IIRC, Ragnarok's director also made a movie about a little boy in the Hitler Youth, who through Hitler was his best friend. 🤦♂️ I'm not sure where the man developed storytelling skills or common sense, which I'm not even sure he possesses.
Exactly, Caroline. Why wasn't Loki executed after Thor or Avengers 1? You can tell me, "Oh, we have to keep him alive to betray everyone at Ragnarok, but I don't buy that." He never sought redemption. He just didn't want someone else blowing up the world. No arc for Loki, no reason for his continued existence, let alone freedom. Do a Han Solo on him and stick that trickster in a block of carbonite. 😁
Sometimes the villain is, indeed, misunderstood. I have seen it done successfully three ways:
1. The villain was indeed a villain, but less evil than it looks at first. Repentance is still necessary.
2. There is a villain behind the villain who is the one really at fault. (Can combine with 1 but is not necessary.) Usually, of course, the front villain and the heroes gang up on the Big Bad.
3. The hero is culpable for not understanding. This one can not occur at the climax, because the hero has to grow from it.
IIRC, Ragnarok's director also made a movie about a little boy in the Hitler Youth, who through Hitler was his best friend. 🤦♂️ I'm not sure where the man developed storytelling skills or common sense, which I'm not even sure he possesses.
Exactly, Caroline. Why wasn't Loki executed after Thor or Avengers 1? You can tell me, "Oh, we have to keep him alive to betray everyone at Ragnarok, but I don't buy that." He never sought redemption. He just didn't want someone else blowing up the world. No arc for Loki, no reason for his continued existence, let alone freedom. Do a Han Solo on him and stick that trickster in a block of carbonite. 😁
Sometimes the villain is, indeed, misunderstood. I have seen it done successfully three ways:
1. The villain was indeed a villain, but less evil than it looks at first. Repentance is still necessary.
2. There is a villain behind the villain who is the one really at fault. (Can combine with 1 but is not necessary.) Usually, of course, the front villain and the heroes gang up on the Big Bad.
3. The hero is culpable for not understanding. This one can not occur at the climax, because the hero has to grow from it.
Great analysis.
Well written and an angle I haven't considered before, re: Redemption , life and death. Bravo!