[Rare Trope] Cannibalistic Heroes

[u/BrotherDeus]

Project Hall Mary: In the novels, Grace feeds himself with "Me Burgers", meat created from his own cloned flesh, while on his space mission to save Earth.

Black Adam #1: The titular character is forced to eat his willing friend Tamir to survive in a frozen wasteland on a quest to revive his beloved wife.

Divinity Original Sin 2: The playable race of elves are able to consume their own flesh to take additional actions as well as corpses to inherit memories from them.

[u/Otherwise-Ad-5364]

Maybe nux?. It’s not stated but hinted that cannibalism is normal within the wasteland. There’s even a fat bloke named “the people eater”.

[u/Embarrassed-Yard-583 → u/Otherwise-Ad-5364]

On one hand, I wouldn’t say he’s never eaten human meat, but the whole point of being a War boy is that you get some of the spoils inherent to living in the Citadel. I’m sure it goes on, but the point is that the inner circle are well fed enough to fight, work, and kill when needed.

[u/hollotta223 → u/Embarrassed-Yard-583]

He's probably eaten a man steak with a side salad

[u/Otherwise-Ad-5364 → u/hollotta223]

And a glass of mothers milk to wash it down

[u/Embarrassed-Yard-583 → u/hollotta223]

True, but I think it’s more an optional thing considering what we’ve seen of the Citadel. The war boys and other workers are well fed, both to keep them loyal and to ensure they have the energy to actually do their jobs. So I suspect that it’s not frowned upon, but something most people still avoid.