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**** it, seeing all these music ranking topics makes me want to do my own thing now, so let's do this! And yes, I did feel inspired by Johnbobb's Villains rankings to do a hero variation in contrast because... Why not?

Let's clarify some things first. When I say "Hero song", I mean any piece of music (mainly vocals, though if people want to try their luck with instrumentals, sure) either centered around or sung by a character who would be considered a hero or a "good example". Doesn't necessarily have to be a super hero or a knight in shining armor, it could just be an everyday normal person with no "special powers". Oh, and I guess anti-heroes and reformed baddies are fair game too (within reason).

Also, the character(s) either must be fictional, falls into someone playing an act or persona and not just themselves (such as a wrestling character), or is a fictional depiction of someone who hasn't been alive for the last, I dunno, 50 years (let's avoid putting anyone recent in). That's the criteria. No villains, and avoid songs about villains that are "perceived" as heroes when they are, in actuality, not heroes.

There's no limit on the type of media chosen either. Musical number, pop song, folk lore, character theme, they're all eligible. Just as long as the nomination in question is under 10 minutes (anything over 10 minutes I will not be ranking, thank you).

Songs will be ranked on three categories, similar to Johnbobb's villain rankings.

1. Heroism - How well the song conveys the values of good in relation to the character in question. Would I get the impression that this character is a "hero" or a good guy based on listening to this song? And how would they compare to other heroes?

2. Characterization - The effectiveness of informing the listener of who this character actually is. What does this song tell us in terms of their goals, their actions and motives, perhaps why they are like this, do we better understand the character?

3. Enjoyment - How much I liked the song. If I don't like it, it gets a bad rating. If I'm mixed or indifferent on it, it probably gets a middle-ish rating. If I love it, it'll get a very high rating.

The first two categories will be ranked from 0 to 5 (I personally think going with out of 5 will work better for those first two categories rather than stretch out both to 10) and the Enjoyment category is from 0 to 10, adding up to a potential 20 points. Tiebreakers will be sorted by personal preference.

With all that out of the way, each user will have four nominations to use. Please use the below template when nominating. I may add a fifth nomination at a later date depending on total noms but I'm placing a hard cap of 120 nominations to avoid being overwhelmed (final nomination total may or may not be lower than that).

The Hero(es):
Name of Song:
Source Material/Artist:
Video Link:

Oh, and note that I do not at all consider myself a music connoisseur, so don't be surprised if a favorite song doesn't get top marks with me.