GigaChad is overrated and is not the representation of the ultimate man or the highest intelligence.
Ernest Kalimov, he's just physicist. The men who are empowered by it are superficial. They don't see his brain or who he is.
What exactly does it do? Are you fighting against gender violence in your country? Are you fighting to stop the war? Do you care about current world problems?
Has no sense. This meme has been overused.
Do you want a healthy body with muscles? Go to the nutritionist, the psychologist, the gym and start the route. Why do you need to waste time watching a half-naked man posing? Maybe as a joke it fits well, but I'm tired of the fact that he is associated with everything that pretends to be intelligent.
And what is meant by supreme man?
Hypatia of Alexandria (355 or 370 ca - 415 d.C): "(...)He who influences the thought of his time, influences all the moments that follow him, and leaves his opinion for eternity. Regarding the second: do not belittle your thinking. Stand up for your right to think, because thinking wrongly is better than not thinking at all (...)".
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900): "(...)The time has come to destroy the concepts of Good and Evil and to offer humanity a new and glorious ideal (...)"
Unlike Socrates and many other later philosophers, Nietzsche did not see the human being as a rational being. He also did not consider that such a state was a good thing, since that vision focused on the Apollonian (reason, ethics, order, self-control, etc.)
Nietzsche denied any role that metaphysics had taken from classical Greece, which he believed had infected philosophy with decadent values ever since. Why? For the simple reason that he considered that these ideas had turned the human being into a wimp, a vulgar slave condemned to wander aimlessly through this vale of tears. A place overflowing with evil in which we have to dwell until the arrival of death, at which time, theoretically, we will receive our divine reward. That is the idea on which we lived until the arrival of Nietzsche: the man understood as a sinner, already condemned, who is born in a hostile world with no other duty than to repair his guilt in order to have the privilege of achieving peace in the world. beyond.
… to Übermensch
Nietzsche considered all of this rubbish. Traits of a weak, repugnant morality. A philosophy that turns human beings into a shadow of what they could become. A mentality of sheep that follow the dictates of the masses because they are not aware of their own greatness that they treasure.
An Übermensch is a person who has reached a state of spiritual and moral maturity superior to that of the common man. He is able to generate his own value system, identifying as good everything that comes from his genuine will to power. This Übermensch does not believe in the things that religions promise after death, he only believes in what is real and what he can see. He is a being who, above all, reasons; although that does not mean that he does not feel.
A new being that answers to no one but himself. That he is not equal to anyone. A fighter, a leader, a creator, a winner. A new man who dominates those around him and decides according to his values.
Tolerance, modesty, prudence, peace... All harmful creations fruit of Christianity and its innate weakness. False virtues that hide the true ones that the Übermensch is capable of achieving and establishing. Pathetic attempts to tame and tame him. Tactics that inferior beings and losers have devised throughout the centuries to stop their superior, distorting values, turning bad into good, immoral into moral, and thus establish a code that puts them in command in instead of its rightful owner.
Although Friedrich Nietzsche was somewhat of a misogynist, he did not hate women, nor did he hate Jesus. This must be understood in the context of the time. I have read "rebuttals" from Christians but in reality they attack his illness, that he never found love and some contradictions and twist his words.
Losers who associate the "hero" of a comic created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, where the latter was the one who created that horrible design.
Not even those two have ever read Nietzsche or know him, and obviously Nietzsche is older than they are. His philosophy has nothing to do with that character. Those who hate Nietzsche even after he is dead, only the vulgar make memes or drawings to distort all his words and make fun of him; in order to manipulate the population, the more intellectuals know how to differentiate and never fall into manipulation.
As Hypatia points out, he did very well in thinking, it doesn't matter if he erred in things. He is a revolutionary who broke paradigms.
He was open-minded, surely at this time, he would update more and other things would come out of his mind.
Like other philosophers or people who think, he left his sentences that are still right.
Thomas Hobbes (1588 - 1679): "(...) Man is a wolf to man.(...)"
Hobbes argues that so that men can live together without falling into anarchy and war, a strong and authoritarian state is necessary. To achieve this it is essential to establish a relationship of sovereigns and subjects between men.
Voltaire (1694 - 1778): "(...)There are truths that are not for all men, nor for all times(...)".
"(...)Idiocy is an extraordinary disease, it is not the patient who suffers from it, but others(...)".
