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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Serge" data-source="post: 2063213" data-attributes="member: 4049">Coolest:  The Batman.  C'mon.  He has one of the best, simplest, and shocking origins out there.  He's one of the best looking characters out there; his silhouette alone tells you what you're dealing with.  He's suprisingly complex as a character build (not the character himself), which allows for some great storylines, imagery, and symbolism.  He won't let anything stop him in spite of his humanity.  Laws don't mean anything to him if they get in the way of his ideas about justice, which -- fortunately for America -- tends to gel with the general perceptions of what should be just.  He uses his mind, his body, and his soul to achieve his goals.  He's the man and my favorite hero.Others:  Wonder Woman, Merlin (from Excalibur), Gandalf, Constantine, Spock, Picard, Han Solo, Indiana Jones.Heroic:  Superman.  If Batman looks cool and is cool, Superman personifies almost everything America (and I would argue much of the West) values in a hero.  He's an optimist who will never knowingly cross the line in pursuit of justice.  He values the law even with its limitations because he doesn't believe anyone's above the law that supports the common good.  He does not impose his own values on others despite his clear ability to do so.  And that's probably what makes him such a great hero: Superman's single greatest, most necessary weakness is his inability to do go beyond the ideals of our society.  Yet, he's not self-righteous and he's not perfect because of this flaw.  Although he's not my favorite hero, he's certainly an awesome hero.Others:  Frodo and Sam (for different reason.  In many ways, they tie with Superman because they sacrificed A LOT in LotRs).Dumbest:  That's tough too.  There are so many.  At the top of my list is Richard Rahl from Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth cycle.  I can't stand him.  It took an entire book for the author to figure out what this moron looked like...  He's used to personify seriously right-winged political perspectives without even a veneer of "everymanness."  He's a huge rip from half of the concepts from Jordan's Wheel of Time.  He makes me sick.</blockquote>

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