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[worsetodie]

Can I count myself among the probable many who are not shocked this last disaster was mostly averted by the efforts of Inmates? 

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[timesbureaucrat]

[He cocks his head. Blinks. That wasn't the response he was expecting.]

We...make a good team. [He's not used to talking about his marriage and doesn't know how to respond. The rest isn't Personal and is therefore a bit easier to talk about. Personal is hard.]

I've seen that sort of thing happen often. Once an inmate graduated immediately after having kidnapped and held another inmate prisoner for days. A reevaluation or regret in the wake of a misdeed appears to sometimes be a trigger for graduation, but it leaves no justice for those who were victims.

[His brows furrow slightly.]

I'm not entirely sure I qualify as a good guy. In fact, I'm fairly sure everyone back home would laugh at the suggestion. But your point is made. And I would hate to lose my reputation for being stubborn.

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[megamind]

Hey, one thing I've learned? Good guy doesn't always mean 'nice guy', especially here. Even at home, Metro Man was a good guy -- liked babies and kids and all that, even. But I can't say I ever thought he was a nice guy.

[ Bullies are that way. That's why he ended up dead. ]

Well, good. Be stubborn. Just be stubborn for the right reasons! Don't stubbornly refuse to try something because it's hard!

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[timesbureaucrat]

Then what does make a person a good guy? If it's liking babies, I definitely wasn't one of them back home. Unless it's mine...or possibly a close friend's...I can't abide the little spawns until they're old enough for rational thinking. [Although he'd certainly save children in danger, and feel particularly rageful at someone callus enough to hurt children. He just isn't comfortable interacting with them.]

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[megamind]

As I understand it?

Doing the right thing. Even when other people think you shouldn't, or when it might be really hard.

I just use babies as a qualifier that he treats people nicely.

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[timesbureaucrat]

And what happens when both sides are equally convinced that they're doing the right thing? Is it intent or results that matter?

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[megamind]

That's one of those moral dilemmas that I, as a villain, don't have to deal with.