Voltaire insisted that justice and opportunity should be equal for all, a belief ingrained in him since his first imprisonment, in which he suffered discrimination for not being a nobleman. Reason and scientific knowledge had to replace arbitrariness and superstition; and enlightened leaders had to use their power to guarantee an order that acted in the best interest of all members of society without unfairly harming any of them. His defense of equal justice caught on above all among the bourgeoisie and the enlightened aristocrats and inspired the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen on which the spirit of the French Revolution was based.
Nicolás Maquiavelo (1469 - 1527): "(...)A prince who does not worry about the art of war, apart from the calamities that may befall him, will never be able to be appreciated by his soldiers or trust them(...)."
Galileo Galilei (1564 - 1642): "(...)Mathematics is the language in which God wrote the universe(...)".
A claim that (apart from the implied "theism") is consistent with the mathematical foundations of all modern physics.
And why should someone project themselves onto someone to empower themselves? That's not self-esteem.
It is as if they told me that I should empower myself with their feminine version. If I want to have a healthy body, I don't need her. If I give intelligent opinions or have personal achievements, I don't need her to empower me, because they are mine, not hers.
The 'Literally Me' are healthier, because there you are not the character, you only use certain scenes that identify what you are or what you do.
I did that a long time ago but with both genders. And sometimes I could identify with the characters only in certain stories or personality.
And Sasuke is who I like. I feel safe with him, he is that type of guy who will never take advantage or disrespect you. And his style is great, his clothes, his beautiful face.
Charizma wrote a song that really talks about who Sasuke is, but he also wrote for other characters, I haven't heard it all, but I don't know why something tells me that he is one of those people who don't analyze the work for what it is, he knows the general but still believes that Naruto is a real hero.
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Why is it always Robin has to prove himself to Batman? Be it any Robin. And no, I'm not talking about characters, because Bruce—Bruce is like “Everyone must prove themselves to me but I'm not answerable to anyone” that motherfucker. Very IC.
I'm talking about stories, about narratives—why does every Robin-centric narrative has a “prove themselves to Batman” arc—but Bruce's arc never involves proving himself to anyone?
Why, after the events of the Tower of Babel, Bruce didn't have to work to gain the Justice League's approval? Why didn't he have to work to redeem himself, dammit!
Yes. He had to reveal his identity. But then, it wasn't his idea. It was Clark's. It's fundamentally different from Dick unmasking in front of the Titans: Dick feels in his bones that it isn't fair that he's the only one masked and the Titans are up for mutiny, so he made an executive decision.
It didn't even occur to Bruce to do it. Dammit, the fucker wasn't even trying to get back into Justice League. Clark had to persuade him. And no, I don't mean he should have gone and begged them to let him in. He doesn't need them.
But let's be honest: none of the Leaguers need the League. But humanity does. That's why they put their differences aside and band together.
Bruce is selfless when it comes to sacrificing his family a la Batman : Ego. Oh!—it's Bruce's children that are dying in Batman's mission. Isn't he so noble?—the picture of tragedy? The greiving father? The man who can't even have a steady romantic relationship because Batman wouldn't let him? So selfless—until he isn't. Until the JL—in other words, a planet full of people—need him to swallow his pride. Then, he isn't selfless anymore.
He's selfless when he's a father sending his children to war for the greater good—but he's not selfless when it's time to swallow his pride, to take the risk of trusting someone even after being traumatised and betrayed—for the greater good. (And honestly his trust issues seem narcissistic when surrounded by people like Dick, Alfred and freaking Commissioner Gordon!)
You know who does it? Dick Grayson. That's who. The “trust no one” maxim has been drilled into him by Bruce, but even then he chooses to trust. Not because he's stupid, but because it's a requirement. He totally expects to be stabbed in the back; he isn't naïve. But he'd rather be betrayed than have someone be barred from help because they seemed suspicious. It's canon in Titans. He says it in words, look it up. To Brother Blood, I guess.
Bruce didn't have to work to get on the League's good side. He just had to reveal his ID to regain trust and that, too, was Clark's idea.
And that's not an attempt at redemption, because if it was, then why did Clark have to do it too? Clark didn't do anything to deserve it. But Bruce forces him to and Clark agrees: for the greater good that the League trusting each other would ensure.
