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Originally Posted by Nuklear Waste
That "Good Emperor" thing was only in the GBA/PSP remakes, and we have no evidence that Brian ever played Dawn of Souls or anything. Plus, the whole thing made no sense.
And, uh, whoever said it was a reference to FFII?
EDIT: On a somewhat related note, recently I remembered an old theory that killing Black Mage would be the greatest act of Good, hence why he never tries to kill himself (as he would go to Heaven). I thought to myself, "That's ridiculous, Lich killed Black Mage and went to Hell." But then I realized Lich wasn't exactly "killed", he was banished to Hell. Thus, Lich may have, in fact, registered as "Good" at the time. Furthermore, since Sarda killed the Light Warriors multiple times, he should count as, like, Super Good. (I'd say killing Red Mage is about as Good as killing Fighter is Evil, so it's more Good than Evil.)
EDIT2: But then again, he brought them back each time and eventually decided to let them live. That's, like, the worst act imaginable. |
Red Mage is a good guy, you charlatan.
Reread the strips, he comes off as a hero who makes a few questionable mistakes here and there. Last I checked console heroes got off with stealing anything unguarded and killing suspicious strangers and NPCs they meet on the road in return for trying to do good and saving the world (they have saved the world by defeating 3 Fiends for starters, one of whom Red Mage killed personally).
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Originally Posted by Meister
I figure it's basic human nature paired with the fact that he's perfectly able to kill people with his thoughts. Via the medium of fireballs and lightning bolts but it's the same thing in essence. Let's say you become a good person by learning that acting good makes the people around you act good towards you in return; Black Mage simply doesn't need that because he's more powerful than the people around him and if he feels they don't act sufficiently good towards him, fireball. Once that behavioral premise is set it just spirals out of control. But part of him has actually understood that "do unto others" principle and pipes up every now and then. You can see a hint of his motivations in this episode.
Or, y'know, if that's not it, "evil little man" just was the character type that fit best to the class that throws around destructive magic in the game, the way "strong, protective, but dumb guy" fit the class that would soak up damage, hit things with swords but have an abysmal understanding of magic [disregarding the whole class change deal], i.e. low INT or whatever the stat was called in FF1. |
That's good, but it's a weak form of natural good.
Btw., about natural (biological), altuistic or conditioned 'good': research shows around 75-95% of people in stable, modern, western societies pay for things even if there's no one guarding the goods. (Freakonomics)