Posted January 27th, 2011 at 11:57 AM by chas
Updated January 28th, 2011 at 09:59 AM by chas
HANDS OFF MY HERO!
“Batman is the real character; Bruce Wayne is the disguise.”
--Kevin Conroy, voice actor, Batman The Animated Series
“I still live!”
John Carter of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
“Where there is no vision, the people perish.”
--Proverbs, XXIX, 18
Now I don’t mind if an iconic hero being presented as a role model, be they* traditional mythological culture figure or comic book protagonist, is shot, stabbed, thrown from a cliff or a moving car, has their loved ones held hostage or murdered, gets sent to another planet or time period, gets tortured, or even loses their memory. But they are not allowed to give up. Not to cross the line into evil. One or twice if they atone for it? Okay. But permanently? Not never. Not no how. And if that’s an Old Guy Rant, well, I’m an old guy. Some day, if you’re lucky, you’ll be one too! I’m not for censorship, just sanity.
Now I give up, frequently, in...
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