#admittedly if you rewrote the boys to be about the actual legitimate version if what superheros do (being cops and politicians) you would | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

littlestarprincess · 9 months ago

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Im rewatching The Batman and it reminds me how bizarre the superheros-as-cekebrities trope actually is.

Like, yes, I get it. Superheros are the modern collectives version of Odysseus and Hercules and Achilles. We adore them so the closest equivalent to that adoration must be the other category of human we adore, celebrities and idols! I understand the like.... Impulse behind that?

But I also think it's inherently shallow to understand them through a lens that treats their crime fighting as Their Job. Because with a few exceptions (mostly in Marvel, but not all in Marvel), they're straight up wanted by the police for what they're doing.

#admittedly if you rewrote the boys to be about the actual legitimate version if what superheros do (being cops and politicians) you would #just get the watchmen #admittedly teen titans absolutely works as the pre-deconstructed superheros-as-celebrities type narrative #ADMITTEDLY tony stark himself is a one man version of this trope as well #but so many times i see people try to pull it off and fall flat on their face because they can only succeed at their theme #(conflating superheros and celebrities)#fundamentally ignores the root of superheros (people powerful enough in mind body or soul to exist outside of The System and enforce their #ideals upon it)#this is TOTALLY NOT about a niche text based adventures game i played years ago #but it also TOTALLY IS

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