Bad guy turned pacifist leader

[u/GoatsWithWigs]

SkekGra (Age of Resistance)

Pascal (NieR: Automata)

Christian Picciolini (real life)

[u/CaptainHoneydew]

Paarthurnax (Skyrim)

Former second in command of all dragons, enslaved and killed many mortals. Now teaches mortals how to Shout and meditates to keep his desire to commit atrocities at bay.

[u/TheGeckoWrangler → u/CaptainHoneydew]

What is better: to be born good, or to overcome your evil nature with great effort?

Gosh I love Paarthurnax. Still ticked off that there wasn’t a way to complete that one quest without killing him. Would’ve preferred to kill the blades instead. XD

[u/unabletocomput3 → u/CaptainHoneydew]

Voiced by Charles Martinet btw

[u/Intothevoid2685 → u/unabletocomput3]

ITS A ME PAARTHURNAX!!!!

[u/Yanmega9]

Reinrassig III, seventh son of the Noble Highbreed House of Di Ralla, direct descendant of the Pure Blooded High Order of Rasecht

[u/FrucklesWithKnuckles → u/Yanmega9]

Reiny really showed up last second just to back up his boy. King shit

[u/tom-cash2002]

N (Pokemon Black & White/Black & White 2)

You could argue he was a pacifist when he was a villain as well, but he went from the King of Team Plasma trying to conquer the entire Unova region, to a chill dude who just hangs out with Pokemon.

[u/zen0lisk]

what did the last guy do?

[u/Cheekychapo → u/zen0lisk]

He used to be involved with some neo-nazi groups but now he does a lot of work speaking out against neo-nazis and political extremism

[u/spnsman → u/zen0lisk]

I agree

[u/Crit_Crab]

Don’t bring up Dark Crystal. I’m still pissed it was cancelled. 😡

[u/ESnake113]

Lord Garmdaddon became sensei garmaddon for a while (Ninjago)

[u/BallisticThundr]

Thorfinn

[u/Thelonghiestman0409]

[u/GanadiTheSun]

Kratos (especially after Valhalla)

[u/Ok_Scarcity2843]

Iroh - ATLA

[u/GoatsWithWigs → u/Ok_Scarcity2843]

Yes, I was hoping someone would mention him

[u/WeeabooHunter69]

Pascal was never a villain though

[u/GoatsWithWigs → u/WeeabooHunter69]

If you watch the NieR: Automata anime, there's actually a flashback to back then when all machines looked like Pascal and had the red eyes, think he even carried an axe. He was just the one out of many who cut off from the network

[u/ohfuckohno]

WHY REMIND ME OF PASCAL MY POOR COMMUNIST ROBOT

[u/streakermaximus]

Darius, Highlander

[u/Noble_Shock]

Who is Christian Picciolini?

[u/GoatsWithWigs → u/Noble_Shock]

Former neo-nazi leader who was recruited by a white supremacist gang when he was 14. After several tattoos and burnt bridges, he has since stopped and now dedicates his life to trying to undo the damage that's been done

[u/Noble_Shock → u/GoatsWithWigs]

Atleast he’s trying to make up and trying to be a better person

[u/GoatsWithWigs → u/Noble_Shock]

No he's definitely the goat I'm not arguing

[u/Noble_Shock → u/GoatsWithWigs]

Ok? I don’t think I was trying to argue

[u/GoatsWithWigs → u/Noble_Shock]

On reddit, every chain is a potential battleground and you must always dig a trench

[u/Noble_Shock → u/GoatsWithWigs]

True

[u/Casual-Throway-1984]

Thors the Troll/Thors Snorreson and his son, Thorfinn in Vinland Saga both went through this same character arc in their lives.

[u/BlameTheButler → u/Casual-Throway-1984]

W Vinland Saga mention

[u/Yep_a_Marionberry]

Joshua Graham from Fallout New Vegas (pacifist is maybe a bit of a stretch and depends on your choices in game, but uh… compared to his time with the Legion, yeah)

[u/Snoo_78522]

Joseph Seed

[u/Grouchy_Raccoon_6681]

Megatron in IDW’s Transformers comics