Quote Originally Posted by deworde View Post
Good enough for Shakespeare, I guess.
If it wasn't for those kinds of characters in Shakespeare's works I would have a hard time guessing who I'm supposed to be rooting for. Merchant of Venice, for example. Normally I would assume that the antisemite who spits on Jews and the disloyal daughter who steals from her father (and pawns the cherished keepsakes from her dead mother so that she can buy exotic pets) were bad guys.

Fortunately Shakespeare added a bunch of characters who kept on reminding us that these guys are totally awesome.

Rich, I think there's a lesson to be learned from Shakespeare. Have a bunch of characters who follow the protagonists around and remind us that they're the good guys no matter how awful they behave.