There is a fine line between the anti-hero and the villain protagonist, in this video we will walk that line and show the dangers of crossing it.

This video was incredibly written and presented. My only gripe is that your back ground music often overpowered your voice to the point of being distracting. Every other aspect of your video was perfection.

Sometimes when people say "anti-hero" what they mean is "anti-villain."

I would say that walter white, when he died, is a villian.. In the earlier seasons he was an anti-hero... Patrick Bateman just seems insane

It's the human desire to not feel like we are COMPLETELY bad for having a "dark side". It's called a "side" for a reason.

My experience growing up in America is all about falling in line. Get the degree. Get the wife and two kids. Get the overpriced suburb home. Retire at 65. Die at 80. I knew even as a kid I didnt want that life. So that decision to be different led to many relatives and people close to me treat me like an outcast. Being a 30 year old singer-songwriter with life goals of living off the land as much as possible, Im pretty out there especially for my age group. I can relate so much to these "literally me" characters bc they embody what's missing in that "perfect American life"... FREEDOM!!!

Walter was originally an anti-hero because the intent behind his actions was to provide for his family (good man doing evil acts). He became a villain when he allowed his pride to consume him and that became his purpose. Mike lived and died an anti-hero. Mike understood the consequences of his evil and his inevitable demise but everything he did, he did for his daughter. Purpose, not action, is what separates a hero and a villain. You can have villains do great deeds and heros commit atrocities but it is the WHY that defines them.

American Psycho is the best comedy from this millennia.

This was absolutely beautfully made. I'm speechless with how well done everything was put. From the visuals to the script. I love psychology and I know the very basics of it, but watching this video helped me understand more about it, and it's just... wow... I'm glad this randomly showed up when I was going through one of my KZfaq rabbit holes lol

I praise these shows/movies because of how they make the Anti-hero feel real. Their motives are realistic, and their story is somthing that can happen to any one of us

"Evil is powerless, as long as the good are unafraid." Wow.

"We live in a society" -Joker

A good anti hero is Morbius. He morbs people

The duality stuff reminds me of Jekel and Hyde, and how they're actually the same person, but he lets go of his inhibitions as his "shadow-self." Great video!

Their morality, or lack there of, makes readers and viewers gravitate towards them. It is in our human nature to empathize with people, and what makes anti-heroes so easy to understand is because they are relatable, and typically very round, dynamic characters.

Phenomenal video essay but to be clear to everyone. The Joker and Patrick Bateman are 100% not anti hero's. They may be protagonists but they are Villains through and through

This is why I'm very much in love with anti-heroes. My favorite anti-hero is The Punisher. So much so that I've even wrote a novella that stars a character who is very much like The Punisher but is also different in many ways. The character in question is named "Matt Santos." He's 24 years old and by the start of the story, he just left the Calivadan Army as a Ranger after 6 years of on and off deployments. Meaning he has seen his fair share of grisly action. But by this time after leaving the army, he just wants to rebuild his life with his family by catching up with his mom and stepfather. However he soon finds that his parents are not as happy as they were together from the last time he last saw them. And this becomes more complicated when the FBI shows up to his doorstep to interview his parents when he finds out that his mother believes she's being targeted by hitmen and in a scuffle of escaping, his stepfather tried to abandon her. All of this soon comes to a head when his mother is soon assassinated right outside of the courthouse and as a result, this left him traumatized and heartbroken. But what makes this even worse is a sympathetic FBI agent tries to help him with his case but her superiors shoot down the idea almost immediately. Which pretty much turns Matt Santos into a grieving mess when the agent tells him that there was nothing she could do even though she tried to push this case forward personally on his behalf. But what really pushes Matt over to the dark side was by overhearing a suspicious man spell out his mother's name and labeling her as a target. He figures out a way to lure the man into helping him, knocks him out cold, and takes him into his car to ask some questions. By the end of this questioning however, Matt shoots the suspect dead which effectively shows that Matt has fully embraced his darker side. However he does not let this go rampant. He knows who he has to shoot. However Matt soon comes into a whole new shocking revelation that somebody close to him (in his family) set up the entire murder. And after some convincing, the FBI agent Maria Garcia decides to help Matt in his revenge quest after finding out that her own employers were in on the action the entire time. And by that, they were paid off to literally not do anything. By the end of the story however, traitorous family member pays with their life by Matt Santos shooting him but realizing the consequence of his actions, Matt now knows he either has to turn himself in or go into hiding by staying outside of his country's borders. His choice was made clear to him after his FBI agent lady friend tells him that she won't take him in due to her disgust with the FBI's corruption. Matt and Maria get to know each other a little better (no dirty stuff though) but Matt's actions still catches up to him in some way: His face (not literal face; just him in full tactical gear) is now on the local newspapers. Which dubbed him as "The Road Ranger" in Spanish. Which by the way is the literal title of the novella. All of this aside, you really presented the idea of an anti-hero really well. And I totally agree with your assessment when you say as we grow older in life, we eventually realize that being wholly good has little to no intrinsic value. This does not mean however that we should become totally evil. Because life has shades of gray all over it.

