i guess this is more broadly a way that genre fiction critiques itself. stories about superheroes "hanging up their capes" are the same: just as metatextual; interested in dismantling the conceit. but i think genre fiction is good in its own right, so ive never seen the appeal
i dont like when fantasy fiction ends with the fantasy aspects being totally neutralised so that the characters can live in the "normal world". it feels like a weirdly metatextual trope: its obsessed with fantasy as a conceit rather than telling a story *using* fantasy
Her.
I knew she was trouble as soon as I saw her strut past the outside window.
She had legs that stretched for miles,
I knew this because I was on the 7th floor.
The year was 1993, Tokyo - and the Kaiju had returned.
@sapphirebats there was discourse like a day ago about how the best a superhero can be is like a well-meaning lib because they never enact systemic change within their world and its like yeah I guess but you do have to remember these are serialised stories? suspend disbelief a bit
I love this one so much every time I see it. I don’t think this was made with any hate whatsoever compared to all the other ones. It’s just pure detailed funny. Like the guinea pig as a “mouse” I’m cracking up irl still.