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Originally Posted by Fwarlord
Well, an actual hero cannot be considered as a "normal person", so he isn't supposed to act like one. Indeed, he isn't a "person", but a personify of the idea he serve. It means he must be ready to sacrifice anything to protect that idea, be it himself or those who dear to him.
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the problem is the term "hero" you are using, the original meaning behind hero is just courage, that's why back in barbarian story, there are many person who assault village, kill many, but still consider hero, the word is mean to praise their strength and courage. The "hero" you are mentioning, is belong to the second age, basically, idealism, something that very rare or possibly it's existence is questionable as the ideal of hero is someone who willing to sacrifice everything but their motivation become questionable over time, leading to 3rd age, basically those who fight for a reason, and the reason just happen to overlap with greater good, people who fight for their family, but just happened to protect the world where their family live in. The hero you believe in, if exist, is untrustworthy, because someone who is willing to sacrifice everything is questionable as a hero, as the ideal maybe true for one but not other, if he let his loved one die for greater good, then his very personality is questionable as a human. There is also the term " normal person", the original hero is another meaning for Demigod, no good and no bad, the heroism exist when human overtake the term "hero", and human required reason to fight, hero in idealism, is simply the wish of people, as such, the ideal hero never sacrifice anything but himself.