Rooting for the bad guys

[everfreeDragon]

Anyone here seen Chronicle? i wanted Andrew(i think) to go batshit crazy with his new found powers

I found myself cheering for the bad guy in Chronicle. If you saw that movie, YOU KNOW WHY.

Suddenly I'm getting the feeling I'm the only one who rooted for Matt. I now await someone to remind me of that law of never being the only one.

I usually root for the hero unless there is a good reason not too. Wind Waker Ganondorf is one of the few examples I can think of, he just wanted to restore Hyrule, I felt bad trapping him in stone at the bottom of the ocean.

 

[hermes]

Many times, specially in shows that try to hard for me to like the character they name "the protagonist", while making him completely unlikely compared to "the villain". I can't empathize with someone just because the writers tells me "he is the good guy".

Does Tom and Jerry count? because I just wanted to see Tom get that little fucker for once.

That is a great example. I always hated the show because most times Jerry deserved to end up in Tom's stomach.
Lately, I was watching Gundam 00. Another example of me rooting for the other side, since the Gundam faction and ideals are all awful.

 

[lapan]

And then we have Thor. Loki's character arc was really pretty good and made him an understandable villain, but it didn't make me will him to victory. I got what he was about and I felt sorry for him but at the same time I hoped he'd lose. Sadly, there wasn't nearly as much development for Thor himself, which oddly left me taking Agent Coulson's side.

I loved to read the old norse sagas and in those Loki isn't really the bad guy he is often made out to be in other media. He is constantly betrayed by his fellow gods or used to betray the ice giants while Loki himself is half giant (one example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleipnir#Prose_Edda). His children are imprisoned, sure, they are monstrous but they are still his children. Overall there isn't really any real bad guys in the norse sagas because everyone is about as bad. I couldn't hold it against Loki when he turned against the gods in the end.

 

[3quency]

I totally agree, for all the times Loki was spending time spawning monsters and framing blind people he also helped the other gods out. I suppose that's one of the more interesting aspects of dead mythologies that we don't really get with modern religions - there weren't really any clear cut morals and there certainly weren't any obvious heroes.

Which is probably a discussion thread all on it's own...

 

[BlumiereBleck]

When I watched Mobile Suit Gundam for the first time, I always wanted Char to win.

I mean seriously look at him! He's gorgeous!

 

[greatcheezer2021]

CANT LET YOU DO THAT, STARFOX"

"man, those Wolfen ships shat on the Arwing when i was a little kid."

Dead Rising: Carlito just wanted some justice for his hometown.

Diablo 3: i hope Diablo, his brothers, and forces of HELL come back to finally end this atrocity to the franchise.

and enders game. i wish those aliens had destroyed that annoying kid and everything he held dear. hated that godddamn book so much i ended up burning it.

 

[backinthepresentfuture]

of course i rooted for the bad guys! they were dicks just to be dicks and that's a quality that must be commended!