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Originally Posted by nfotiu
I don't even know that Dexter is really a bad guy. He seems more vigilante than evil. I don't know that Jax is that bad either.
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The fact that some of you think Dexter is a good guy shows the brilliance of the show as he's pure evil. Vigilante he is not as killing bad people is still killing and the only thing that kept him from killing everyone and anyone was a code that was instituted by his father and shrink. Anyone that takes joy in plunging a knife into a person's heart then promptly dismembers them is a really, really, bad guy regardless of the wrongdoings of his victims.
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Originally Posted by WilderPegasus
So a guy who kills because of a compulsion is a very bad guy but one that kills for profit or revenge isn't?
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There's bad people that kill because of greed then there's inherently evil people that kill for the sake of killing because they enjoy or have the need to take life. Those characters wouldn't just kill any stranger on the street and wouldn't bother even seeking out a bad person without association for the heck of killing them. Anything bad Tony Soprano, Gustavo Fring, Jax Teller is borne out of necessity for survival in the life of crime they live. Bad people yes but not pure evil like Dexter.