Himura Kenshin from Rorouni Kenshin.
The guy is not the typical hero. He started killing in his early teens because he witness the death of his loved ones.
The man that save him became his second father, taught him how to use the sword. Kenshin had the mindset of a hero. He choose to work for the government and became a cold hearted killer so the same thing that happen to him would never happen to other kids.
He became there most dangerous assassin. The government won the war mostly because of him, and when it was said and done, when he could have retired and become a government stooge with money and power, he just walked away. All he cared about was a new era of peace.
He knew from the beginning, for an era of peace to be born, someone had to do the work.
He even went so far as to atone for his crimes by taking a no killing philosophy, even if said oath would lead to his death. He falters once or twice, but he always rose up even stronger.
Originally posted by Epicurus
^Is that just specific to Goku, or to other DBZ characters as well? Or are you simply referring to the carverish manner in which people bring up Goku?
DBZ Isn't allowed in debates on this forum, full stop.
I was kidding in this thread, as it's not really a debate thread, but if I see debate threads containing them, they'll be closed.
Originally posted by -Pr-
DBZ Isn't allowed in debates on this forum, full stop.I was kidding in this thread, as it's not really a debate thread, but if I see debate threads containing them, they'll be closed.
Originally posted by Epicurus
Hey, not disputing your posts here, just asking because Yamcha mentioned how Vegeta was his fave character, but nobody bothered to point out the anime rule to him.
Because ScreamPaste even asked if it was only Comic characters and the thread starter said
Originally posted by Prof. T.C McAbe
Not necessary but it would make more sense though 😉.
I'm not trying to start a war like the people saying "Goku beats this or that", I simply stated a character who has helped me through some troubled times even linking to a thread of mine at the start where I discussed The Sentry in the opening post, thought it was a bit funny in the Foreign Cinema one I talk about Sentry and here well the only one left is Vegeta. I love this site and have never done a single thing to try and upset the balance, I mentioned my character and dropped it.
Forgive me if I upset you somehow but honestly I'm not bringing any trouble upon anyone, but you'll notice if you read through the thread I'm not the only one who mentioned a character not from Comics. I admit it was a little unconventional but the question was a character who has helped you, so I shared my story, wasn't trying to paint a target on my back.
Originally posted by YamchaBecause ScreamPaste even asked if it was only Comic characters and the thread starter said
I'm not trying to start a war like the people saying "Goku beats this or that", I simply stated a character who has helped me through some troubled times even linking to a thread of mine at the start where I discussed The Sentry in the opening post, thought it was a bit funny in the Foreign Cinema one I talk about Sentry and here well the only one left is Vegeta. I love this site and have never done a single thing to try and upset the balance, I mentioned my character and dropped it.
Forgive me if I upset you somehow but honestly I'm not bringing any trouble upon anyone, but you'll notice if you read through the thread I'm not the only one who mentioned a character not from Comics. I admit it was a little unconventional but the question was a character who has helped you, so I shared my story, wasn't trying to paint a target on my back.
Originally posted by Epicurus
I don't have any sort of vendetta against you, I was merely trying to corner the evil tyrant Raoul by pointing out his heinous double standards!
Ah sheesh my bad, sincerest apologies xD! I totally jumped the gun on that one haha.
Originally posted by YamchaBecause ScreamPaste even asked if it was only Comic characters and the thread starter said
I'm not trying to start a war like the people saying "Goku beats this or that", I simply stated a character who has helped me through some troubled times even linking to a thread of mine at the start where I discussed The Sentry in the opening post, thought it was a bit funny in the Foreign Cinema one I talk about Sentry and here well the only one left is Vegeta. I love this site and have never done a single thing to try and upset the balance, I mentioned my character and dropped it.
Forgive me if I upset you somehow but honestly I'm not bringing any trouble upon anyone, but you'll notice if you read through the thread I'm not the only one who mentioned a character not from Comics. I admit it was a little unconventional but the question was a character who has helped you, so I shared my story, wasn't trying to paint a target on my back.
Someone smiling is shaking his head at you
Spiderman. Just Fking spiderman
Originally posted by beatboksout of all GL.......Scott????
Well my favorite character without doubt is Alan Scot.Abhi talks about Superman inspiring characters (which is true) but in the GA quite a few heroes were inspired and got into the business because of Alan Scot GL.
For me what's inspiring about him is more than just the heroism it's the higher standard he holds himself to.
