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gravityeyelids) wrote2017-11-15 10:39 pm
gravityeyelids) wrote2017-11-15 10:39 pm
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shadowkat678:
jurgenronaaz:
siphersaysstuff:
aokayinspace:
witwicky:
down-to-venus:
When ICE isn’t cool.
Kal El…. is literally Hebrew. It means Voice of God. He’s a Jewish illegal immigrant. For a reason. He was written in the 30s.
I mean Superman was literally written as an allegory for first generation American Jews dealing with the struggle of assimilation vs maintaining traditional culture. The birth of Superman as a comic was essentially Jewish Immigrant history.
Not all heroes wear capes, but a hell of a lot of supervillains hire uniformed thugs to terrorize innocent civilians.
Okay I really just… need somebody to write a book on “comic book superheroes as allegories and metaphors for oppressed groups”
Superman’s a Jewish immigrant, the X-Men are a combination of LGBT and neurodivergence (don’t need a cure, may need help coping, viewed as freaks/broken by much of the population, the only difference is there isn’t a holocaust survivor with autism leading a Brotherhood of Evil Aspies)
A whole chapter on Steve Rogers’ time as Nomad when he became disillusioned with the US and declared himself a “hero without a country”@shadowkat678 could write the chapter (or her own book) on Harley Quinn, I’ve seen it, it was fantastic!
I’d be up for that.
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shadowkat678:
jurgenronaaz:
siphersaysstuff:
aokayinspace:
witwicky:
down-to-venus:
When ICE isn’t cool.
Kal El…. is literally Hebrew. It means Voice of God. He’s a Jewish illegal immigrant. For a reason. He was written in the 30s.
I mean Superman was literally written as an allegory for first generation American Jews dealing with the struggle of assimilation vs maintaining traditional culture. The birth of Superman as a comic was essentially Jewish Immigrant history.
Not all heroes wear capes, but a hell of a lot of supervillains hire uniformed thugs to terrorize innocent civilians.
Okay I really just… need somebody to write a book on “comic book superheroes as allegories and metaphors for oppressed groups”
Superman’s a Jewish immigrant, the X-Men are a combination of LGBT and neurodivergence (don’t need a cure, may need help coping, viewed as freaks/broken by much of the population, the only difference is there isn’t a holocaust survivor with autism leading a Brotherhood of Evil Aspies)
A whole chapter on Steve Rogers’ time as Nomad when he became disillusioned with the US and declared himself a “hero without a country”@shadowkat678 could write the chapter (or her own book) on Harley Quinn, I’ve seen it, it was fantastic!
I’d be up for that.
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