Why I Like Underdogs

[Dr. Love 88]

Throughout my life of TV entertainment I've noticed something about myself, I tend to like characters that are considered underdogs. 

The definition of an underdog is "a competitor thought to have little chance of winning a fight or contest", I've always felt attached to characters that have a disadvantage in a fight or contest, I'll give a two examples.

 

First is Applejack. in the episode "Fall Weather Friends" Rainbow Dash obviously had every advantage simply because she's (for lack of a better term) biologically superior to Applejack, which is why her wings had to be tied up during the race, it really makes me think who would have one if Rainbow Dash didn't decide to use her wings again. She's no match for characters like Trixie, Sombra, Nightmare Moon, Discord (jk, nopony's a match for Discord alone), heck pretty much anyone who isn't a powerless earth pony like her, even pegasi can control weather, but even with all the disadvantages, she still proves to be an awesome character ready to help out no matter what the case may be, which is why i have complete respect for her.

 

Second is Beast Boy from Teen Titans (excuse me if i get some facts wrong, i haven't seen the show for a while). Now i know Robin's the one with no super powers but he easily kick Beast Boy's butt any day, Beast Boy is the very definition of an underdog, he usually gets his butt kicked and he's not very bright, but he never gives up, he's always determined to get better (that is, when he's not being lazy), which is why i love episodes focused on him the most, the show knows he's the underdog of the team and it uses that to build his character, in a later season he went up against Slade and almost won, even though he's usually a funny guy who doesn't like to take things seriously, he can be pretty serious sometimes, especially when Terra's involved. I could go into more detail on why i love Beast Boy, but I'll move on. 

 

There are characters that have a ton of power that i like too, even though i tend to dislike characters with a heavy load of powers *cough* Silver Surfer *cough* but right off the top of my head i can think of two, Luna and Superman.

Some might say that Superman is one of the most OP characters in existence (and their completely correct) but Superman risks his life to protect anyone who can't protect themselves from his foes, which is just about everyone on the same planet as him, to him saving a complete stranger is more valuable than his own life, now THAT deserves respect, and its not like he's incapable of getting killed, he gets knocked around quite a lot, heck put a kryptonite near him and he's not only powerless, but weak by even human standards, not to mention that long exposure could kill him, and from what i know Kryptonite isn't exactly a rare thing to find, sometimes his own powers can be a problem. 

 

Now Luna. Well.... what exactly can i say about this character, there's not much to say since she rarely appears in the show, its mostly head cannon stuff that makes me like her (Gamer Luna), but i can say one thing, to me she seems like she actually wants to interact with her subjects and make friends, Nightmare night looks like one of the only holidays where she's able to do so, and i think that she generally enjoys helping out ponies in their dreams, like its not really a royal duty, but more of a hobby, of course this is what i personally think about her, sometimes i even forget that she's an alicorn princess.

 

Well that's really all i have to say on the topic (boy, this lasted longer than i thought it would), what do you guys think? I want to know your opinions on Underdogs and super powered characters.

Edited March 13, 2013 by Dr. Love