Ah, the ranking of our antiheroes. So how did things end up? Averaging out their votes (1 as least heroic, 5 as most heroic): Nancy (Weeds): 2.14 Walter (Breaking Bad): 3.5 Dexter: 4 Placed in context with the other heroes we’ve ranked so far, here’s our the total census: Sleeping Beauty: 1.63 Snow White: 2 [...]
Archive for November, 2011
Antiheroes, Ranked
Posted: November 29, 2011 in HeroesTags: antiheroes, breaking bad, dexter, disney, heroes, princess, weeds
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One More Bandit
Posted: November 29, 2011 in Heroes, Monsters/VillainsTags: angwe, cracked, theseus, world of warcraft
Ha. Yesterday, I wrote about the bandits slain by Theseus. Bandits, it seems, come in many villainous forms and obstruct many strange paths. Cracked.com had the following story up yesterday as well. Their #1 dick move in the history of online gaming was attributed to World of Warcraft’s Angwe—an in-game PvP bandit who “camped a [...]
Quick, what monster did Theseus kill in the original myth? If you answered the minotaur, you’re right of course. There are however other acceptable answers. I’d forgotten the story about the bandit who would “fit” his victims onto a bed—if they were too short, he would stretch them; if they were too tall, he [...]
Can You Sell Drugs and Still be a Hero?
Posted: November 21, 2011 in HeroesTags: breaking bad, dexter, robin hood, sopranos, weeds
So here are the results of our highly scientific, unimpeachable measurement of heroes: averaging out his votes, Dexter scored a 3.5—above Cinderella (3.16) and just below Belle from Beauty and the Beast (3.56). Apologies if those are slightly emasculating comparisons, Dexter, but those are our only data points so far. There are also two other [...]
“The time has come,” the Walrus said, “To talk of many things: Of shoes–and ships–and sealing-wax– Of cabbages–and kings– And why the sea is boiling hot– And whether pigs have wings.” And Dexter. The time has come to talk about him. For a blog aimed at heroes and monsters, it was inevitable that we’d finally [...]
The other week, we were sitting around talking about heroes at work. (It’s the kind of conversation that takes place at Wizards; I still remember the discussion about what would be the best super power to have if you needed to move.) The question came up if there were any unlikable superheroes, and someone [...]
