Can you like fictional baddies in Heaven?

[Thomas_Jennings]

Well, that is to say, is it Christian to like them NOW? As a big fan of books, films and other forms of fiction, I have always preffered the bad guys to the good ones. Not because I a) seek to emulate them (God forbid) b) agree with their immoral thoughts (again- God forbid!) yet I cannot honestly say I ‘love to hate’ them…When it comes down to it, there is something more theatrical and exciting about their characters. I don’t advocate real life villians but, well, name a better character than Darth Vader for instance…

If all desires come from God and non are sinful save lesser-goods and wrong ideas of aquiring them (aka selfishly etc…)…then does it follow that liking, say, Vader, is in no way against God’s wishes?

Thanks

 

[Della]

What you like about bad guys is the very things that could have made them great good guys if only they’d gone that route instead.

One of my faves is Baal from the Stargate series. He sometimes seemed like he could have changed because he could bend as the situation called for it, but just had too much invested in his own self interests to do it.