User blog comment:NibiruMul/What does Athalante Oeuf think of...?/@comment-3991308-20190204212605/@comment-4598697-20190205011727

The surprising thing is, I can actually kinda relate to Finch more than I can to Athalante. I have pretty strong political opinions, and I frequently criticize my country even though I sometimes get defensive about it too. I generally stay away from politics when I'm online since I know they can get me riled up. Also, Finch is a commoner like I am while Athalante is a princess.

While Beowulf is commonly interpreted as an ideal hero, there's an alternative interpretation that casts him as boastful, selfish, and arrogant. The Beowulf movie that came out back in 2007 went with the negative interpretation and made him even worse than he is in the original text. (In the movie, he fathers the dragon with Grendel's mother, and he cheats on his wife with a much younger woman.) Quite a few legends, myths, and even some fairy tales have the heroes doing rather unscrupulous things.