arctrooperfivesbutt replied to your post “All the things you mentioned about Anakin (killing younglings,…”
Exactly!
Anakin makes terrible decisions but that doesn’t mean he’s a terrible character
or that we are terrible people for enjoying him. His ability to go great things
AND terrible things is what makes him the most well developed character in the
franchise. And we try to pretend he didn’t do either, that he was either
completely good or completely evil we end up denying what makes him a great
character.Yes! Imo the bad thing about the fandom is that
most people tend to look at things in “black and white” instead of all
the different shades of gray that exist (and then complain about the
character doing the same thing). Anakin’s terrible AND great acts is
what makes me love him as a character.
We can’t just look at all the bad things about him, because even in his
darkest times, as Vader, he still had light (good) in him. THAT WAS THE
POINT OF ALL THE SAGA!!!
All the things you mentioned about Anakin (killing younglings, torturing people, etc) is what makes him an EXCELLENT character. To put it in another way, we can hate the actions he makes, but that’s what makes him such an interesting character. I might dislike Anakin as a person sometimes (because there are moments where I really love him!!) but I ALWAYS love him as a character, because of all the complexity it has, and that makes him one of my favorite characters I really hope this makes sense
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