Bale played 2 of these "Anti-heroes" Batman and Patrick Bateman

So I hate to be that guy, but there's a video called "Sympathy for the Villain" by a channel named "EmpLemon" that's eerily similar to this video, from the title to the thumbnail to some editing choices. It's a fairly popular video, so I think some more effort could have been made to differentiate this one from it

Stanley Kubrick's characters: Alex DeLarge, Jack Torrance, and Private Pyle are villains for different reasons: Alex DeLarge in A Clockwork Orange has a psychotic tendency to use violence against men and women with his fellow Droogies as it's his ultimate self. He uses the fake eyebrow as a play on femininity, mocking the softness he preys upon by directly reflecting the people who fear him. When he gets out of the prison, he's tormented and beaten to where he can't defend himself. Jack Torrance in The Shining was a teacher and then a writer because he beat up a student. He starts to go on a downward spiral in his mind because of evil spirits in the Overlook Hotel from past alcoholism, fears of becoming an abusive father, and past trauma. He hates his family and doesn't want anything to do with them. He then tries to kill Wendy and Danny because of the soul controlling him as well as Delbert Grady wants him to take his family out when he opens the storeroom door for Jack. Private Pyle from Full Metal Jacket didn't become a monster until the end of the first half of the film. He's trying to do right to become one of the Marines because of training from Sgt. Hartman and then gets lead by Private Joker's leadership. Once he realizes he turned into some Frankenstein monster for messing up and everyone else's mistakes, he then turns against Sgt. Hartman and shoots him but not at Private Joker as he knows Pyle and how to control him like an untamed beast. Pyle ends his life in front of him. The overall part is how you can control the monster to win the battlefield in the mind.

I think it's crazy how popular this movie still is I went to a concert last night and I saw at least two to three people wearing shirts of American psycho. Have you watched Mr robot? I feel like that would be an excellent topic for this type of work great video by the way

Its just because the actors playing them are conventionally attractive and handsome. This is why so many men want to be like them and relate to them. Its a halo effect. I never seen someone ugly to be seen as a "literally me" character

Villains are heroes who were let down by their own people.

