From: Ed Bellis | #014
Yes, this exactly. In his intro in GB&U we're explicitly told he's the good one, despite him literally stranding a dude in the middle of the desert (and then when the same thing happens to him later in the movie it's a tragedy). He seems like a designated protagonist more than anything else.
Yeah, it's definitely a stretch to consider him "a good guy," but I think Leone was trying to convey that back then, every mercenary or bandit was a bad guy, and that he was just the least bad (at least of the three). Certainly, blondie exhibits more empathy and compassion than the other two, such as
*slight spoilers*
when he eases the passing of a young soldier.
Anyway, voting yes.
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