# Is everybody the hero of their story? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 3, 2003, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-everybody-the-hero-of-their-story/179474 "2003-06-03T23:24:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HughManatee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/22d042/32.png) [@HughManatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HughManatee)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-everybody-the-hero-of-their-story/179474/1 "2003-06-03T23:24:12Z")
The human ego is a powerful thing, so I would tend to think this is true. If you’re not the hero, then who is? ---
**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-everybody-the-hero-of-their-story/179474/2 "2003-06-03T23:26:00Z")
My best friend, Eileen. ---
**Author:** ![Soapbox\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Soapbox\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soapbox_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-everybody-the-hero-of-their-story/179474/3 "2003-06-03T23:28:44Z")
I don’t even feel like the hero in my own story. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![X\_Slayer\_ALE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bbe5ce/32.png) [@X\_Slayer\_ALE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X_Slayer_ALE)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-everybody-the-hero-of-their-story/179474/4 "2003-06-03T23:37:08Z")
I am the supporting hero. The one who did the quest but failed and must pass the task on to someone better, stronger and more skilled than I. My children are the heroes in my story. …now if I can only make them do their homework… ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-everybody-the-hero-of-their-story/179474/5 "2003-06-04T00:00:35Z")
Nah. I’m a Supporting Character who exists only to provide the Hero with the assitance he or she needs to triumph at the end of the picture. I console myself with the fact that at least I’m not the Comedy Relief. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-everybody-the-hero-of-their-story/179474/6 "2003-06-04T00:12:55Z")
I’m the wise-cracking sidekick, as played by Eve Arden. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-everybody-the-hero-of-their-story/179474/7 "2003-06-04T02:48:31Z")
Not in the Anti-Drug ads. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-everybody-the-hero-of-their-story/179474/8 "2003-06-04T04:21:12Z")
I’m most definitely the villain. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-everybody-the-hero-of-their-story/179474/9 "2003-06-04T05:07:58Z")
How about the mysterious loner who shows up to help from time to time, then leaves? ---
**Author:** ![Trjckster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Trjckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trjckster)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-everybody-the-hero-of-their-story/179474/10 "2003-06-04T13:48:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by HPL \* > \*\*How about the mysterious loner who shows up to help from time to time, then leaves? \*\* Thats me, but only cause I keep forgeting my coat. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-everybody-the-hero-of-their-story/179474/11 "2003-06-04T13:59:14Z")
Nah. Heroes are only the “other guy”. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-everybody-the-hero-of-their-story/179474/12 "2003-06-04T16:27:16Z")
That reminds me of the George Carlin gag where he says: “Ever notice that anyone driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone driving faster than you is a maniac?” ---
**Author:** ![sickboy51](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@sickboy51](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sickboy51)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-everybody-the-hero-of-their-story/179474/13 "2003-06-04T16:33:29Z")
There´s lots of heroes, like in Dos Passos books. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-everybody-the-hero-of-their-story/179474/14 "2003-06-04T17:20:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ultrafilter \* > \*\*I’m most definitely the villain. \*\* So you’re my nemisis huh? I always knew there was something fishy about you. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Optihut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/edb3f5/32.png) [@Optihut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Optihut)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-everybody-the-hero-of-their-story/179474/15 "2003-06-04T18:33:15Z")
Coming next January: Season 27 of the award winning show “Optihut”. Plot twists from Season 23 will be picked up again and season 24’s villain is scheduled to make a cameo guest appareance on the show as well! Stay tuned… ---
**Author:** ![HughManatee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/22d042/32.png) [@HughManatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HughManatee)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-everybody-the-hero-of-their-story/179474/16 "2003-06-04T18:35:47Z")
I guess the truism here is “Nobody is the hero of their story”. ---
**Author:** ![Optihut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/edb3f5/32.png) [@Optihut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Optihut)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-everybody-the-hero-of-their-story/179474/17 "2003-06-04T18:57:16Z")
Well, for a little over twenty years I wasn’t the hero of my story. But then things changed and I finally realized I’d make a damn good hero, so don’t miss the aforementioned season 27 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Balle\_M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@Balle\_M](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balle_M)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-everybody-the-hero-of-their-story/179474/18 "2003-06-04T19:03:04Z")
I don’t know who the hero is, but I consider myself the comic relief. ---
**Author:** ![NE\_Texan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e99b99/32.png) [@NE\_Texan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NE_Texan)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-everybody-the-hero-of-their-story/179474/19 "2003-06-04T19:16:00Z")
I’m just worried that my part will be left on the cutting room floor… ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-everybody-the-hero-of-their-story/179474/20 "2003-06-04T19:21:36Z")
I’m the tragic hero. You know, the one that everyone and the Universe kick around around until they can’t take it anymore and then end up climbing a bell tower with a sniper rifle. Yeah, that’s me. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-everybody-the-hero-of-their-story/179474.md?page=2)