EDIT: First off- this video is excellent. Very well crafted. Not many ppl can discuss this in such a way you have done. Thank you for your craft🙏🏻🔑. Within the spiritual realm of Wicca, pagan, astrology etc (meaning outside of western Christian beliefs), we discuss a lot about this. It can be referenced as “the dark night of the soul” or similar phrases and processes. Meeting your “shadow self” and accepting it for what it is, is not a thing within western ideology. It is only when you meet this shadow self, accept it and understand it, are you able to harness both within your identity in everyday life; utilizing this knowledge in all of your decisions and life, whilst understanding that one or the other takes a little more precedence in different situations. When you compare the way the universe works- with both light and dark energies, humans have the ability to do the same. What I think these types of films are capturing, is a millennia of the human race being told “only good is acceptable” and battling with “one or the other”, when really, you CAN balance both. You don’t have to be “all good” or “all bad”. And please don’t take this out of context, people. I’m not suggesting whatsoever, it is ok to hurt ppl. Also, mental health is a BIG issue within capitalistic society which is another beast in itself. Hope what I said makes sense❤

beautifully written, underrated talent.

holy shit, that was absolutely great video, honestly! I genuinely loved how u managed to integrate Zuko and the way Avatar is portraying the concept of Ying & YXNG and the journey of overcoming yourself in order to become a better (hopefully) desired version of yourself, that was really well done and I didn't expect it to be so good tbh haha 😁 also, you managed to incoperate the different characters who are obv. well known and already being taken as an example quite lot really refreshing and in your own style, so that it didn't seem repetitive or come off as such despite me already having watched like, fvck, dude, like a thousand videos or sum of that stuff talm 'bout the inner shadow and characters such as Walter White, Patrick Bateman u name it and what is the underlying tone and very essence of their character, design and what they essentially mean to represent and why. really good work, highly appreciate! Keep it up, man! ⚡

I would say shadow the hedgehog from sonic also fits the anti hero thing with his own shadow( no pun intended)

Man this was a great video perfect editing to perfect sound/music and a strong story/point you earned my subscription.

Your videos are just insane. So glad I found your channel, can’t wait to see more of them. Nice work 👏🏼

I think the joker is one of the best DC moves

EXCELLENTLY written and edited. I'm so impressed and excited to discover your channel!

I especially feel like zuko Always loved the series avatar as a kid Among other characters used in this video i definitely would agree it always felt like 'destiny ' For me to become the anti hero.. Some "magical" force pulling me in that direction.. All my life..

Anti-Heroes are important for storytelling yes.

This video makes me want to be a better person, whilst at the same time making me wish that I was fully corrupt. Human conscience will forever be a curse, as finding inner peace is something that we will struggle with for the rest of our lives.

What a beautiful video, you did such a great analysis!

This video was genuinely amazing.

This was masterfully done, bravo!

Great video! I’d love a video on either The Lighthouse or Trainspotting. I have my thoughts on Patrick Bateman. I think Patrick Bateman didn’t face the shadow, nor repress it, nor looses to it; He becomes his shadow, his desires become an usual, his lust for killing are what was his shadow, but Patrick loves himself, and loves how everyone loves him, if they don’t or if they do in a way that break Patrick’s brain crafted he’ll “kill” them. In his mind he eliminates them, but behind him, his shadow is simply not seeing these people, they’re not dead, they’re simply not there.

What an incredible video and channel. Thank you for your work, I learnt a lot and really enjoyed this.

Thanks for explaining everything in the video. I did learn something from this, and though I've heard of things like this from before its great to hear your say on it through the same view with extra information. The shadow self is what we struggle and the biggest accomplishment would be confronting our demons and becoming the monster then controlling it. Control is the hard part for me I would say, it's a small word with a big meaning.

This video completely misunderstands what anti-hero means, basically leaving out the "hero" part of anti-hero. Antiheroes are defined as being a hero lacking some heroic qualities, or a character with villainous traits, that still has heroic ones, or is a hero at core. You instead seem to confuse this with being likable or sympathizable. 1) Walter is not an antihero, he's just a villain protagonist. He originally claims to do things for his family, but eventually admits he did it all for himself. He sold crystal meth, indirectly killing many, while directly murdering multiple invididuals himself, alongside orchestrating many more killings. There is no heroic motivation, or heroic methods. 2) Similar things apply to bateman, except hes just a full murderous psychopath. Nothing heroic about him. He preaches things because he guesses its the acceptable thing. He believes none of it. 3) The joker is a tiny bit closer, but still just a villain. Arthur acts in his own self interest the entire film. You can argue his critique of the society is valid, but that doesnt mean he does it out of care for others. 4) Batman isn't an antihero, he's just a paragon hero. Dressing in black doesn't change that his goals are heroic and his methods are too. Saying he's doing it out of revenge is an uncommon interpretation, it's usually more about helping prevent it for others. You seem go on a lot about the shadow, but that's one schema for how humans work, not some scientific fact. More importantly, this applies to real people. Fictional characters are not that. Reading shadow theory into fictional characters is pointless, unless it was intentionally written in it.

