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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 6797686" data-attributes="member: 85555"><p>I am seeing a lot of people hold up Kylo Ren as embodying this or that (and often they are contradictory things). My take is he is what happens when a young, overzealous person tries to embrace the Dark Side. I kind of like that it is this collision of hormones and dark spiritual energy. </p><p></p><p>I do think there is a difference though with this kind of over the top villain in a film and real life murderers. These are meant to be entertaining and frightening characters but people in the real world are a lot more complex and their crimes affect real people. Even though Vader killed a bunch of Jedi children, we can forgive him on screen because it is make believe and the arcs are condensed to fit the medium (which the viewer understands). </p><p> </p><p>Kyo Ren is pretty comparable to Vader in terms of his crimes though. The only substantial difference is Ren killed his own father (but Vader killed his metaphorical father, Obi-Wan). Personally I think Vader seems a lot more comfortable with doing bad things than Kylo Ren does (though in fairness Kylo Ren hasn't had time to grow into those shoes yet).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 6797686, member: 85555"] I am seeing a lot of people hold up Kylo Ren as embodying this or that (and often they are contradictory things). My take is he is what happens when a young, overzealous person tries to embrace the Dark Side. I kind of like that it is this collision of hormones and dark spiritual energy. I do think there is a difference though with this kind of over the top villain in a film and real life murderers. These are meant to be entertaining and frightening characters but people in the real world are a lot more complex and their crimes affect real people. Even though Vader killed a bunch of Jedi children, we can forgive him on screen because it is make believe and the arcs are condensed to fit the medium (which the viewer understands). Kyo Ren is pretty comparable to Vader in terms of his crimes though. The only substantial difference is Ren killed his own father (but Vader killed his metaphorical father, Obi-Wan). Personally I think Vader seems a lot more comfortable with doing bad things than Kylo Ren does (though in fairness Kylo Ren hasn't had time to grow into those shoes yet). [/QUOTE]
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