Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-107.184.24.227-20140726103232/@comment-25641997-20140902212041

How are more people not discussing this? Anyway, in my personal opinion, Roman is the superior character and villain (although Cinder, in the show, is his superior). Obviously, she's a lot more intimidating and villainous than Roman is, and she's clearly running the show with him as the face for her operation (I like how easily she pushes Roman around). However, I prefer Roman as an antagonist for his intellect, selfishness, and charm. I see Roman as a careful, calculating, and remorseless man who is willing to do whatever it takes to get what he wants. He's also highly charismatic, able to persuade a group of people who despise him and his kind to work with him for a common cause, most notably by throwing himself under the hate bus. While Cinder has intimidation on her side, I think that Roman is better at getting things done. He might not be the powerhouse Cinder is, being able to stalemate Glynda while being tossed around on an airship and all, but his threat comes from his brilliance and self-preservation. Roman's out for himself, first and foremost, and I think that he'll put himself before his boss when push comes to shove and live to fight another day. Cinder may have more grandoise motives and be a lot more terrifying, but in the end, I think that Roman's cunning will allow him to survive where Cinder cannot. I see him as being similar to the Joker in that he'll never seem like the biggest threat around, but he'll always survive to fight another day. Besides, while Cinder seems to gain her allies through fear and intimidation, Roman has the charm to convince people to work for him, and power gained through fear is easier to lose.

Additionally as a character, I just think that we've seen more of Roman and I feel more attached to him. Also, I personally like him more than Cinder, as much as I love her domineering ways and air of terror and superiority. I prefer his personality. And while Cinder seems more like a villain who is meant to be the foil to the protagonist (Ruby), Roman seems more like his own character (I personally see Adam as the foil to Blake, despite her clear hatred for Roman). I think that Cinder is great, don't get me wrong, and I want to see more of her, but I think that Roman's better at being bad and making me love him for it!

And what's up with that 'humans are the worst' speech? Could it be that Roman has a side to him that we weren't aware of, or did he just say the things he said to rile up the crowd?