Beautiful video, gave chills...I love the avatars music

Walter White is not a hero but a villain who happens to be the protagonist (Haven’t watched the video yet, just saw the thumbnail)

Thank you for your videos, full of deep analysis, great montage and pleasant voice. Keep doing what you're doing

"Why Anti-Heroes are important!" >Shows Villain Protagonists, an entirely different trope, on the thumbnail

This video is such a piece of art

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Every villain and antagonist often adhere to the concept of nihilism and pessimist about dark side of reality

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Well-educated and concisely conveyed video. Format is superb in its organization. The optimal modern philosophy structure

Thank you for this video. It was super intriguing.

We are taught as kids in media and entertainment that there is only good and bad, hero and villain. But the truth is us humans are very complex and there is no one all good or all bad, we are all a shade of grey.

This is great. Thank you!

I wish I could give multiple likes because you explained really well how many fictional characters helped me understand parts of myself and gain control of my dark side. Now I let it express itself when I want to help the real me deal with hard things of life kinda like if I weaponised it for self defense. I always believed that we all have a dark side that can go out of control and cause damage when being rejected or left unsupervised.

What a beautiful essay!

It is a perfect essay. Thank you, sir

Outstanding essay. Bravo.

Beautiful piece !

I just want to say thank you bro this was the perfect video I have been wanting to watch I’ve been looking at a lot of these videos and they never go as deep and show enough movies and movie clips to explain all of it so thank you this was a great video

Captivating narration man, damn good job!

Great video and analysis.

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Bro, Amazing video.. seriously I watched this and immediately had to watch it again to soak it all up.

Carl Jung is my favorite writer and psychiatrist. Havent watched the video yet but its weird to see his work with Patrick Bateman is weird lol.

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This is most interesting and clear video that I ever saw. I am now more self aware and I want to thank you very much.

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This video is so good woke me up a lot

I really needed a like video this, it's really made me rethink a lot about myself, thanks 🙂

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Incredible video! The editing is stellar, the essay enthralling and wonderfully analyzed. :)

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I learned alot... Ty :)

Thank you

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"Oh no, it's glorifying violence!", the brainless human beings said.

Beautiful video

it is genuinely awesome this man hearts comments here still

You deserve more!!!

i remember when the phrase "I Am The One Who Knocks" broke the internet lol talk about nostalgic

I've seen this video recommended in my feed with so many titles/snapshots that I seriously thought they were different videos

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13:24 HE SAID IT BOYS HE SAID THE THING

Awesome video

Fantastic and profound video

This was an amazing video

Thanks!

W video essay! This is pretty similar to the essay I made in batman vs spiderman franchise

Love your vids and your voice. you have a very "podcast-y" voice because your voice is very easy to listen to

Love seeing Donnie Darko clips anywhere anytime ❤ Leon the Professional too. Also I find it funny my favorite movies are always listed in these Literally Me videos. Fight Club, American Psycho, Donnie Darko, American History X, Boondock Saints, and Joker. Fight Club especially. Idk if I love that movie for 20 years bc it spoke to my personality or if liking it helped carve my personality.

This is art.

It’s exhausting always rooting for the anti hero.

How has this not gained over a million views is a mystery to me

Great video! I just wish the background music wasnt so overpowering. Keep up the good work!