User blog:Scottish-Terror/Anti Heroes =/= Villains

so we are growing and improving but we are also stil falling prey to a minority that are obsessed with labelling anything they dislike as villains.. it's time for admins to act and here's how:

Get rid of Anti Heroes as a category, we have Protagonist Villain and Anti Heroes have no place here : "but some anti heroes do villainous stuff!".. so? some heroes do horrible things but as long as they fight for "good" they ARE NOT VILLAINS.

a villain is a character that sets out to perform a malicious / evil act and often does not care, alternatively they work against "good" (good being society, world and law as a whole - regardless of personal ethics).

a villain may think they are "good" but they go against society's laws, endanger innocents and are willing to commit terroristic acts that potentially ruin their setting.

an anti-hero is just a flawed hero, they don't particulary *want* to be fighting for "good" but in the end they will find themselves on the side of society, law or world as a whole.. even if they aren't exactly thrilled about it.

in short, no, we DO NOT list anti-heroes on this wiki, we list VILLAINS and for characters like Dredd, who are on the side of "good" but display a LARGE NUMBER of villainous traits (murderer, terroristic acts etc) we should still be using Protagonist Villain as a hero that is just a "hero" because s/he is the main character or their enemies are worse are "Heroes by Proxy".

In short, removing Anti Heroes will help get it into some people's heads that just because a character is dislikable doesn't mean  they are a villain and "evil" is a far heavier term than currently believed.. not one you can just toss around and expect to stick.