• merc@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    The funniest thing is that the superhero they have a problem with is Superman.

    If it were Batman, that would be different. Batman isn’t a pure-hearted hero, he’s a more complex character. If it had been someone in the X-Men, or pretty much any Avenger other than Captain America, there would be room for a discussion.

    But, Superman is such a good, kind-hearted hero that it’s basically impossible to be a good person and be anti-Superman.

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      23 hours ago

      But, Superman is such a good, kind-hearted hero that it’s basically impossible to be a good person and be anti-Superman.

      Right, the main complaint is that he’s so perfect it’s boring.

      And also that he has a pretty Western/USA centric sense of morality, which you think Western chauvinists like conservatives would eat right up.

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        11 hours ago

        Personally i like stories where he strugless more with how yo use his powers without becoming a despot.

        Its so intresting tought experiment how much some one who is basically a god should intervine before it is too much.

        At what point enforcing law becomes tyranny.

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      1 day ago

      Absolutely.

      I know people can call superman boring, but to me what makes him even more amazing is that he has enough power to basically dominate everyone… But he doesn’t, he always chooses to do the right thing and tries to give people a second chance.

      It’s part of the reason Zach Schneider’s Superman sucked balls, because they tried to make him some dark edge lord that literally kills in the first fucking movie.

      Supes is the last hero that remains as some sort of beacon of hope and fairness, which naturally goes against the fascist mindset.

      A red hatter cannot comprehend having power and not using it to subjugate or enforce your will. It simply does not compute in their lead infested brains.