Thread:Jester of chaos/@comment-366087-20151228232159/@comment-366087-20151229043048

Do some research on "settings" (narrative or literary) especially in context of "milieu". It is the writers and or creative teams who *set* the settings for us. They tell us who are Protagonists and Antagonists, who are Good and Evil (not always the same as the P&As) or simply Neutral. We can follow the life of an Evil character and they be the Protagonists with the Antagonists "the Good Guys/Paladins". One of my favorite TV movies threw us a twist in the final scenes which swapped the roles of the characters. Very well done.

Still, the methods of each character does not have to align with the reader/viewer's social norms or expectations. What makes a Vampire Hunter's methods of objectives any different from that of a Serial Killer's? Nature of the Victims? What makes Dean Winchester (oh my goddess, y'all actually *do* have him on here! Need to check him against the rules, bet he fails at least 6.4) different from a cold stone killer? Perspective and understanding the nature of the victims, despite social acceptability. Same for Dexter Morgan. Despite his methods and whether or not society *approves* of them, he is killing killers. What makes him less than Evil is that he is channeling what would otherwise be an evil tendency into a constructively safe-to-society outlet. Even if they would not approve. He is controlling his darker nature, his "Dark Rider", and that control keeps him from being Wicked, Evil, and Immoral.

Consider Captain Kirk. In TOS when he was split by the transporter his Good Side could barely function. He needed to be Whole. In ST5, when offered to have his "pain removed", he refused, declaring, "I need my pain to command." Because Good Commanders need a dark core to do what they have to do, it is their strength and backbone, just under control. Which in Bread and Circuses a spaceship captain who had gone native and sent his crew to the arenas to die, said of him "he is a starship captain, a whole nother breed." Kirk also admitted in TOS that humanity are killers and barbarians. but all we have to do is say "I will not kill… today" and that's what makes us good.

Dexter, by facing, recognizing, and controlling dark urges into the channels he does, did, is what keeps him from being Immoral. Because he is exercising a Moral Code. One which benefits society. And why he is "on the side of law" even if the law doesn't see it that way, agree, or approve (much like most of the editors who see him as only an evil villain).

Oh, I wouldn't do KP pages for real. Maybe as Blog pages. I happen to love Kim Possible. Not many know the canon like I do. She is prominent in most of my fan fics. In fact my "flagship" fic is about Kim becoming evil.