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Posted by chai (heart) @proyearner

you know what’s a really good trope? “the power of friendship” but they’re all VILLAINS. just a bunch of sexy, unhinged, & morally bankrupt characters who would do anything for each other. absolutely unparalleled

1:04 PM, 10/28/21, 4560 Retweets, 938 Quote Tweets, 20,8k Likes

    • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
      2·
      13 hours ago

      I keep identifying the the villains, but eventually, I realized that the writers of mainstream media are heavily invested in the status quo.

    • partial_accumen@lemmy.world
      16·
      1 day ago

      Isn’t that because there are fewer unambiguous ways to be “good”? Even many people doing “good” could be seen by others as being evil?

      • “I’m saving the forest!” “You’re killing loggers”
      • “No one will every go hungry again!” “You stole every piece of arable land and only grow the food you want to exist”
      • “I’ve saved everyone’s soul. Everyone is going to the happy afterlife when they die!” “Which religion’s afterlife are you calling the ‘happy’ one?”
      • Annoyed_🦀 @lemmy.zipEnglish
        2·
        13 hours ago

        I defeat Joker and saved 10 people’s life!

        No you dingus! Letting Joker live mean more people will be killed before you stop him again!

    • AllNewTypeFace
      6·
      23 hours ago

      Also, villains are often coded as minorities, whereas the heroes are basically the mainstream.

      • RandomVideos@programming.dev
        1·
        20 hours ago

        I remember an animated show where the reason why the villain was evil and how they were defeated was because they were aromantic