Thread:Red Chevalier/@comment-31330278-20191116160232/@comment-2059440-20191116211400

no, a degree or remorse is necessary for ALL heroes, even anti-heroes.. a character with zero remorse is a psychopath by very definition and despite some edgey / darker works having psychopaths as "cool" protagonists there is no way a fully-fledged psychopath can ever be a hero by the standards this wiki determines the term (a person who does good).

psychopaths who have absolutely no remorse are incapable of forgiveness, mercy or altruism - traits even the most hardened anti-heroes will show every now and then.. for example Deadpool usually refuses to harm children and becomes very, very displeased with those who do and Punisher refuses to harm people he deems as "innocent" - even Judge Dredd has limits.. true psychopaths have no limits because when you get rid of all remorse you remove all limits.

this is what allows guys like Norman to do the stuff they do, they don't have remorse and thus are extremely dangerous.. arguably most truly "evil" things arise when a character lacks remorse - likewise for any sort of "good" in a character they need to have some remorse or the ability to at least empathize with others (remember that Batman, one of DC's more cynical anti-heroes, once sat with a dying girl and simply talked with her.. because he still has the ability to feel things.. that in turn makes him a "good" person (even if he's flawed).).