@SiddhiGal I'd be more sure that I agree with this but I'm not totally sure I follow you here--would you elaborate?
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@SiddhiGal Certainly; I think I follow now. Heroes are useful because you can just hate who the hero fights.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@SiddhiGal You still get to blame people, but you don't have to decide who, and the hero is nice enough to do all the fighting for you.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@SiddhiGal Feels kinda like a case of "no skin in the [blame] game"1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@380kmh I mean "exile from heaven" makes us restless; superheroes narratives sublimate the anger in unharmful, but also uninvolved way1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@SiddhiGal My favorite thing about attending opening night of the latest "Avengers" movie was seeing the religious fervor in the air1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@SiddhiGal People were hearing stories of the mighty deeds wrought by their heroes; almost like a modern version of pagan myth with its gods1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@380kmh Ofc, it's precisely this subconscious pattern that makes it so much fun otherwise we wouldn't recognize it & relate to it
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Replying to @SiddhiGal
@380kmh In this sense I think superheroism is also useful b/c it's easier to recognize inner tendencies when displayed outside.0 replies 0 retweets 1 likeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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