Interesting fictional characters that I have used/I am using as profile pictures here, part 1:
Rudol von Stroheim (JoJo's Bizarre Adventures)
At the time of writing this, I have used him as my profile picture for at least 3 years. I felt like changing it after so long but I wish to write something to remember it.
Rudol von Stroheim is, as you can see, a National Socialist soldier, specifically, a "Nazi Major" according to the JoJo wiki.
He's featured in the second part of JJBA: "Battle Tendency".
Why do I think he's interesting?
Because this is the only Nazi character that I have ever seen in fiction who is portrayed as one of the "good guys" through the later stages of the story.
Actually, the entire Nazi Army (yes, we can say Nazi, remember there is a Goddess named Nazi, although I can't find the related thread) becomes a major force for good as it helps the protagonist save Humanity from annihilation/slavery.
Although (of course) the Nazi presence starts as antagonistic (I mean, the writer had to, it would've been "suspicious" to the public if he didn't), in the course of just 2 episodes, it turns into positive, when Stroheim proudly sacrifices himself to kill an almost unkillable monster that has entered his body, by blowing himself up with a grenade.
Stroheim is later reintroduced as a badass cyborg, saved from death by German science.
Literally, his most popular line is: "You fool! German science is the world's finest!".
In the final battle against Kars, a superhuman evil being who has achieved genetic perfection and is actually unkillable, Stroheim delivers critical assist to the protagonist.
Without Stroheim, the protagonist would've never saved the world from Kars. His role was objectively critical.
And even his sendoff was great. The story tells us Stroheim died proudly and valorously, fighting for his country against the USSR, at the battle of Stalingrad in 1943.
It fills me with joy to know that Stroheim has reached the heart of many, even with the stigma and hate towards National Socialism.
It is a true display that Humanity has nothing to hate about National Socialism when it is devoid of the hoax of the Holocaust, as the series never mentions it, not even once.
I am aware that the concept of cyborgs is wrong and unnatural, but in this case I let it slide, as it is a plot device to give him a comeback and superpowers, and also a way to praise Nazi science.
Rudol von Stroheim (JoJo's Bizarre Adventures)
At the time of writing this, I have used him as my profile picture for at least 3 years. I felt like changing it after so long but I wish to write something to remember it.
Rudol von Stroheim is, as you can see, a National Socialist soldier, specifically, a "Nazi Major" according to the JoJo wiki.
He's featured in the second part of JJBA: "Battle Tendency".
Why do I think he's interesting?
Because this is the only Nazi character that I have ever seen in fiction who is portrayed as one of the "good guys" through the later stages of the story.
Actually, the entire Nazi Army (yes, we can say Nazi, remember there is a Goddess named Nazi, although I can't find the related thread) becomes a major force for good as it helps the protagonist save Humanity from annihilation/slavery.
Although (of course) the Nazi presence starts as antagonistic (I mean, the writer had to, it would've been "suspicious" to the public if he didn't), in the course of just 2 episodes, it turns into positive, when Stroheim proudly sacrifices himself to kill an almost unkillable monster that has entered his body, by blowing himself up with a grenade.
Stroheim is later reintroduced as a badass cyborg, saved from death by German science.
Literally, his most popular line is: "You fool! German science is the world's finest!".
In the final battle against Kars, a superhuman evil being who has achieved genetic perfection and is actually unkillable, Stroheim delivers critical assist to the protagonist.
Without Stroheim, the protagonist would've never saved the world from Kars. His role was objectively critical.
And even his sendoff was great. The story tells us Stroheim died proudly and valorously, fighting for his country against the USSR, at the battle of Stalingrad in 1943.
It fills me with joy to know that Stroheim has reached the heart of many, even with the stigma and hate towards National Socialism.
It is a true display that Humanity has nothing to hate about National Socialism when it is devoid of the hoax of the Holocaust, as the series never mentions it, not even once.
I am aware that the concept of cyborgs is wrong and unnatural, but in this case I let it slide, as it is a plot device to give him a comeback and superpowers, and also a way to praise Nazi science.