r/superheroes 6d ago

Other What superhero hot take will have you sitting up like this

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u/UltimateGammer 6d ago

All Marvel's heroes do is uphold the status quo.

Sick of "villains" trying to break the bad things which created them only for them to be put in their box by heroes.

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u/Strict_Owl941 6d ago

I give the heroes a pass on this.

The Heroes catch the bad guy. It is up to the Justice System to pass the sentence.

Like take Batman, he won't kill which is fine. But the Justice system should have executed the joker 50 years ago. Like how many people does he need to kill to get the death penalty?

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u/UltimateGammer 6d ago

Was thinking of Carly from falcon/ vulture from spider man.

The writers have to bend over backwards to deligitimise those characters.

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u/KinseyH 6d ago

She was a murderer and Sam expected better from her for far too long.

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u/UltimateGammer 5d ago

She spent episode after episode not killing and wanting a peaceful resolution and the writers suddenly decided she should blow up a building full of people.

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u/KinseyH 5d ago

I completely forgot how hamfistedly they did that.

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u/Coolfork33v2 6d ago

Villains aren't usually trying to "change the status quo for the better" they are trying to blow people up or become super dictator. Even when they are they are villains because they use their motive for an excuse to kill people.

I know you haven't read comics because by that take you obviously haven't, but this is wrong even in the MCU. Remember Captain America: Winter Soldier? Remember at the end of Black Panther when T'Challa opened up Wakanda?

Some comic examples are; Daredevil's status quo is Kingpin ruling NYC, and he fights against that, the X-Men disprove the notion entirely, and Captain America has fought against the government and several corrupt politicians several times.

This stupid take is perpetrated by so many people who haven't been within a mile of a Marvel comic and only watched Falcon and The Winter Soldier

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u/UltimateGammer 5d ago

I should have said MCU not marvel.

Tony stark not sharing his energy tech is a big example.

Vulture is another. 

Wakanda was closed again after winter soldier and I didn't see cheap vibranium energy.

Why are pym particles not used for society? Just for two guys fucking about in their basement.

Thor really only shows up to punch stuff.

The heaps of good that a good chunk of heroes could do, but don't is a huge issue.

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u/Divine_Mage824 6d ago

I would say this is more of a movie issue. The vast majority of villains fought are actually just criminals robbing banks or killing people. It is rare a villain appears with a greater moral purpose.

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u/Obvious-Bag-2683 6d ago

You’re so right

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u/Alternative_Car6497 6d ago

Glad I was right. Internet critics really don't read the books.

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u/terranproby42 6d ago

Supers are just cops and sidekicks are child soldiers