Thread:Mesektet/@comment-27729149-20160128170019/@comment-3581997-20160212212042

Teppi can't be. Because he will never seek redemption. To say he could be is saying that the deeds are not irredeemable. It's like saying a lazy body builder could life a 100 pound weight, but they cant actually do it if they never try. Teppi Hojo's deeds are 100 pound weights, not insurmountable but, he will never put in the effort. He has no redeeming qualities but the magnitude of his actions and attitude are small scale, which I would say keeps him from becoming a Complete Monster.

A Pragmatic Heroes is a hero who does things entirely for real-world immediate reasons. In Inuyasha the demon Sesshomuru sees another giant demon terrorizing an entire society, he as asked to help the people. He tells them to solve their own problems or die trying. The giant demon then goes after him, Shesshoruru tells it to move, it goes in for the kill, he kills the giant demon. The people try to thank him and say how he was really good all along, he says quite plainly, "It was in my way." That is an example of a Pragmatic Hero. They do good deeds entirely out of immediate and personal gain not to help others.