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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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all from fall of last year, except for chainsmoke's ref, which i did last month

retrOCtober time again! This is The Emissary, another oc from my superhero 'verse. He's a shapeshifting alien with telekinesis, but role-wise, is kinda the superman expy? His design and concept, are, for some reason, the result of me jotting "space mummy" in the corner of my sketchbook. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

i think 'I trust you with my life but not your own' as a trope is one of the ones that can always fuck me up no matter what

would you love me if I was a worm...?

(my minecraft + mcyt tag)

“I love when people of color come up to me and say, ‘You don’t know what it meant to me to see myself in a cartoon. I got one little black girl that I get to see that looks like me, thank you so much.’” 

                            —Cree Summer on her impact.

{Minecraft: enderman, creeper}

Enderman has always been on the side of creeper

This is my old drawing, but I'm still proud of it. Although I don’t draw in this style anymore

[🪻 Remember 🪻]

My final piece for a dsmp collab organized by @/exe_error on tw!! 💚

ctommy design 2024 :-)!!

(old one here)

I can’t stop laughing at this

we were watching Prince of Egypt and one friend misheard Rameses as "Remy" to which another friend responded, "no, that's God" and like????? kinda???????

Glamrock Chica design!! ^_^

The most sure sign that someone doesn’t know much about poetry is when they insist that poetry has to rhyme.

And the most sure sign that someone is a little too pretentious about poetry is when they say that they hate rhyming poetry.

this speaking as a cis person. Nothing brings me more joy seeing people find gender euphoria in becoming a mediocre representation of humanity. And I mean that so genuinely. Local boy finds joy and fulfillment wearing a cargo shorts and t-shirt combo. Local girl has transitioned to look like someone's disheveled aunt, has never been happier. Local person experiences gender euphoria rocking the world's worst bowl-cut. Without a scap of irony, this shit makes me see the wonder and whimsy in just, being a human. An average, person going through their day-to-day, is a wondrous thing? That's amazing. And heteronormativity has stripped these experiences of their joy. Like you're right, wearing a basic girlypop skirt should make my heart sing. Why not? Why are these expressions lesser because they're normal? All this to say. Shoutout to all the basic bitches out there. Yes that polo shirt does make you look like a divorced golfer dad. Yes, that too is kind of a slay, now that I think of it.

recently when im tempted to say 'i'm gonna kill myself' i try to correct it into saying "im gonna walk into the river and become a trout" or some other form of that. this is my new thing

A brother is drained out.

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nice evening.

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Ever wanted to throw the grim reaper a birthday party?

This is Party on Hallow Grove - a cute adventure game where you have to throw Death the best birthday party EVER!! Party on Hallow Grove is on STEAM NEXT FEST, and you can play the DEMO now on STEAM!

Wishlist it, play it, share it, love it, and get ready to attend Death's Birthday, on October 24th, 2024!

I'M TIRED AS HELL