I haven't even SEEN the movie yet...

[yakalskovich]

The Guardian about how superheroes are the modern equivalent of anthrompomorphic gods as an archetype of the human condition, and provide all the tropes of the narrative of everybody's life.

Taking that into account, I might find the costumes less silly tomorrow. After all, the classical gods wore silly things as well, like winged sandals and tridents and the like.

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[herdivineshadow]

Don't have time to click through on my awful awful laptop, but is that the article Tom Hiddleston wrote?

[yakalskovich]

Yes, that one. I didn't want to go all 'Squee, Loki's actor can write coherent things!' but instead wanted the angle of 'There's something in the Guardian that I find relevant and to the point.'

[herdivineshadow]

Heh yeah, I was just wondering if it was the one I'd read or a new one.

[yakalskovich]

You probably read that one. 'Superheroes are the new myths' is an argument that has apparently been made before; I just re-encountered it in the preface to 'Marvel 1602'.