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| Topic | There are people out there who dont like Spider Man. Like, as a character |
| tremain07 10/22/23 2:17:32 PM #34: | Honestly, superheroes as a whole is a flawed concept whenever you inject even the tiniest realism into it be it modern day surveillance state, the way people actually behave during a crisis or even level of mental instability required to willingly put yourself in harm's way to help people who don't give a damn about you at best and to try and maintain some semblance of a normal life while also doing this, many stories and even meta commentary like to bring up the main things
Being a superhero will inevitably make it impossible for you to maintain a job, a social life, personal relationships with friends, lovers or even acquaintances. Being a superhero will cause tons of injuries, some of which you won't fully recover from Being a superhero for years yet not seeing any actual results for your efforts will eventually affect your mental state. There's only so many times you can punch a bad guy put them in jail only for them to either escape and kill more people or despite that guy being put away another dozen or so will take their place and a person you saved yesterday may die the next day to them. No wonder there's so many inverted stories about heroes giving way to cynicism, fascism ,depression, paranoia, guilt complexes, savior complexes, bitterness and outright resentment towards the world around them and people that inhabit it. Just a tiny bit of realism and the superhero genre is a whirlwind of dark,drama and angst writing --- A worthless existence ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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