Of heroes and villains

 I often used to wonder, all those super spies, how do they manage their daily routines, especially in midst of a major action. Sometimes, they are shown to go without sleep for several hours and there are rarely any note about their food habits. But they will be shown as connoisseurs of drinks and have in depth knowledge of several types of cuisines that they will proudly display to impress the villain or his spouse (especially James Bond) many of whose scenes and situations would be depicted around the dining table. While hero would be actively in pursuit, the villain would be shown as sitting and pondering or lashing at this cronies for having either lost to the hero or secretly planning his next action from dining table. Except for James Bond who made the shaken but not stirred Martini, there are hardly any other famous hero character who are known for their taste in any other routine like normal human beings. One reason that i felt was, rather than depicting how they get up, brush their teeth, how many times they pooped or what they had for their breakfast, the readers would only be interested in action, right. Fair point. But why the same is not for the villains begs a question!! Most of the villains would be shown as pompous, luxurious, drinking heavily or smoking or gambling. If they are continuously in this mode, they wouldn't even be fit for being their own adiyaal is common knowledge. The origins of villains will always be tough and majority of the readers would actually empathize with them. In fact, most of the movies that are action block busters of current day would be considered sacrilege a few decades back when good people triumphed on screen and even bad people, either they get reformed or arrested or will die despite the hero trying to save them after offering their final apology. All the gore that is shown as heroic were shown in a milder manner but as qualities of villains!! But again, the tastes change always and this will change as well in coming years. But the fact that, the hero can go for long hours without sleep or anything to eat or drink and still be alert enough to plot the downfall of the most powerful person in the story, without ever having a bio break is something that remains the norm!!! Hero toilet pogalainu oru posta nu kekapdaathu. That alone is not the matter. Just wondering out loud, if not confirming to norms of the regular people an essential quality to become a hero? If a character is good looking on screen and is the designated hero of the story, he can do anything and more that a villain does and still come out clean as a whistle with all the blames going to villain. The clear cut demarcation of what is blood vs thakkaali chutney is never more hypocritical when it comes to character definition of heroes. Poor villains. They deserve a better deal!! I always used to wonder, was Joker the real "dark" knight in the movie. It all depends on where you land the quotes!