vila_restal | Heroes and villains

From theatrical_muse: What makes someone a hero? What makes someone a villain?

Um, hard to tell. I mean, Blake once said we were the good guys which was a bit worrying considering our criminal records and general bloody-mindedness. It's all relative, isn't it?

To the Federation, we're rebels and outlaws and terrorists, but to us, they're oppressive bastards who like to mess about with your mind, exile, kill, or sell you into slavery if you or even a relative steps out of line. But then you meet people who think that's all right because it makes for an orderly galaxy with the transporters running on time and all that. And then there are those who think we're some sort of romantic and brave heroes of the revolution which is almost funny when you know what a bunch of in-fighting bad-tempered, trapped by circs, space-going bastards we are.

Take Servalan too, and I don't mean it the way that Space Fleet song "Serving under Servalan does; far too dangerous. A lot of people think she's the best military commander since Genghis Khan and is all that stands between proper society and chaos. We know her a bit better. She's a cold-blooded snake who'd bite anyone who crosses her, and as beautiful.

Anyway, a hero is someone on your side who's not too incompetent, and a villain's against you. Easy.