Recently, while ruminating on the inspiring leadership of the Supreme Autobot Commander Optimus Prime, it seemed natural to consider the inverse property, or as I like to refer to it, “The Ultra Magnus Principle.” Our man truck Magnus seems to be a fine Autobot warrior, and a trusted advisor to Rodimus Prime in many situations, but repeatedly proves himself not ready for the overall job of field commander. (Hint: When half your fighting force has seemingly just died, “I can’t deal with that right now!” is bad for morale, no matter how stressed you are.) Still, there are worse folk to follow in fiction, from the erratic, chaotic-evil madness of Randall Flagg to “Whomever Is In Command Of Any Given Death Star”, leading us to today’s literally misguided query…
The MS-QOTD (pronounced, as always, “misquoted”) is torn between Cobra Commander and Starscream, and so will probably just vote Chris Latta, asking: Which fictional commander is the leader you WOULD NOT follow, even down the street to the hot dog cart?
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The Joker. That man cares for no one and nothing. At least Cobra had good dental coverage.
All of above are pretty high on my list but probably Skeletor. He doesn’t even try to hide his disdain for his minions.
I think you could apply that to pretty much any cartoon made in the 70’s or 80’s. Transformers, He-Man, Flash Gordon, ect… The main villain spends more time berating his underlings than leading.
No wonder Starscream was leading so many mutinies.
Vader. No written or verbal warnings with that guy. It’s just straight to asphyxiation.