generally, a superhero is a transhuman who displays class solidarity with the human class of their birth or upbringing, while a supervillain acts according to their ruling class position. this is to say that the primary psychosocial trait of the superhero is false consciousness
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Replying to @chaosprime
lol, tbh most supervillains act according to "chaotic stupid" allegiance
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Replying to @0K_ultra
if you can’t get your chaotic stupid on what’s even the point of being ruling class
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Replying to @chaosprime
they also typically aren't "rulling" anything (some did, but interestingly it is not definitional of them - if anything, "heroic teams" are more often gov- adjacent)
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Replying to @0K_ultra @chaosprime
“Miracleman,” née “Marvelman,” had Marvelman go from 50’s-esque Superman to less-detached Dr. Manhattan. “Screw all you monkeys, I’m in charge because I say I’m in charge, now stop slaughtering each other or I’ll teach you what real slaughtering looks like.”
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“Meanwhile, I’ll be in my palace at the top of this mountain, where the truly dedicated may climb the ten thousand steps of solitude and, if they reach the top, ask me for a boon.”
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One fun part about this, by the way, is that your chances of getting the boon are unaffected by how difficult it might be to grant (and MM is not omnipotent, just very very powerful.) All he cares about is whether it sounds interesting.
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or whether it presents a way to him to bend the universe to his value system, if that's a different thing at all dead daughter you want back? bo-ring, Homer and Simpsons both did it your right to make art is impeded just because you suck at it? MM is ON IT
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