: 343 (11.1%)
Infant / toddler - votes: 456 (14.7%)
Elementary school age - votes: 1072 (34.6%)
Adolescent / teenage - votes: 845 (27.2%)
College age - votes: 270 (8.7%)
Young adult - votes: 82 (2.6%)
Mid-age - votes: 13 (0.4%)
Elderly or more - votes: 20 (0.6%)
There were 3101 total votes.
The poll ended: July 8th, 2023 10:52am PDT

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Villainous hero.


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How about not both of them? I prefer to be the side character; maybe the one standing on the background is fine too. Lol.


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Maybe not quite a villain, but being a heel sounds incredibly fun


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Definitely the hero, I couldn't kill puppies for fun or eat small children or whatnot.


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Isn't choosing one a kind of conceit? —At the very least, it'd be unhealthy (mentally speaking), no?

A person without some kind of overly-high self-esteem or egomania is probably a "mob character," so to speak.

(Not to insult anyone who is choosing an option for the hell of it / choosing which side of a story they'd rather be on. But I'm prone to over-thinking and being too serious, so here I am.)

Edit: if we are taking about being within a story, I'd go for "mob D" (present, but not important enough for the author to spend any effort on, one way or another). But the question didn't specify that much, so… I'll stick to my overthinking.


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I chose villain. In all the movies where I've seen this type of set up, the villain is more compelling and interesting and authentic. They aren't unnecessarily complicated. Their motivations were always transparent. They want things and aren't afraid to admit it and find a way to get it. I like the honesty and freedom of how villains are presented, I guess. Villains represent the human id. Heroes tend to be annoying, in my opinion. They strive for perfection but always fail... which is fine but they have to cry about it too much for my taste before they accept it. I assume that's the reason why anti-heroes became popular because they're more relatable. Villains get vanquished in the end, but the ride is always fun, haha.


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I have chosen hero, because I'll definitely be bad at being villain... But really it is neither...


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I'd rather not be a center of attention, but...
Give those options: Obviously hero. (preferably a hidden one) I'd never be immoral, after all.
Well... more like antihero. (which is a type of hero)
Possibly seen as villain, by many, but...


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This, both hero and villain have too much baggage. Villains, at the end of the day, tend to be massively lame (at worst), evil for no reason beyond it's fun (neutral, pure villain essence and not for me), or hurt kids at heart (at best). Heroes tend to either go through it (dead family, dog dies, love interest leaves me or is captured, etc etc), is too goody-two-shoes, or has to take abuse because they're too nice to fight back. No thanks.

I'd rather be the heel, amoral gray character, or the anti-hero. They seem fun. Since anti-hero is a type of hero, I picked hero. At the end of the day, I'd rather be good. Nothing about a villain can really be justified - even Magneto, who's goals I understand and logic I get and whom I adore, is still just a hurt kid at heart.


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Hero. Was about to choose villain, but thought I would be probably be an antihero. Can't be too good, but can't be straight evil.


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Villain would be cool, but realistically I don't think I could do anything to hurt anyone. Honestly, I don't think I could do anything to help anyone either, but if it's the thought that counts ...I'm probably still a bad pick.

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I choose hero, but I would probably be bad at it.


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Even if antihero was an option, I'd rather choose hero. Yeah, it means living up to a moral standard most people think they can't uphold (myself included), and if they don't live up to it they get blasted harder for it than if they were not considered a hero, but I'd prefer to have a standard to live up to and miss than paint the moral target around the arrow.


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