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Termyn8or -> RE: What kind of relationship or connection does a hero have with their opposite the villan? (2/6/2010 9:27:44 PM)
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I think symbiotic is a good way to put it. Without an adversary there is no fight. With no fight there is no strength, eventually. It is our nature. Then when there is a common foe, alliances are formed.
From within these alliances heirarchies of authority are derived. This satisfies two elements of society. One wants to rule, the other feels more comfortable under rule. If the latter is not abused and the society prospers, all is well. In a way that is symbiotic as well.
Fiction distorts these relationships to be more interesting, and to support an interesting story line. As far out on the tangent it may be, it must still have the fulcrum of reality. If not, the reader or viewer cannot identify with it, finds it too difficult to concieve and simply loses interest. That is the art of creative writing. Balancing an alternate reality with the percievers' reality.
Analysing this in real life would be difficult unfortunately, because we have very few heroes or leaders. What sells the best ? What takes the reader or viewer into a different reality that does have heroes and leaders.
T
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