I don't know. I think it can be heroic in certain situations. I'm thinking specifically of the arc in Birds of Prey with the weird Superhero cult. Vixen was willing to let hundreds of innocent children commit suicide because she refused to kill the man who was responsible for mind-controling them. She even stopped Huntress from killing him, when she could've had the job done without getting blood on her hands. Taking Huntress out of the equation, in a situation like that, I think it could've been heroic if Vixen had made a conscious decision of saving the children at the expense of sacrificing something that's very important to her.
And, you know...I just wish that there was more of a variety of character types. I like knowing that my fictional heroes, no matter how great and noble, are still humans.
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Date: 2006-10-19 05:06 am (UTC)And, you know...I just wish that there was more of a variety of character types. I like knowing that my fictional heroes, no matter how great and noble, are still humans.