You know how Nolan talked about how his mom was like a pet? And Mark was sort of having fun with his secret identity thing, and was fundamentally lying to her a lot. Maybe he only lied about cape shit - but well, maybe there are more things. He didn't treat her like an equal, and it made sense for her. It wasn't about juggling saving the world and their schedule, it was thinking he CAN do it all like some Spider-man shit.

Unrelated, I enjoy how it's very clear that Cecil isn't a GOOD guy, his whole goal and purpose is maintaining the status quo by any means. Cecil also wastes A LOT of lives and resources, thinking that if Nolan could talk to Mark, Mark would go along with whatever it was. Also the fact Cecil's organization isn't aware of things beyond Earth, like the Mars problem or the very widely known facts about Viltrulmites.

I like how Nolan uses abusive language and IS NOT a good person, as has been made clear multiple times.

I also found the voice work to be great all around, just.. really elevating the material.

I also found the gore to be affecting and shocking, as we are seeing it from Mark's view, where being a hero seemed cool and fun, but the reality is, every time he makes mistakes, people suffer and die, even if he does it right, people suffer and die, if he does nothing, people suffer and die. The fact that everyone is horrifyingly fragile helps get things across things, and the way he gets HURT so often, it is very clear that he is mentally strong in a way that most people never have to be. The gore and violence matter to what the show is trying to say, it's not trying to subvert super heroes like The Boys and go "SUPER HEROES BAD" instead it's trying to say that being a Super Hero is actually terrifying and horrifying and living in a comic book world would be a nightmare, even if you can fly and are supposed to be Invincible.

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