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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Storm Raven" data-source="post: 1700968" data-attributes="member: 307">Sure it is, that's the point. It's up there with murder as one of the malum in se crimes that we recognize. But people put up with murderous protagonists all the time. Simply because they have been conditioned to accept them. Is rape truly worse than murder? Do you react the same way to say, Mackey from The Shield, the Corleones from The Godfather, and the Sopranos from The Sopranos? Because in those cases the main characters are all murderous thugs.Yet, other than this one act, what does Covenant do that is so reprehensible? He complains about having responsibilities he does not want and never asked for thrust upon him. Those around him expect him to be their saviour, simply because it was prophecied that he would. Why is a protagonist who is forced into a role he didn't want so repellent? Is it because everyone believes that if they were asked to save a world they would do so cheerfully?But you do miss the point. The fact is that saving the world "as his job" is a responsibility Covenant didn't want, didn't ask for, and wants to go away. He reacts like many people would when told the fate of the world rests on his shoulders: he doesn't like the burden. The story is about a man who didn't want to save the world, and never wants to, doing so.</blockquote>