Thread:Mesektet/@comment-27729149-20140915001420/@comment-3581997-20140915042815

Looks like some one re-dubbed the Anti Hero category again, I will need to re-work it. An anti hero is a protagonist who does not possess normal heroic qualities but never the less functions entirely as a protagonist. There are 5 basic types 1: The Fool- Hero who appears inept or unfit to be a hero yet miraculously still saves/helps people. 2 The Disney Anti-Hero (This is the most common type, (the "bad ass") - bad attitude does not work well with others type who still deep down has a heart of gold. 3 The Edgier Anti Hero- a step lower than Disney Anti Hero, does not just have a bad attitude but may in fact do bad things for the greater good. 4 On & off hero, may openly work with villains and bad people at their leisure but given the choice will do the right thing when it suits them. And 5 the Heroic Sociopath- Heroes who have have NO sense of right or wrong and end up helping the forces of good entirely out of practicality not morality. Good examples, or rather most famous I can think of for reference are: 1- Meatwad from Aqua Team Hunger Force, 2- Raven form the Teen Titans, 3- Frank Miller's Batman, 4- Catwoman, 5- Kratos

That is TV Tropes and Idioms classification and it is a good solid scale to go by. I will fix the definition of the category tomorrow to remove ambiguity but for reference that should be what to work with.

Anti Villain is for villains who do the right thing enough times to be classified as heroes, the Evil vs Evil thing but still mostly are villains. Think Piccolo from Dragon Ball or Magneto from the classic X-Men comics.

I hope that helps you get the idea and range, and thanks for telling me about the definition problem. It will be cleared shortly.