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<blockquote data-quote="OB1" data-source="post: 7426057" data-attributes="member: 6796241"><p>A typical story in Western heroic fiction does have the hero as proactive. It's their quest for something they want that sets them into conflict with the antagonist.</p><p></p><p>Frodo want's to destroy the One Ring, bringing him into conflict with Sauron</p><p>Luke wants to join the rebellion, bringing him into conflict with the empire</p><p>Dorothy wants to go home, bringing her into conflict with the wicked witch</p><p>Thanos wants to get the infinity stones and murder half the universe bringing him into conflict with the Avengers</p><p>Darth Vader wants to turn his son to the Dark Side, bringing him into conflict with the Rebels</p><p></p><p>In each case, without the protagonist wanting something, there would be no story. If Luke didn't want to join the rebellion, he'd be dead with his aunt and uncle.</p><p></p><p>Of course other characters in the story can have their own arcs, but the plot of the story comes from the Main Character, the protagonist. Thanos is clearly that in AIW.</p><p></p><p>The writers really had no choice but to make Thanos the main character once they split the story in two. The problem is they didn't change the character to make him rational, probably because they couldn't think of a way to do that and still get the snap at the end. So they forced it, made Thanos emote <em>as if</em> he were rational, and hoped audiences would just go along with it. The weird result of which is now people arguing that Thanos was rational and that his plan was too!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OB1, post: 7426057, member: 6796241"] A typical story in Western heroic fiction does have the hero as proactive. It's their quest for something they want that sets them into conflict with the antagonist. Frodo want's to destroy the One Ring, bringing him into conflict with Sauron Luke wants to join the rebellion, bringing him into conflict with the empire Dorothy wants to go home, bringing her into conflict with the wicked witch Thanos wants to get the infinity stones and murder half the universe bringing him into conflict with the Avengers Darth Vader wants to turn his son to the Dark Side, bringing him into conflict with the Rebels In each case, without the protagonist wanting something, there would be no story. If Luke didn't want to join the rebellion, he'd be dead with his aunt and uncle. Of course other characters in the story can have their own arcs, but the plot of the story comes from the Main Character, the protagonist. Thanos is clearly that in AIW. The writers really had no choice but to make Thanos the main character once they split the story in two. The problem is they didn't change the character to make him rational, probably because they couldn't think of a way to do that and still get the snap at the end. So they forced it, made Thanos emote [I]as if[/I] he were rational, and hoped audiences would just go along with it. The weird result of which is now people arguing that Thanos was rational and that his plan was too! [/QUOTE]
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