Let’s hear it for the Super Villains

Why does Luke get all the love?  What did he really do other than react to a certain situation?  Had it not been for the ambition of his confused father, and other overzealous politicians, Luke would have seen nothing other than the sands of Tantooine.   Bond, James Bond would have been nothing more than a petri dish for the clap without the likes of Blofeld, Dr. No, Goldfinger, and all the others.

The lone Hero is a lie.  They are reactive after thoughts, only brought into being when certain individual’s world changing ideas take a turn to the wicked.  Without these villains, the supposed Heroes would never have known greatness.  More realistically their lives would have remained unmentionable.

	Without Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker would have been stuck as a Nerfherder in the middle of nowhere, long long ago.
	If not for Hans Gruber,  John McClane would be just another failed cop, who had to watch his wife Holly get boned by some schmuck from accounting at the Nakitomi holiday party.
	Bill loved The Bride.  Who hasn’t been driven crazy by a dame on her way out the door?
	All the bond villains.  This is a big one…Bond never would have landed 1% of the strange pussy that he did, nor at a caliber close to who shows up on screen.  He would have ended up a mid-level clerk somewhere in the British government, with a whole bunch of illegitimate kids running around asking for money for chips.
	The Wicked Witch of the West was only reacting to the murder of her sister.  Had Dorothy’s house not landed where it did, she would never have had to find Oz.    Dorothy  would have been stuck with the munchkins, and after a while I’m sure she would have grown weary of reaching for the sugar on the top shelf, and probably would have started   experimenting with the various different herbs, plants and fungi found in this new colorful land.

What do these villains have in common?  They aspired to be bigger than society deemed normal.  None of them was going to be satisfied with a menial cubicle or some quaint little castle keep by a babbling brook.  They all strived to change their world or universe.  Yes yes even if murdering millions of innocents was a necessary step, I get that it’s “bad” to commit acts like that.  Had it not been for their wickedness though, what may have been?

1)      Darth Vader – He did get the entire universe on the same schedule.

2)      Hans Gruber – A financial genius who knew how to motivate his team members.

3)      Bill – Thought outside the box, and never took “No” for an answer.  Bridged all sorts of different cultures.

4)      Bond Villains – Are any of these guys really that different from modern day CEOs and Politicians?

5)      Wicked Witch of the West – An Equal Opportunity Employer who was extremely loyal to family.  Some could argue that Dorothy was just as wicked.

My point?  Heroes are only so when they are faced with an enemy of extraordinary caliber.  Without dark no light…blah blah blah.  All these villains strive to change the world.  When’s the last time you attempted anything that outrageous?

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