replies to my marvel movies =/= mythology tweets are still going 2 days later. current sentiments include "what we call mythology was just the bestselling fiction of its day"
Thor was just the Thor of 9th century Scandinavia before the Bible sold more and the fandom moved on to stan Christ
Attempting to explain how this works via the same logic as our current capitalist culture market like I'm doing a TED talk.
Remembering how Apple Savior was all the rage until Nut Savior dropped and broke sales records
The reboot of Honey Savior entitled "Wet Savior" is going to destroy Nut Savior
I get it, I can't even be annoyed, it is the most natural thing on earth for modern consumers and creators to internalize the logic of capitalism and then apply it to all of culture down through history. It's the water we swim in. It is what it is.
Alright everyone make your Nut Savior/Wet Savior jokes let's just get them all out

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Argue all you want about what is and isn't for kids and whether that's fine for adults but I cannot stress enough that the Marvel Cinematic Universe is not equivalent to mythology. They may draw upon mythological or folkloric elements but that really just is not the same thing.
They have wildly different cultural and historical contexts and purposes, the ownership and production of these things do actually matter, and "stories that have themes and fantastical elements" by itself =/= mythology or folklore.
Realizing this is just YA legitimacy discourse but for Disney. I have fallen into a trap
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We celebrate thinfs like this because this sort of solidarity against forces of capitalism that are empowered to brutalize you is like a small glimpse of what an actual bright future looks like. There is so much risk here, and there will be consequences, and still they pushed.
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