I don't think you realize quite how much the plight of imprisoned trans people upsets me
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So why is it so much better to deny *everyone* Spidey fights life and everything they could ever possibly be?
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Replying to @loudpenitent @BootlegGirl and
I really think you have a view of horrendous violent death as so much more dignified and merciful than it actually is.
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It's easier for me to buy as a genre conceit than the idea of a humane jail
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Whereas I have quite the reverse reaction.
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I mean, what can I say. I don't like the sanitization of cops or law and order, especially not when the very similar inFamous games told superhero narratives where you oppose the police and have a more diverse cast and don't think freaking drug deals are your business
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @loudpenitent and
Yeah it's weird when superheroes go "old school" with this shit, when they act like it's still somehow reasonable to show someone with superpowers or million-dollar super-suits going around beating the shit out of low-level petty criminals to "clean up the streets"
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl and
People make fun of takes saying Superman should be using his superstrength to turn a turbine to provide cheap electricity for the city but honestly how is him stopping some random pickpocket any more of an appropriate use of his talents Who does that actually help, why bother
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl and
you can headcanon that the reason superman doesnt just destroy systemic oppression is he's giving us a chance to be better and is leading by example. But the real answer is superhero comics require eternal status quo
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Replying to @Plutoburns @BootlegGirl and
One thing about the Batman franchise is that even though the premise is extremely pro-cop the side of it that involves Arkham Asylum has accidentally (through eternal status quo) become a pretty harsh indictment of the prison-industrial complex
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Sending the bad guys to jail doesn't actually fix anything and it never did There's no permanent solution to crime in prison and there's no justice you can really feel good about either It's just more brutality
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Plutoburns and
Yeah - recurring villains really undermine the whole premise, tbh.
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