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RE: Thought Bubble Thursdays #6 - Fates Worse Than Death
Whenever I can, I try to insert myself in their world to ask these hard hitting questions. I do strongly believe that for those who remember the old world, it's bittersweet seeing dead people resurrected and histories changed. It feels like a second chance, but it also feels like a magnification of how powerless they are.
But there could be more, what with pleas for diversification. It used to be that mostly WASPs are used, but now it could half-Asian, half-European lesbians taking the lead. The possibilities are endless. For those that can change with the times, I don't have that much of a problem in terms of recycling. But for characters that live in the past, they need to retire.
Yeah. If any part of a character's essential perspective is based on antiquated notions, like, I think, Captain America will soon be guilty of, they can be forgotten.
Actually, they've been doing a good job with Captain America as of late. They're changing the character as a reflection of the times. For a time, Falcon took up the SHIELD while Steve Rogers was aged to his proper age (probably as a depiction of, as you said, antiquated notions). But, Steve Rogers' youth has since been restored, and he's been through the wringer because of recent events.
I guess we'll see, but I wonder if even the notion of patriotism will become antiquated in the US as it has in Germany.
I'm pretty sure it would. I think the main factor working for that is time. Given enough of it, patriotism would surely wane, especially with polarizing views on pertinent topics.
Here's hoping!
Haha! Ever the contrarian :D
Am I? I thought we were agreeing! Ha!
Oh we are! Haha! I just meant you're a contrarian with regard to the popular opinion about patriotism haha!