I like Waid as a writer but holy shit this woe is me she is disgusting
this post was submitted on 07 Nov 2024
93 points (100.0% liked)
the_dunk_tank
15910 readers
2 users here now
It's the dunk tank.
This is where you come to post big-brained hot takes by chuds, libs, or even fellow leftists, and tear them to itty-bitty pieces with precision dunkstrikes.
Rule 1: All posts must include links to the subject matter, and no identifying information should be redacted.
Rule 2: If your source is a reactionary website, please use archive.is instead of linking directly.
Rule 3: No sectarianism.
Rule 4: TERF/SWERFs Not Welcome
Rule 5: No ableism of any kind (that includes stuff like libt*rd)
Rule 6: Do not post fellow hexbears.
Rule 7: Do not individually target other instances' admins or moderators.
Rule 8: The subject of a post cannot be low hanging fruit, that is comments/posts made by a private person that have low amount of upvotes/likes/views. Comments/Posts made on other instances that are accessible from hexbear are an exception to this. Posts that do not meet this requirement can be posted to [email protected]
Rule 9: if you post ironic rage bait im going to make a personal visit to your house to make sure you never make this mistake again
founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
That tracks. American super-hero comics are chained to the status quo and are never allowed to break it or dream of anything other than liberalism for all eternity.
It's actually pretty sad because the genre has potential to be extremely political as we've seen with shows like The Boys and I'm a Virgo tho I think the Boys is too mired in liberalism and US domestic politics to actually do what a better show could do
The fundamental difference between a superhero and a supervillain isn't inherently ideological but societal, this however will inevitably reflect the ideology of society
To be a hero in
or in 
or in 
is to be fascist or at least liberal and capitalist
To be a hero in
or in 
is to be a socialist and progressive
Those who are viewed as heros by one society or ideology will inevitably be seen a villain by another and there can be microcosms within these societies where divisions occur, liberals and conservatives within
will have their own heros and will view the other side's heros as their villains because this is how politics and society works
Those of us comrades living in
are (by comic book superhero definition) villains in this society but the moment the revolution is successful we become heros
I had a concept for a super-hero comic hwere the hero wasn't one person, but rather a sort of spirit of class consciousness that would fall on a group of people all at once and they'd sort of just realize that they all had the same needs and goals and temporarily become really organized for as long as they needed to be, then it'd pass and everyone would be like "What the fuck just happened?" and they'd have dismantled a police station or somethinmg.
Captain Planet?
Definitely in that vein. Regular people coming together to be mighty