He more than any character I can think of (even Clark/Kal, Thor etc) holds himself accountable to a ridiculous standard.
in All Star Squadron 20 when he believed he was responsible for Thousands of deaths by abuse of his power when he lost his temper over the perceived deaths of his friends he was about to destroy himself and his ring because "no one should wield that much power and live"
http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/beatboks01/media/All-StarSquadron20-Page22.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0In the annual that year (an supposed untold story of the JSA history to explain some drastic changes of the era that were never explained) When he failed to save a single boy who had a tree fall on him, he resigned as JSA chairman and as a member because if he wasn't so tired from all the pies he had his fingers in he would have figured out a way to get around his weakness as he always did. his failure in his eyes cost a life, not his weakness.
In JSA strange Tales he was prepared to give his ring up to a madman if he could do the world more good than he could with it.
I could list dozens of other stories but the simple fact that despite loving his wife and his kids he was never there for them because someone else needed him more is another example.
His character one that would never bow down even when in great despair.
OMG YAMCHA IS THE BEST! LOOK AT THIS FEAT!
Yamcha hate is stupid.
This is a copy and paste from my post on "Why do you like spiderman (character) by killermover.......Not trying to sound corny but i like spiderman b/c of the way he makes a joke out of the everyday problems he has in his life as peter parker such as unpaid bills, dates with mary jane watson, felicia, or any fine a$$ women he happens to be with, or his boss. This gonna sound crazy but i try to emulate that at least with the joking in my head cause if not haha...I used his philosophy if that's what you want to call it and made it through college, didn't use it that much thru med school but wish i did. I need to get back to that parker state of mind cause everything as weird as it sounds became doable.
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GroggyGrunt
I agree except for one point: Spider-man needs to keep his humor. That's his thing, that's what made him my favorite hero as a kid. No matter how much he got shat on he would man up, do what needed to be done and try his damndest to inject some levity into the situation.
There was a crossover that had Spider-man and Batman working together against Carnage and the Joker (I only realize how awesome that is now that I've typed it). At one point, Carnage tells Joker about how much he admires him, because he gets the joke: life is meaningless in the long run.
The thing is, I always felt that Spider-Man always got that joke and took it in the other direction. Whereas Carnage (and other villains) took the "what I do to other people doesn't matter, because it's all meaningless" route, Spider-Man looked at it and said "what happens to me doesn't matter, as long as it's in the course of promoting what I believe to be a worthy meaning".
That's why I always held Spider-Man as my favorite super hero. It's just too damn easy to say "**** it" and lay waste to everyone you feel is deserving or wrong. It's takes way more discipline and strength (as well as insight) to approach those who you fight with a sense of compassion. Compassion = to suffer with; Spidey's had to deal with the temptation to kill on numerous occasions.
It was always fairly obvious that Spider-man's cornball humor was his way of lightening his own load...to approach things with the same "doesn't matter" mindset that Carnage later came to embody on the other side of the spectrum.
Nate is completely diffrent from many of the Iconic superheros. Superman, Silver Surfer, Martian Manhunter, Thor....these are characters written as outsiders, to the human world. But I could not connect to none of these. They are God Born, God Empowered, or Alien to this world. Nate, although a mutant has a human connection, as a direct relative to the human race.
Which is what caught my initial eye, and created a connection. He is the human potential realized, formidable enough to challenge the High Born Extraterrestrial, God Empowered, or God Born. But not only that he is the Ultimate Outsider. He is dimensionally displaced. Not of this Earth, nor this Universe. He is from a cruel world, where the humans where hunted to the point of extinction, where the tyrant opted to pursue his twisted theology of survival of the fittest. Instead of creating a Utopian world for the Mutants, they are caged in horrible concentration camps to weed out the weak.
Created out of desperation, Sinister searched to create a bio weapon potent enough to challenge the High Lord. And successful he was. In Nate is greatest bio weapon in the history of man, inheriting the genetic material of Jean drawing on the Phoenix, and Scott's alpha genes. A man-child emerged from the nutrient chamber. His has the power to literately choke out the life of all living being telepathically. Or telekineticly reach out, and snuff out the sun.
After thwarting Apocalypse ambition, and thrown realities away to a world not his own, with all this power, and no control. His motives became, that no being would realize what Apocalypse did in his Era. Eventually his character matured, and with it his powers stabilized, and gain greater mastery of his ability. He picked a new ideology. Knowing those weaker them him would never trust/understand him, and accepting that he has no world of his own to return to. He decided to become the Shaman of the Human/Mutant tribe, and become guardian to the doorways to realities, acting as a mediator between lower and higher powers.
Superman protects the Earth.
Green Lanterns overlooks sectors in the galaxy.
Silver Surfer races across the universe to help those in need.
But X-Man, guards humans/mutants from being beyond their universe, and themselves.
And thats X-Man in a nut shell.
