I mean, he's not really meant to be cool or sympathetic, right? The show makes it clear from the start that he isn't cooking meth to survive, he has people offering him help in a variety of forms which he always refuses. It's more about how this middle class white American boomer feels emasculated by his mediocre life, and then his massive ego causes him to ruin every relationship he has in a quest to feel "successful." It's about the perils of petit bourgeois values.
I mean, he’s not really meant to be cool or sympathetic, right?
Correct, but where is that one tumblr post about how it's impossible to satirize masculinity? Because dipshits will ALWAYS sympathize with a masculine, "badass" lead character no matter how blatantly obvious that the message is that he's hurting himself and/or other people by doing this shit.
I definitely get why people like characters like walter white, but homelander just baffles me. What makes the character interesting imo is the juxtaposition between him being incredibly powerful but also a complete manchild. But this also means he comes off as a really pathetic dude whenever you look away from his superpowers or extremely privileged position. (hey, that's almost like a lot of powerful people irl)
...or they will be turned off by it because the character is "doing everything wrong according to our line of thinking and philosophy". I've noticed people analyzing things through the leftist lens, deciding it has "bad politics" and tossing it aside.
Not everything is going to advance our agenda. Sometimes it's just fun to watch a show about someone crashing and burning
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I mean, he's not really meant to be cool or sympathetic, right? The show makes it clear from the start that he isn't cooking meth to survive, he has people offering him help in a variety of forms which he always refuses. It's more about how this middle class white American boomer feels emasculated by his mediocre life, and then his massive ego causes him to ruin every relationship he has in a quest to feel "successful." It's about the perils of petit bourgeois values.
Correct, but where is that one tumblr post about how it's impossible to satirize masculinity? Because dipshits will ALWAYS sympathize with a masculine, "badass" lead character no matter how blatantly obvious that the message is that he's hurting himself and/or other people by doing this shit.
See Homelander in "The Boys" who some people think is unironically an Anti-Villian against "soy" Hughey.
I definitely get why people like characters like walter white, but homelander just baffles me. What makes the character interesting imo is the juxtaposition between him being incredibly powerful but also a complete manchild. But this also means he comes off as a really pathetic dude whenever you look away from his superpowers or extremely privileged position. (hey, that's almost like a lot of powerful people irl)
I mean ... getting to a place where you can stan Homelander demands conscious effort
Well he drinks real milk, like a real man would
...or they will be turned off by it because the character is "doing everything wrong according to our line of thinking and philosophy". I've noticed people analyzing things through the leftist lens, deciding it has "bad politics" and tossing it aside.
Not everything is going to advance our agenda. Sometimes it's just fun to watch a show about someone crashing and burning