Kinda just making this thread for fun, but if there's something I noticed is that the right really likes to idolize the Joker and Patrick Bateman. I think it's because deep down they know they are objectively evil and they can't outright call themselves satanists because then that would ruin their pious Christian good boy image.

But I can't help but ask that in theory, what fictional character can the left rally around? I've seen Sonic be used, but how about Eren Yeager? My reasoning is that he minecrafted slavers in the first few episodes.

    • Tofu_Lewis [he/him]
      ·
      2 years ago

      That fuzzy feeling when looking at a bust of Lenin in Antarctica.

  • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
    ·
    2 years ago

    Solid Snake. Nah, he'd actually be a pretty bad role model for the left if we go by MGS4 wherein he's pretty much a doomer, but the thought of him being a kind of anarchist working with Otacon to sabotage the deep state's metal gear plans is interesting. Maybe Cloud Strife or even better Barret Wallace, as Barret is the leader of Avalanche.

  • The_Champsky [he/him]
    ·
    edit-2
    2 years ago

    Hear me out here: Wrestling villains.

    It doesn't matter if the wrestling villain is an asshole or not, they just need the crowd to hate him. Guess what? People love to hate the left. The new media CONSTANTLY portrays anyone to the left of Hitler as the worst thing imaginable. Plus, as of late, we got Jesse Ventura to (kinda) come around, so we can do a lot with memeing ourselves as political heels.

    Non-nazis are universally despised so why not embrace our bad publicity?

    • Olepisshead [he/him]
      ·
      2 years ago

      There was a wwe wrestling heel a few years ago that used leftist rhetoric. I think he even trashed a merch booth in the arena Jesus style.

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
      ·
      2 years ago

      He isn't fiction. His soul keeps marching on. :sankara-salute:

  • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
    ·
    2 years ago

    Paddington Hexbear, Kermit the Frog (we're taking him before they do!), Garak and OBrien from DS9, Kronstein from James Bond and a fictional hockey team with no name

  • Llituro [he/him, they/them]
    ·
    2 years ago

    Are you, uh, caught up on AoT by any chance? Because I don't think you really want to say Eren at this point.

  • SuperNovaCouchGuy [any]
    ·
    2 years ago

    Rightoids use the Joker because they dont understand the movie so theres that. Ive only seen the first 1/5th of the movie but Ive seen Matt's review of it and it doesnt even seem bad.

      • SuperNovaCouchGuy [any]
        ·
        2 years ago

        Its bcuz rightoids are so fucking dumb that they unironically think that "anything wrong with capitalism is bcuz of gommunism and muh lefht"