Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-33046846-20170829185552/@comment-34134665-20170903142928

M Richardson wrote: Savitar300, there is already category about protagonists and the category about protagonists is called heroes. Also, a hero and a protagonist are the same thing and a villain and an antagonist are not the same thing. Actually, heroes and protagonists aren't the same. The protagonist is the main character of a story. The protagonist does not necessarily have heroic intentions. The protagonist could have villainous intentions. For example, in Despicable Me, Gru initially wasn't a hero, but a villain. However, he was still the protagonist of the movie. In addition, in How The Grinch Stole Christmas!, the Grinch was the main protagonist of the story, yet also the villain. Additionally, in the novel Arrow: Vengeance, the protagonists of the story were Slade Wilson (Deathstroke), Isabel Rochev (Ravager), and Sebastian Blood (Brother Blood). However, they were the main villains of the story as well. The hero of that story was Oliver Queen (the Arrow), yet he was the main antagonist of that story. In conclusion, the protagonist does not have to be the same as the hero.