The first and most important aspect of the badass is that he just doesn’t give a shit. The social concepts of right and wrong do not matter to him. All that matters to him is his own ambitions or his internal sense of justice. To us the badass can be the hero or the villain. From the badass’s POV there is no hero or villain. John McClane is not a badass because he does give a shit (also because he’s funny, the badass can be sardonic, but he doesn’t crack jokes; he’s too busy fucking you up to…
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