Hello. Today will be my next proposal for GH status, and it is dedicated to Sailor Mercury. I would say that she is far from the coolest character in this franchise, but she is the smartest and sweetest, so it's worth bringing her here first, and then I'll think about Sailor Mars and Sailor Uranus.

What's the Work?

Sailor Moon is a Japanese fantasy anime series about a girl named Usagi Tsukino, who is a sorceress and saves the Earth from various villains along with her friends Sailor Guardians.

Who is she?

Ami Mizuno (aka Sailor Mercury) is one of the main characters in the Sailor Moon franchise. She is a genius schoolgirl and one of the Sailor Scouts.

What makes her a Guile Hero?

• She was an excellent student at school, and had the highest score in all subjects. But despite this, she is not arrogant or boastful at all.

• She immediately became friends with Usagi, and became one of her closest friends. She is also the sweetest and kindest heroine in the franchise.

• She often prefers to compete with villains in a chess match, in which she often beat them, and only lost once when the demon did not play by the rules.

• Despite the fact that she had never played computer games before, she easily scored a lot of points there the first time, reaching the most difficult level, which surprised everyone very much.

• After receiving the prism of Mercury, and becoming Sailor Mercury, she, unlike Usagi, immediately mastered her abilities, and easily coped with the demon. So she became one of the Sailor Scouts, and began to protect the world from various dark forces.

• Although she is gentle and vulnerable at heart, she is still quite brave, and she is never afraid to face dangerous villains face to face. She was even willing to sacrifice her life for the sake of others.

• Although she is not the strongest of the Sailor Scouts, she is the smartest of them, and her genius intelligence and ingenuity have often helped them fight dangerous villains. She often found their weak points and informed the others about it.

Competition

As I said before, she is inferior in coolness to many other heroines in the franchise, such as Sailor Mars, Sailor Venus and Sailor Jupiter, but she is significantly superior in intelligence, and she is the smartest heroine in the franchise. While the main character, Sailor Moon, is a little silly, so she's unlikely to fit in here.

Verdict

I'll say yes.

Hello. Today will be my first proposal for GH status, and it is dedicated to Silas Greaves.

What's the Work?

Call of Juarez: Gunslinger is a videogame, a first—person shooter, in the Western style. The fourth part of the eponymous series of games. Unlike the first three parts, the plot is not about the McCall brothers, but about the bounty hunter Silas Greaves.

Who is he?

Silas Greaves is the protagonist of videogame Call of Juarez: Gunslinger. He is a famous bounty hunter who rose to fame in the 1880s. His goal was to find and take revenge on the murderers of his brothers.

What makes him a Guile Hero?

• He loved his brothers very much, and after their death he sought to find and take revenge on their killers (namely Johnny Ringo, Jim Reed and Roscoe Bob Bryant). Although it took him 45 years to get revenge.

• He is very sympathetic and noble, because he often helps lawyers in the fight against dangerous criminals and punishes only those who deserve it, as well as saves the innocent. And even he kills violent criminals in a fair duel. For this, he was even called "Good" in the last duel with Butch and Sundance.

• Although he sometimes feuded with the lawyers, this does not make him a character from the Grey-Zone, since most often they were corrupt, and immediately opened fire to kill.

• He arrived in Abilene, where he went to a local bar, and there introduced himself as a famous headhunter, after which he began to tell his story to the bartender Ben, the waitress Molly, and three customers Dwight (later it turns out that this is a young Dwight Eisenhower), Jack and Steve.

• Although Jack often doubted the authenticity of his story, and even told him this openly several times, Silas still did not get mad at him, and only continued his story.

• He is a very good storyteller, able to immerse his listeners in his story, and also dilutes the serious atmosphere with humor. At the same time, all listeners are happy to listen to him.

• He is also able to think in detail about non-accidental situations, for example, how he thought of the moment if he went through the mines, and they would eventually explode, and he fell into the river.

• He is a very experienced and impressive gunslinger, able to single-handedly deal with several armed opponents at the same time. He also single-handedly defeated many famous criminals such as Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, Jesse James, John Wesley Hardin and many others, for which he was even nicknamed a man legends fear.

• He is a very experienced bounty hunter, able to track down his targets, and even attack them before they know of his presence, and know in advance where they will strike next.

• He killed Johnny Ringo and Jim Reed, thereby avenging the deaths of his brothers.

• He prevented the Wild Gang from blowing up the bridge, thereby saving many passengers of the train, which would have collapsed.

• He also has a deep knowledge of Indians, as he, according to his own words, was married to two Indian girls.

• He is a very good manipulator, because during his story he cunningly forced the bartender Ben to blab about how much he knows about Ringo and Reed, after which he exposed him as Roscoe Bob Bryant.

• In Ending "Forgiveness," he forgives Roscoe Bob Bryant after seeing what a kind man he has now become. Silas also admits his shortcomings and advises Dwight Eisenhower and other visitors not to devote their entire lives to destroying the world with anger and hatred, after which he safely leaves the bar. By doing so, he redeemed his hatred and vindictiveness.

Competition

I can say that Silas is the smartest protagonist of the franchise, and although Thomas and Ray are also quite smart, they are still inferior to Silas in intelligence and coolness.

Ambiguity

There is one point that I think is not entirely appropriate in his status: In Ending "Revenge", he kills Bob in cold blood, although he has already become a normal person, and Silas knew this, but he still completed his revenge. He also traumatized Jack, Dwight and Molly with this, and did not even feel remorse for it (although he said that after killing Bob he did not feel better). In general, the act is very corrupting and not at all justified, but it can still be partially understood, since Bob was one of the killers of his brothers, and Silas spent more than 40 years to find him and take revenge. And all in all, it was the only moment when he hurt an innocent man.

Verdict

I'll say yes, even if it's a stretch.