wasnotwhynot
the death of capt stacy in asm has a very blunt soap opera quality to it. but the aftermath is proving interesting, intuiting that political tragedy creates a vacuum for domination, and that fascism relies on extreme narrativization and aestheticization of tragedy (panels from ASM 91)
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Show threadwasnotwhynotMar 20
the metaphor is extremely flimsy. if spider-man is this synecdoche that anticipates nyc’s crime wave, then wtf are they even saying. but you have to read old school spider-man as this ultra-malleable empty signifier of the atomized working class, and then you will also develop a perverse sunk cost fascination for old spider-man comics
Show threadjohnMar 20
@wasnotwhynot I think just these panels make it clear there's a real worldview churning under the surface here, I don't think you oughta feel bad for engaging closely with it
Show threadwasnotwhynotMar 20
@farawaythyer yeah, but for context getting here means reading a 20:1 ratio of filler and bone headed takes to "the good shit"
Show threadjohnMar 20
@wasnotwhynot yeah I suspected as much xD
Show threadNarf (Fran Regen Period)Mar 20
@wasnotwhynot y'know i have to say i don't think a modern writer would be allowed to so bluntly say that law and order posting and fascism are the same thing even though they obviously are
Show threadwasnotwhynotMar 20
@narfnra yeah!! I was thinking about daimos too while reading this… I think mainstream works now trend toward numb and apathetic, where they either have no connection to reality, or they’re really winking and coy about it, basically afraid of just outright saying it for w/e reasons lol
Show threadNarf (Fran Regen Period)Mar 20
@wasnotwhynot mfw trying to be "apolitical"