http://www.thoughtmeadow.com/2009/02/twisted-love/ A Christian Women's Magazine Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:39:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://www.thoughtmeadow.com/2009/02/twisted-love/comment-page-1/#comment-592 RL Seward Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:21:56 +0000 http://thoughtmeadow.com/?p=3#comment-592 Villains are not traditionally sympathetic characters, but there has been a recent trend in literature to change this. ____ The best example of this in modern pop culture, in my opinion is the character Magneto in X-Men. A child of Auschwitz, he sees the persecution of Mutants leading to another Holocaust. He will fight this holocauust using ANY MEANS NECESSARY, including trying to slaughter all normal humans. (X2). The bad guy seldom sees himself as such. A reader or movie goer can understand how someone like Magneto could exist. That is why he is so popular; his fears drive him. He makes sense to the average person. Villains are not traditionally sympathetic characters, but there has been a recent trend in literature to change this. ____ The best example of this in modern pop culture, in my opinion is the character Magneto in X-Men. A child of Auschwitz, he sees the persecution of Mutants leading to another Holocaust. He will fight this holocauust using ANY MEANS NECESSARY, including trying to slaughter all normal humans. (X2). The bad guy seldom sees himself as such. A reader or movie goer can understand how someone like Magneto could exist. That is why he is so popular; his fears drive him. He makes sense to the average person.

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