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Mad genius, comedian, actor, and freelance voiceover artist broadcasting from the distant shores of Lake Erie (he/him)

Broadview Heights, Ohio
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    1. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 11 Dec 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @LizardOrman @Lithobolos

      But that's not comic books being the new mythology, that's commercial fiction being more important nowadays than mythology Mythology, qua mythology, is much less of a thing in modern society I think the distinction does matter

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    2. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 11 Dec 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @LizardOrman @Lithobolos

      I mean How do I put this Actual mythology isn't something you *choose* It's just *there*, its relevance is assumed

      1 reply 4 retweets 31 likes
    3. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 11 Dec 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @LizardOrman @Lithobolos

      Like if someone shows you around their hometown and says "Oh yeah that's where John Henry died racing the steam drill" They're not saying that as a "John Henry fan", they're not talking about something they chose to watch for entertainment and assume you did too

      2 replies 1 retweet 25 likes
    4. Lithobolos‏ @Lithobolos 11 Dec 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @LizardOrman

      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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    5. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 11 Dec 2020
      Replying to @Lithobolos @LizardOrman

      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

      1 reply 1 retweet 10 likes
    6. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 11 Dec 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @Lithobolos @LizardOrman

      It is just simply false that the legends of Hercules, even if serious people in the time of Socrates no longer gave them much credence, were "pop culture" in the sense we have it today or that the name of the Pillars of Hercules was a "pop culture reference"

      1 reply 1 retweet 11 likes
    7. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 11 Dec 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @Lithobolos @LizardOrman

      Pop culture didn't exist Commonly referenced culture among ordinary people existed, sure That doesn't mean it actually literally was the same thing as pop culture like we have now Living in a different time period does, in fact, fundamentally change the kind of person you are

      3 replies 3 retweets 12 likes
    8. Jon W‏ @2plus2equals7 11 Dec 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @Lithobolos @LizardOrman

      Isn't that type of stuff called "folklore"?

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    9. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 11 Dec 2020
      Replying to @2plus2equals7 @Lithobolos @LizardOrman

      We're using the words loosey-goosey by calling superhero comics "mythology" in the first place Like if Hercules is technically "heroic legend" and not "myth" because his stories don't really take place in an abstract dream-time then obviously the same is true of Superman

      2 replies 2 retweets 7 likes
    10. Marc Treyens, Bonafide Throwthunga‏ @mtreyens 11 Dec 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @2plus2equals7 and

      Also, and I must reiterate the point - what folklore is created by a team of writers and animators for the explicit purpose of generating revenue for the creators through various revenue generating methods?

      1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
      Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 11 Dec 2020
      Replying to @mtreyens @2plus2equals7 and

      Yeah, see, I used to be in the camp that this was unnecessarily picky about what "mythology" is but the longer the Disney juggernaut rolls on the more convinced I am that this is important

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        2. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 11 Dec 2020
          Replying to @arthur_affect @mtreyens and

          Like, no, your relationship with the X-Men and Star Wars is *not the same* as your ancestors' relationship with the faeries in the hills, or Catholics' relationship with the saints, or other cultures' relationship with household gods It's actually a big problem to equate them

          2 replies 1 retweet 16 likes
        3. Benjamin wants Rank choice voting‏ @CPthreeio 11 Dec 2020
          Replying to @arthur_affect @mtreyens and

          But is our relationship with them limited to capitalism tho? I would argue no. Buying a ticket is one thing, but what gives it its significance is the communal aspect. Going to midnight showings with your friends, introducing it to your parents, having a zoom watch party etc.

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        2. Marc Treyens, Bonafide Throwthunga‏ @mtreyens 11 Dec 2020
          Replying to @arthur_affect @2plus2equals7 and

          I don't know how we could engage in contemporaneous Media Critique without integrating it into the discussion as it comes up. And as an partial aside, this is why I am so sour on living in these times - I want fun stuff made by folks on the ground next to me, not a product.

          1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
        3. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 11 Dec 2020
          Replying to @mtreyens @2plus2equals7 and

          Genuine mythology that fits the definition -- a narrative that organically arises from a community and persists in that community across generational time -- is so hard to find these days and feels so strange when you do find it

          2 replies 1 retweet 11 likes
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