I feel like even colonialist academics of the 30s would not say "it belongs in a museum" abt an idol protected by operational traps including a giant rolling boulder, maintained by the indigenous people. I feel like they would let that one go, out of self preservation at least
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Or, in other words: Indiana Jones isn't a pulp academic with the racist attitudes "of his times," he's a terrible academic in any era and also a mercenary who uses an incoherent racist justification to seek glory or money
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I feel like reading Doctor Aphra comics makes this really apparent, she's exactly like him except that she suffers consequences and gets kicked from academia
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Similarly, his pederasty isn't actually excused by anyone in his time, which is why his victim sets her bar on fire rather than willingly interact with him, is a self destructive alcoholic, and doesn't actually forgive him even after he helps her survive a Nazi kidnapping
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Notably this happened when Indy was studying with her father, who was his mentor in academia, and the aftermath of his "relationship" with Marion was Prof. Ravenwood disowning him and never speaking to him again before his death
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It's implied that this was a huge blow to Indy personally and to his career and sent him down a dark path afterwards
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