Heel–Faith Turn: The Voice of Rao.Rao, it would seem. Before he was turned into Brainiac's slave. He kept a cheap idol of Rao, an offering from an orphaned little girl who absolutely believed in him, in his inner sanctum, where one would think he'd keep only the most essential things. And he took that same girl in and gave her a path to potential greatness. Now, seeing as Brainiac has him as a mind controlled puppet we'll never know for sure.
Does the above trope actually count. We do not know for sure his reasoning or motivation to do a Heel Face turn. He has been in the fore front of a religious movement which has executed numerous people and even prosecurted other religions on Kandor. There is nothing in the episode to indicate that he had seen the light as it were. As for helping the girl he has shown a manipulative side as seen in episode two in regards to Seg. Even the example itself says would seem and never know. Simply put it assumes he had a turn with nothing stated by the character or the show to say he actually did. We can’t even tell by his expression if he had , or intended to turn face due to not being able to see his face. That was why it was removed originally because nothing supported the assumption of a Heel Faith Turn. Only action interpreted as such without context.
Does the above trope actually count. We do not know for sure his reasoning or motivation to do a Heel Face turn. He has been in the fore front of a religious movement which has executed numerous people and even prosecurted other religions on Kandor. There is nothing in the episode to indicate that he had seen the light as it were. As for helping the girl he has shown a manipulative side as seen in episode two in regards to Seg. Even the example itself says would seem and never know. Simply put it assumes he had a turn with nothing stated by the character or the show to say he actually did. We can’t even tell by his expression if he had , or intended to turn face due to not being able to see his face. That was why it was removed originally because nothing supported the assumption of a Heel Faith Turn. Only action interpreted as such without context.
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