Clark Kent, who chooses to forego a mask so that people trust him. Literally, it comes down to that. Who has to built his whole civilian life around the fact that he shows his bare fucking face to the whole world.
And honestly, if I were to throw genre convention aside and read the text the hard way, Bruce doesn't seem really all that bothered with keeping his ID a secret. He's nothing compared to Clark. I mean. Come on, look at the number of people who know Bruce's ID and the number that know Clark's and tell me. Fucking tell me who's more serious about that stuff.
Bruce's entire existence hinges on other characters’ kindness, in and out of universe. In-universe there's this massive brigade of people who know his ID and keep it a secret. Out of universe, writers who show him to be the best even though Clark, Diana, Dick are all more worthy than him.
This is what you get when you let little incels run creative industries.
What did Bruce ever have to do to redeem himself to anyone? Literally anyone? Bruce would let Gotham burn if it meant he keeps his colossal pride intact. But oh, send his children to die: woe is him, this greiving father, so tragique—would absolutely do that.
He isn't even a hero. You know the impact of Batman: Ego and BtAS pales when put next to his very selfish acts when it comes to himself.
Because always—ALWAYS—the uwu factor in Bruce's stories aren't personal.
Not like it's in Clark's who has to face xenophobia because he's an alien. He's natural existence—his powers that are a part of him existing—being called a threat. He still helps.
Not like Diana who comes to the Man's World and decides to stay behind despite it being, well, a Man's World. That would never really respect her as much as it respects a man, any man, even though she's a literal Goddess. Coming and staying in Man's World for her means loneliness. Being immortal and watching every friend she ever made become a memory. But she chose to do it. Because at the end of the day, it's not about her. It's about helping people.
But for Bruce, in true male-is-default fashion, it's about losing people. People he loves.
His parents' death, Jason's death and so on and so forth. I'm not saying losing someone is not painful. I'm just saying it's always about his manpain.
Making the victim's pain his.
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i finished reading Power of Shazam! and i have some thoughts that i wanted to share. buckle up
firstly, i am so tired of "billy joins the batfam" stories, especially because 99% of the time the bats are reduced to fanon tropes with personalities that they don't actually have in canon. not to mention, mary is never included in these stories. it would be one thing if this was New 52 billy, who is only mary's foster brother, but the majority of what ive seen takes inspiration from the idea of billy being a homeless kid in fawcett
so why are we throwing billy in with people who live halfway across the country, when the bromfields are right there?
if you're going to write a fanfic where billy (and, hopefully, mary) joins another established superhero family, why not have him be taken in by superman? though they argue a lot in canon, their morals, abilities, and worldview are much more similar. they admire each other!
additionally, a lot of the time other members of the marvel family are completely ignored. freddy freeman only ever appears to be a romantic interest for billy or mary, tawky tawny shows up in some fics for a moment or so, but dudley and ibis the invincible are nowhere to be found. even black adam, doctor sivana, and mr. mind are underutilized!
Power of Shazam! is such a heartfelt story, when you look at the bigger picture. it's about a boy who's had to look out for himself for so long learning to trust family again. it's about him sharing the burdens of the responsibilities he has, and also sharing the guilt. billy feels so much guilt all the time, and it's absolutely gut-wrenching at points. there's an issue where fairfield, the twins' home town, is nuked to get back at them. and billy just has a breakdown
i have my criticisms on how New 52 handles billy as a character, but him having anger at the world is not out of character. billy is a very, very angry boy— why wouldn't he be? his entire life was taken away from him, his trust was betrayed again and again, the people around him think him to be incompetent
but he still finds joy in life. he's silly, he's funny, he always sees the bright side to things. and this run does a phenomenal job of demonstrating just how complex he really is
there's also the problem of mary and freddy acting subservient to billy. throughout this series, mary is explicitly referred to as captain marvel several times. she's captain marvel as much as billy is. and much of freddy's arc within this series revolves around him outgrowing the "junior" tagline and becoming captain marvel 3. they're not just a team, they're a family
they protect and look out for each other. this is what i want to see more of! i have fun with fics or headcanons where billy gets looked after by another hero, but if that's the only way you interact with his media, it's a disservice to his character and the characters of his family
read Power of Shazam! look into these characters. and please stop reducing these complex and dynamic characters to tropes
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