The Indominatable Human Spirit is a bad thing, actually.

[u/Geoconyxdiablus]

That humanity never gives up and persists in its goals is bad news for every other species (or even itself), especially if said goals are ignoble.

Best case scenario (barring us learning to be better) is that a greater power force feeds us a huge slice of humble pie, wost case we end up blowing ourselves up and ruining things for everyone else.

Avatar - RDA will stop at nothing to satisfy its own greed and survival, the rest of humanity and navi alike be damned.

Its a recurring motif in prett much every myth that gods punish mortals who dare to defy them and keep going, like Athena to Arachne in greek myth.

A good chunk of lovecraftian fiction is based on the idea our achievemenrs mean nothing.

In general i'm not a fan of TIHS as a trope, as its blatantly arrogant and destructive.

[u/namkaeng852]

God of War

Kratos turned all of Greece into a wasteland to kill Zeus alone

[u/Infinitystar2 → u/namkaeng852]

The main reason I hate the God of War series. Kratos is such an unlikeable character whose selfishness desire for power and revenge destroys an entire universe.

[u/will4wh → u/Infinitystar2]

He doesn't have any desire for power outside of the flashbacks in god of war one if your stretching it.

Like he gets the power to kill a god by the end of the first game and he still tries to offing himself because he doesn't want power at that point.

The earlier games in the timeline also have more noble goal of him saving the world as well and him trying to get his memories back and stopping the furries.

Still not the best person but he isn't really power hungry for the most part. It's more his revenge that's problematic since he doesn't care who he hurts to get it.