transformation into the icy villain dr freeze was willing to jeopardize his employment and even his scientific career for a chance to save his wife all for the sake of love in other words we see the cold selfishness of ferris boil contrasted against the passionate selflessness of victor freeze mr freeze is wounded his once noble ambitions have been severely corrupted and he's become a broken man devoid of all emotions save for his lingering love for nora to summarize mr freeze is the man who covets humanity while his nemesis ferris boyle is the man who willingly threw it away for the sake of avarice and in the end for the first time we see mr freeze without his goggles and instead of an emotionless gaze we see pain in his eyes mr freeze is left locked away tortured by his own corrupted passion dreaming of one day regaining his lost humanity i failed you i wish there was another way for me to say it but i cannot i can only beg your forgiveness and pray you hear me somehow someplace someplace where a warm hand waits for mine humanity is emotion feeling and connection in fact this specific topic often comes up in various stories throughout various media the villain who tosses away their humanity for power like darth vader who is characterized as more machine than man getting rid of human feelings like love and friendship as exemplified in the killing of his old friend and mentor obi-wan kenobi the invincible series has super genius d.a sinclair who exemplifies this notion directly all human failings are simply engineering challenges crying out to be solved we're machines and the sooner we recognize that the sooner we'll reach our true potential and you make me sound like a monster i'm not turning people into anything i'm fixing humanity's weaknesses it's no use appealing to his emotions i removed them myself we even see this in anime and manga where roni kinchin has ayoshi shinamori a highly skilled shinobi who throws everything away in pursuit of one single goal to place the title of the best warrior in japan at the graves of his murdered friends and he'll go to any lengths to achieve it he becomes an outcast a pariah he becomes cold and cruel dedicating himself to endless training he allies himself with villains and nearly kills former allies in the name of his pursuit the series berserk has griffith who famously sacrifices his friends for god-like power a lack of humanity commonly does result in incredible power but the ultimate lesson is that sacrificing humanity and embracing apathy is the easier path to quote seven's william somerset i didn't say i was better or different i'm not hell i sympathize i sympathize completely apathy is the solution i mean it's easier to lose yourself in drugs than it is to cope with life it's easier to steal what you want than it is to earn it it's easier to beat a child than it is to raise it hell love costs it takes effort and work but in the end the benefits of humanity is worth any pain it's no coincidence perhaps that darth vader eventually chooses love for his son luke skywalker over power and perhaps it's
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