#saw a fat Superman drawing the other day and thought Hell yeah. Why haven't I ever seen that before.
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Nerds will tie themselves into knots trying to justify their answers to "why is Superman ripped when he gets his power from the sun" but I have never seen anyone just admit "because a bodybuilder physique is modern visual shorthand for depicting strength despite the fact that professional weightlifters tend to be fat."
Like, he's a fictional alien man with magic powers. He looks like that because comic book artists in the 1930s wanted him to look """strong.""" There is no reason he can't be fat.
#sorry to be really literal about it but it is the truth#saw a fat Superman drawing the other day and thought Hell yeah. Why haven't I ever seen that before.#superman
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