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RE: The Psychology of Anti-hero: Why Do We Admire Them so much?

in #psychology • 6 years ago (edited)

Thank you for the clarification. Although I must say that you misunderstood me

I would not agree with you, that their intentions are admirable - or at least, they don't matter at all.

I don't say that their intentions should be admired. It's just what differs them from the villain protagonist.
People overall admire the anti-heroes, because of the feeling of empathy.
While heroes and villains are the extreme examples of good and evil, the anti-hero remains somewhere in between, shifting between right and wrong. This is what makes them related to us as viewers, and in some sense admired.

I will provide the studies later !

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     6 years ago  

    Well, you wrote:

    their intentions are admirable.
    While their actions may be questionable, their motives are always pure.

    This seemed pretty clear to me ;)

    Be people overall admire the anti-heroes, because of the feeling of empathy.

    This makes more sense in my opinion. It's mainly based on the potential of identification between the ordinary viewer and the displayed actions of the anti-hero. As you said, they are able to relate.
    But I still remain with my argument, that I don't think, that's a good idea in general. Severing the connection between actions and intentions to justify the first, can bear heavy consequences.

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       6 years ago  

      Thanks for pointing this out, maybe I got lost in the context. I will think about how to clear this out.

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