That makes sense, it could totally be a great metaphor for people with control disorders.
I don't know much about X-Men media but I think most can control their powers like most superheros. But I know there are some storylines about trying to keep control as well
I think the X-Men were originally also meant to represent the persecution of racial minorities and that really didn't make sense to me. Makes more sense as a metaphor for neurodivergance for sure!
Yeah, I took some comfort in stories like this as a neurodivergent kid who's probably queer, and that's the source of me being iffy.
"Yeah, I am discriminated against by the normals too! Thanks media for showing that I am not just not inferior, but if I play my cards right, possibly superior!" That's why edgy 14 year old me loved pre-character development Gaara (who for whatever reason, I thought he was a medic at first but was quickly disproven)
Now that we're kinda on the subject: Yay or nay about the trope where it is the specials that are oppressed by the "poo people"?
Examples:
Reeks of objectivism to me: "a select few people are born superior, but the envious and base masses of inferior people hold them back."
I have a soft spot for X-Men because I loved it when I was younger, but the metaphor is pretty flawed.
Yeah a small subset of the population that has the ability to kill you with impunity isn't any minority group it's cops
Magneto did nothing wrong.
I don't like it that much. I never understood how it was supposed to properly represent real world groups
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I can't kill anyone with ADHD I don't see how it's similar to lazers or thins X-Men can do
not with that attitude
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It doesn't, it just makes us read wikipedia lists of metaphors until 4AM
do not go to tvtropes.com
worst mistake of my life
That makes sense, it could totally be a great metaphor for people with control disorders.
I don't know much about X-Men media but I think most can control their powers like most superheros. But I know there are some storylines about trying to keep control as well
I think the X-Men were originally also meant to represent the persecution of racial minorities and that really didn't make sense to me. Makes more sense as a metaphor for neurodivergance for sure!
God I wish I could trade my ADHD for eye lasers or some shit. I could manage that with those ruby glasses, and my room would be clean
Yeah, I took some comfort in stories like this as a neurodivergent kid who's probably queer, and that's the source of me being iffy.
"Yeah, I am discriminated against by the normals too! Thanks media for showing that I am not just not inferior, but if I play my cards right, possibly superior!" That's why edgy 14 year old me loved pre-character development Gaara (who for whatever reason, I thought he was a medic at first but was quickly disproven)
N.K Jemisin's Broken Earth series deserves a mention too