Two fannish links

[sqbr]

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

Comments

[furikku]

I feel out of my depth in the superhero one because I think I am watching completely different movies from these people. Or I guess more accurately, I am watching for different things. I don't want to watch a thing about how horrible people are and how much it'd actually suck if someone had the inclination to go fight "evil" with nobody to report to; I already know that just from looking at the news. I want to have a two-hour break from reality where I can have a power fantasy about awesome people being awesome and making the world a better place. Or at least beating the Bad Guys. (Also, witty banter.)

Which is probably why I hated TDK. (Well, that, and the heaping dollops of genderfail.)

[sqbr]

I can understand that. It's just one of those things I have trouble totally suspending my disbelief about, even while part of me would enjoy being able to do so.