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Two fannish links
I am a ball of stupidity and pain today (but fairly cheerful regardless) so brief thoughts. *makes mental note to make thoughtful reply to both posts at some point. Maybe*
Iron Man 2 and the moral landscape of superhero films
I liked a lot of this, especially about how post-Watchmen (the comic) superhero films ask "Is this vigilante-ism really ok?"...but the answer is always "Yes! At least when our guy does it"
In the comments I brought up that "superhero-is-super=>he should have power and full autonomy to do what he feels is right" is pretty creepy when thought about from a disability perspective (of course like any "might makes right" argument it sucks from gender/class etc perspectives as well, but disability has extra bite imo)
Hoo boy, thoughts on yaoi (let me tell you them)
Generally speaking, "Your preferences are inherently wrong and damaging" and "My preferences are inherently right and empowering" are both problematic statements regardless of who is saying it and what they're saying it about
Iron Man 2 and the moral landscape of superhero films
I liked a lot of this, especially about how post-Watchmen (the comic) superhero films ask "Is this vigilante-ism really ok?"...but the answer is always "Yes! At least when our guy does it"
In the comments I brought up that "superhero-is-super=>he should have power and full autonomy to do what he feels is right" is pretty creepy when thought about from a disability perspective (of course like any "might makes right" argument it sucks from gender/class etc perspectives as well, but disability has extra bite imo)
Hoo boy, thoughts on yaoi (let me tell you them)
Generally speaking, "Your preferences are inherently wrong and damaging" and "My preferences are inherently right and empowering" are both problematic statements regardless of who is saying it and what they're saying it about