Men are the usual foot soldiers of villainy. Monsters and robots are also popular. Female goons, human or otherwise, are a rarity indeed. Alas, whether human, monster or robot, male or female, these expendable characters provide a common villainy to be put to shame.
In reality the sinister are too few to commit the atrocities of the world. They need vast numbers of cheap labor to do their dirty work. It is the common folk, male and female, anonymous and petty, who get their hands dirty.
Fiction's foot soldiers of villainy are reality's many following their crowd to do evil. They are nameless because they are insignificant. Their fate is unceremonious because their doom is inconsequential. They are a whole lot of nothing... which is why we are amused.
Even villains need someone to do all the heavy lifting. And there are so many out there ready to do so just to be part of something big. No actual skill is required: just be an ambulatory individual with no future.
ReplyDeleteIndeed. Your life is worthless when your only quality is that you are alive. Your life is less than worthless when it is dedicated to the agendas of the sinister.
DeleteIt is very representative of reality. People who only follow really are not worth much. Nobody was intended to follow. Everyone has the ability to lead; however, they choose to be lazy and just let other people pull the strings. That is to their shame. It has to be to their shame. If they were simply born that way, it would be another matter, but that is just not how it works. Everyone has their talents, and that have a responsibility to use it with love and caring for its own sake.
ReplyDeleteSo true! Our own gumption is the only thing that makes all the difference. We are mere pawns in someone else's game otherwise.
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