@SJohnRoss You are correct about Parker. Parker is definitely a hyper-bastard deployed against bastards with institutional backing. Similar jouissanxe based in amoral competence porn.

@[email protected] @[email protected] Isn't this also basically the Punisher, Deadpool, etc? Obviously not nice people, sometimes in fairly upbeat settings (if not always upbeat stories) but who only interact with enemies who are so obivously worse than them that they appear... not quite as morally bankrupt. See also things like John Wick, although that has the whole glanced at initially redemption overtones that are almost part of the character if you squint hard enough.​