Talk:Rimuru Tempest/@comment-43690766-20190901073407/@comment-10330822-20190902070626

I'm not going to argue with that.

I feel the problem people have with characters in books in general though is their hypocrisy. Which is sort of ironic because most people are in fact very hypocritical. So, in reality, Rimuru's hypocrisy is the very thing that makes him realistic. But most people don't like complexity in their reading, just like in their life.

It really makes you question what are you looking for in a character, realism or simplicity. Guy, Dino, and Clayman are sort of easy to understand, so I can see why people might gravitate to them more than a complex character like Rimuru who can kill thousands with ease but then preach of the values of love and peace.

I feel decisions are made strongly by time and place, we aren't limited to some morality wrap sheet that follows us our whole lives. That is how people can change so suddenly, and close friends can turn into bitter enemies with one or two actions.

Also, I feel Rimuru understands that with his level of power, and the pure existance of duplicate timelines with alternate realities, that most decisions he makes are empty and have no real implact on anything other than what he wants them to. I mean, he's basically base god, which means he's kind of free to do whatever he wants. The only real limitations he has are those he places on himself. And the parallel timelines are sort of just playthings for him to test out alternate futures.