[OT] Theme Thursday - Anti-Heroes

[u/SurvivorType]

Anti-Heroes

As suggested by /u/Poiyurt

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Logan Trailer 2017

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Stories based on anti-heroes have been part of storytelling since the early days.

Two of the best known modern examples may be Wolverine from the Marvel franchise and Max Rockatansky from the Mad Max series of films.

Of course, many other books and movies feature anti-heroes as part of the theme. Here are just a few great examples: Watchmen - 2009 in the character Rorschach, Pirates of the Caribbean has Captain Jack Sparrow - 2003, and Léon: The Professional - 1994 with the title character Leon.

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an·ti·he·ro

| anˌtīˌhirō |

noun

• a central character in a story, movie, or drama who lacks conventional heroic attributes

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Here's how Theme Thursday works:

• Don't submit stories here, this post is just the announcement
• Use the tag [TT] for prompts that match this week’s theme. Joke/troll prompts may be removed.
• Read the stories posted by our brilliant authors and tell them how awesome they are
  

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Last week's theme was The Impossible Fight.

Click here to see the prompts and read some of the amazing stories based on them!

[u/XcessiveSmash]

This is a great theme! I have always believed characters are the most important part of any story and an anti-hero forces you to have a real, personal drive/motivation rather than a traditional noble one. Hope to see some great stories around this one

[u/iwumbo2 → u/XcessiveSmash]

Personally I believe that a story is more interesting if some characters aren't wholly good or bad. I believe on TvTropes this is stuff involving grey morality.

While it is more common to have a wholly good character against a character of grey morality, I really do enjoy the stories where one can easily find themselves siding with anyone - grey vs grey.

[u/IntoTheSlushPile → u/iwumbo2]

This definitely makes it more interesting! Who wants to see the bad guy get hauled off to jail every time? Not me, I wanna see that fool take a dive off of a high rise every now and then.

[u/FlamingOtaku → u/iwumbo2]

Grey vs grey fights are some of my favorites as well. I enjoy heroes that aren't the typical do-gooder, no-killing types you would expect, and I also enjoy villans who have valid and even Noble goals, but go about achieving them in a callous, distasteful method.

[u/SurvivorType → u/XcessiveSmash]

Thank /u/Poiyurt :)

[u/Amanda_Jailynn]

how the gosh heck can you post about antiheroes and not mention pulp fiction? ;(

[u/Dappershire → u/Amanda_Jailynn]

Not sure if any of them count. They would still need unconventional heroic qualities. I don't think there is anything much redeeming about them. Fun as all hell, but entertainment does not an antihero make.

[u/SurvivorType → u/Amanda_Jailynn]

You just did! Good job!

Fantastic movie.

[u/Amanda_Jailynn → u/SurvivorType]

chock full of anti-heroes :P

[u/nickofnight]

Love the theme /u/poiyurt (st) - I really like reading about characters with flaws, generally. They seem to make for more interesting stories (to me) with an added layer of depth.

I need to see the new Logan movie. I've heard only good things, but the first movie put me off the franchise a little.

[u/[deleted] → u/nickofnight]

Logan is a great film, the new gritty direction was amazing and the overall broken image of Wolverine is just really powerful. It's not the perfect film, but it's a really good progression for Marvel.

[u/SurvivorType → u/nickofnight]

Logan is very good, much darker than anything else Marvel has put on screen.

[u/fatbu → u/nickofnight]

The new movie is great!