I think there was a time when "Comic book superheroes are modern mythology" was a good and useful corrective to a certain kind of kneejerk snobbery toward the subject and I think that time ended well before MCU Phase II, much less Phase III
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It's just a fact about the world Everyone who grows up here knows that that's the rock face John Henry was hammering when he died They may not *believe* it, they may be fully aware it's bullshit and three other towns have the same story
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But the story is fundamentally attached to the real history, interwoven with it, and it's just generally understood as part of the "lore" of a real life community
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People of the past often knew myths were made up at the time and even if people are not fans of something the myth comparison is more about common cultural language. "When Thanos snapped his fingers," can be "Shaka, When the Walls Fell." Comics≠ Religious stories.
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I strongly disagree with this and I think it's an example of presentism Like, it's starting off with the premise of wanting to imagine that all time periods and societies are basically the same and then trying to force obvious facts about them into that mold
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