Board Thread:Clean up Concerns/@comment-24308881-20170509191752/@comment-366087-20170510200208

Common sense needs to be exercised when reviewing a character's backstory/narrative.

Take Kai for example. Master Oogway said he was his best friend and brother warrior at arms. They fought against armies of vast numbers. He carried a wounded Oogway for *days* to find him help before finding it among the village of Enlightened Pandas. Then according to Oogway, it was upon seeing the power of chi manipulation that Kai began to covet the power for himself. Now, that was all according to a scroll-account in Oogway's own words. Which COULD have been wrong… it is possible Oogway did not know Kai as well as he thought he did.

HOWEVER, *nothing* in Kai's narrative refuted anything from Oogway's. And since it was Oogway's words which provided the exposition for their backstory, it must be accepted as the *authority* for their shared narrative. And Kai calling Oogway "Old Friend" supports it as true.

Verdict: Kai is a Fallen Hero.

Shego's backstory is much the same; provided to us by her straight-laced brother, Hego. Not much came directly from Shego herself, *other* than being around them annoyed her, and her dismay that Kim threatening to use her website to reveal that Shego used to be a hero would ruin her villain's rep. Verdict: Fallen Hero.

If a character is mentioned as having been "decorated" as a cop or soldier, then presumption they were heroes can be made UNLESS the narrative reveals such medals and recognition were faked or otherwise not *authentic* (like perhaps as part of a bribe or coverup to hide a bad operation: "we got/gave them medals to hide the truth of what happened…").