"I was perfect. I have always been perfect."
Had a thought in reference to this, and in reference to one of my favourite villains from any source, that I want to be able to find again in the future instead of being buried in a random LJ post somewhere:
"THIS is the Dr. Doom I love. Written properly, he is Shakespearean; only a miniscule distance from being one of the greatest heroes ever, but that distance is his unyielding pride and unwillingness to be human, to allow doubt, even when that denial will destroy him. His courage, his compassion, his honour - all should be legendary but all have been subsumed by his pride and feeling of complete superiority, both aspects of his personality to towering, so monstrous, that you have to wonder what they're hiding."
"THIS is the Dr. Doom I love. Written properly, he is Shakespearean; only a miniscule distance from being one of the greatest heroes ever, but that distance is his unyielding pride and unwillingness to be human, to allow doubt, even when that denial will destroy him. His courage, his compassion, his honour - all should be legendary but all have been subsumed by his pride and feeling of complete superiority, both aspects of his personality to towering, so monstrous, that you have to wonder what they're hiding."
