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[–][deleted] 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Today, more people can see themselves in the most powerful superhero in comics

Isn't the whole point of these kinds of things (fantasy, comics, etc) to be able to imagine ourselves and life are something we're NOT?

I dunno, I've never been into graphic novels or the culture, it's not my genre of entertainment and I totally admit that I could be getting it wrong. I've always looked at media like this as "pretend", and the last thing I want in my pretend moments is a reflection of myself. I want to be inspired and imagine worlds completely different than anything I'm going through.

[–]Ladis_Wascheharuum 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Isn't the whole point of these kinds of things (fantasy, comics, etc) to be able to imagine ourselves and life are something we're NOT?

Not quite, and neither is it the case that people pick the "closest to themselves".

What people actually tend to pick is aspirational; who they want be. In other words, the idealized version of themselves, not their actual selves.

[–]lovelyspearmintLesbeing a lesbian 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

That's why D&D has become so popular with the TQ crowd. They can live out their fantasies of being the opposite 'gender', being furries or being able to switch genders at will (changelings).