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"The best thing we can do with power is give it away" - On the leftist critique of superhero narratives as authoritarian power fantasies:

The ongoing "Jason Todd is a cop" debate has reminded me of a brilliant brief image essay by Joey deVilla. [EDIT: I SCREWED UP! This was created in 2019 by the guy who runs the Midnighter-Core page on Facebook, and Joey just reposted it!]

So here it is, images first and the full essay text below:

"A common leftist critique of superhero comics is that they are inherently anti-collectivist, being about small groups of individuals who hold all the power, and the wisdom to wield that power. I don’t disagree with this reading. I don’t think it’s inaccurate. Superheroes are their own ruling class, the concept of the übermensch writ large. But it’s a sterile reading. It examines superhero comics as a cold text, and ignores something that I believe is fundamental, especially to superhero storytelling: the way people engage with text. Not what it says, but how it is read. The average comic reader doesn’t fantasize about being a civilian in a world of superheroes, they fantasize about being a superhero. One could charitably chalk this up to a lust for power, except for one fact… The fantasy is almost always the act of helping people. Helping the vulnerable, with no reward promised in return. Being a century into the genre, we’ve seen countless subversions and deconstructions of the story. But at its core, the superhero myth is about using the gifts you’ve been given to enrich the people around you, never asking for payment, never advancing an ulterior motive. We should (and do) spend time nitpicking these fantasies, examining their unintended consequences, their hypocrisies. But it’s worth acknowledging that the most eduring childhood fantasy of the last hundred years hasn’t been to become rich. Superheroes come from every class (don’t let the MCU fool you). The most enduring fantasy is to become powerful enough to take the weak under your own wing. To give, without needing to take. So yes, the superhero myth, as a text, isn’t collectivist. But that’s not why we keep coming back to it. That’s not why children read it. We keep coming back to it to learn one simple lesson… The best thing we can do with power IS GIVE IT AWAY." - Joey deVilla, 2021 https://www.joeydevilla.com/2021/07/04/happy-independence-day-superhero-style/

- Midnighter-Core, 2019

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Artwork of late early furry artist Albert Temple

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"the Renegade Giratina attacked!" :/

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TONY STARK/IRON MAN from IRON MAN (MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE)

JUSTIFICATION:

"I can't explain it well, but I think maybe she'd be so much happier as a beautiful woman. I think maybe it'd help her stop with self destructive tendencies. I think she should wear long shimmery dresses. Maybe it'd even help her with her daddy issues! (I haven't seen the MCU in a long time, I'm rather disillusioned, but I feel this in my heart. It's also 1am, sorry for rambling.)" - Anonymous

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#she would have been worse cause now shes a girlboss #who reacts to the ultron criticism like “uhhh wow guys misogyny much?” #like no miss thing you literally built an ai that destroyed a small nation and youre making it #everyone else's problem

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okay okay okay one more dungeon meshi thought

I keep seeing people saying Falin is "better at social cues" than Laios. Y'all she's just quiet. 😭 She just keeps her mouth shut. 😭😭 Girl was proposed to, said "let me think about it," and then did not even tell her own brother. She doesn't know what's going on either she's just quieter about it!!! 😭😭😭

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um. anyways

zeuszilla trend got me actin silly

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Saw this post and had to make this immediately.

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Not gonna say it again

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i read a fic where they danced together at a tavern and i've wanted to draw it ever since

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Scream this is iconic….

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Ratteboi

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new marshtomp sona just dropped 🫧🏝️

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#no lucasold............ smh.......

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an AU of sorts where everything is the same but Wuya tried a little harder to keep Jack as her minion-er apprentice, and what says more than 'we are a team' than coordinated outfits?

or just me wanting to dress Jack in vaguely more chinese clothes i guess lol