[UA] Corrupt and Co-opt?

[Gareth Hanrahan]

On Wednesday 27 June 2001 14:10, you wrote:
> Has anyone run a game (or, less likely, seen a movie or, more likely, read
> a book) in which the "villain" comes around?  Specifically, I'm picturing a
> plot where...
>
> 1) Hero encounters villain doing something nefarious to gain immense power.
> 2) Hero and villain contend.  Neither is able to gain a permanent upper
> hand.  In the process, they come to understand and respect each other more
> and more.
> 3) Villain tries to corrupt the hero by pointing out how close their real
> motives and values are.  Hero counters by using the same argument.
> 4) Having realized that they ARE philosophically very close, they
> compromise.  The Hero's great act of heroism turns out to be restoring hope
> and decency to someone who had previously thought power and control was the
> ne plus ultra.

I vaguely remember one of the Authority story arcs being along those lines. 
Evil genius tries to destroy world. Heroes defeat evil genius' forces, break 
into evil genius HQ, and say "we're here to stop you." Evil genius says "ah 
bugger. I've turned into one of those world-shaking threats you people deal 
with."
Heroes say "yeah...but you're a genius. We're going to deal with you by 
recruiting you."

(anybody want to fill in the details?)
> -G.
Gar

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