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Why Do We Need Heroes? - The Critical Drinker (youtu.be)
posted 5 years ago by spiggot 5 years ago by spiggot +33 / -0
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– Knife-TotingRat 19 points 5 years ago +19 / -0

The real question is, why the need to Mary Sue oneself into every hero story? The modern implication is that somehow a black woman can't enjoy Superman just because he looks like a white dude. (But on the other hand, the white dude is supposed to identify with and see himself as every pox they care to shove down his throat?)

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– Ariztocrat 18 points 5 years ago +18 / -0

The real question is, why the need to Mary Sue oneself into every hero story?

Because these people are narcissists who can't identify with or empathize with anyone who doesn't look and act just like them.

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– Cyberguy64 11 points 5 years ago +11 / -0

It's fascinating. Some of my favorite characters have been like me in appearance and personality. But a lot of what I find appealing about them are their flaws (That I also share) and the struggle of how they either overcome them or figure out how to put them to their advantage. It gives me hope that I too can one day become a better me.

These people want perfect characters that look and act like them so they can feed their delusion that they too are already perfect.

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– current_horror 10 points 5 years ago +10 / -0

It's so much worse than that. Their self-inserts aren't even Mary Sues anymore. Now the protagonist on the page shares all of the flaws and defects of the narcissist behind the keyboard - and the story treats her like a goddess anyways! It's a whole new level of self-absorption when you use your own fictional narrative to validate your lifestyle via a self-inserted proxy.

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– Grumman 6 points 5 years ago +6 / -0

That's still a Mary Sue. She's still being handed unearned success to the detriment of the story, it's only the difference between winning the race undeservedly and losing and being handed the gold medal anyway.

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– deleted 12 points 5 years ago +12 / -0
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– Cyberguy64 3 points 5 years ago +3 / -0

That's why they've started this "coded" nonsense. "Oh, this character is gay/black/trans/etc because they fit the stereotype!" It's such a bigoted mindset, but they brush it off, because it's in their favor.

One of the things that turned me off the Ducktales reboot was how they toyed with the "races" of characters like Fenton and Goslyn. I didn't like Fenton as a kid because he was "white." I liked him because he was a goofy loser who proved he had value with or without the Gizmoduck suit. That's relatable to anyone, and putting the focus instead on race in a show about anthropomorphic waterfowl shows what the writers really care about.

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– deleted 3 points 5 years ago +3 / -0
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– Cyberguy64 3 points 5 years ago +3 / -0

Used to be Fenton Crackshell was a white-feathered duck like Donald and Uncle Scrooge, etc. He was neurotic, a bit dimwitted, and had an overbearing mother, but he was also a savant at counting, which is what earned him the job with Scrooge that then led to him becoming Gizmoduck. After gaining confidence, he asked out his crush, who was already interested in him before. He just needed the self confidence the adventures with Scrooge gave him to make the first move.

The reboot redesigns him (Though not the Gizmosuit, interestingly. Another red flag.) to be a brown duck that looks nothing like his original design. The creators went out of their way to advertise "HE'S LATINO NOW!" and of course, being a minority, he couldn't possibly be a neurotic dimwit who'd manage to come through in the end. Now he starts out with a hot girlfriend instead of growing as a character. Beyond that, I don't know. I stopped watching the reboot before they properly introduced him because the red flags and insufferable retooled character personalities were turning me off hard. They added/changed a lot of characters to be differently colored birds to the show in the name of diversity. And while I'm a fan of visual diversity in character design, the reasons they were doing it were pretty suspect. Heck, they added a crow girl character who was obviously intended to be "black coded." That's pretty rich coming from Disney and their cartoon crow controversy.

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– deleted 3 points 5 years ago +3 / -0
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– Cyberguy64 3 points 5 years ago +3 / -0

Oh, yeah. I almost forgot. Reboot Fenton has a new latina girlfriend. His original girlfriend becomes a villain who tries to seduce him for the Gizmosuit tech. Because when you're an attractive woman from an old cartoon, furry or otherwise, you either have to be removed to vilified.

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– JuliasEbola00 11 points 5 years ago +11 / -0

On topic, but slightly off topic. I've been think of the conflict of the cuck in relation to cinema for awhile now. They've grown up all their lives worshiping alpha figures in super hero movies and other types of movies, yet on the other hand they claim to be against this sort of masculinity. If all their favorite movies had men like them as protagonists they'd hate said movies. So once again, it comes down to inferiority. They don't hate real men as a pure thing, something they are morally against, they hate real men like ugly women hate good looking women, purely out of envy.

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– current_horror 14 points 5 years ago +14 / -0

Leftism is the manifestation of envy, resentment, lethargy, and vengeance as political movements and ideologies. Every one of their fancy intellectual frameworks is just a cover for their burning hatred of the productive and successful members of society.

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– MargarineMongoose 7 points 5 years ago +7 / -0

A perfect summary.

The realization of this truth hurt quite a bit since all of my immediately family are Leftists. It truly does stem from a resentment for the success of others.

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– Soup_Navy_Admiral 3 points 5 years ago +3 / -0

Wow, Starfire's daughter? I remember Nightstar, this ain't no Mar'i Grayson. If I had to compare this self-insert OC to any Titan I'd say Raven after being used as a makeshift landing strut for a Gordanian ship.

But damn, does this video nail it when it starts waxing historical and philosophical. His line about "Because once you accept everything, then there's no need to strive for anything." was beautiful. (Good call on adding the music to that monologue.)

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