Obito was redeemed in naruto despite him murdering as much if not more then piccolo
Same goes with shadow the hedgehog in the sonic games
And even greed from fma brotherhood was
And that's not something you will ever see in One Piece, because murder is actually seeing as a close deal. You will get a redemption sure, but outside the boundaries of the stories and the main even of characters.
Kratos is a bad guy and kills innocents when they stand in his way
Sorry I don't know about Kratos, but the absence of political message is ALSO a political message ;)
Its a fatalist vision on life. But looking at what the games are from afar, I can see at least one or two political and strong social message without even taking the time to play the game.
A character making choices does not mean it's proof of how author's think people should act
Well.. technically you are right. What I'm doing here is a generalization, sometimes the story is dark and the character is meant to go into a darker abyss. In that case the character will make the choice to take the wrong political pass.
THe thing you are forgetting is that it will ALWAYS and i'm serious when I say ALWAYS.. be depicted as a BAD thing to do.
For example in Star Wars Rots. Anakin chooses a dark path. This is indeed projecting the character into the abyss. But this is also portrayed as the BAD thing to do. The wrong choice, the apocalyptic one.
Some stories can be gray, but even then, there will be one positive political message. Either by depiction or by the choices of the characters.
Also. The importance of the political message does not lie in the status of the character (for example, Dexter (from the series) is a serial Killer, he should be considered a bad guy). The political message lies into the CHOICES of the character (the fact that dexter only choose to act on monsters and make morally good choices)
however it was a theme and it didt take up all the show's run time
No, it was not only a theme, it was a political message also. The theme of racism and the philosophical debate about racism literally glues the ENTIRE Xmen movie. (the first and second)
There was elements other then the politics as it's not a poltitical manifesto, it's a show meant for entertainment
It was as political as Andor, you can't get more political than Xmen 1
It was ALL OVER the movie. In fact this is an exemple were the political message is an really engaged one. One that is understanding the problematic of systemic issues.
If every social relation can be seen as poltitical then nothing is poltitical
Not "every relations", >> every social CHOICES and VISIONS regarding social and public affair.
In short, talking with your friend is not political. What is, is the fact that thinking that social interaction are a social necessity for human life. You need to really udnerstand the distinction. The political is related to the values and the choices of humans about life and socialrelationships.