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RE: Thought Bubble Thursdays #6 - Fates Worse Than Death
And what's it like for these characters, to live in a retconned universe? Do they privately mourn the loves lost, or do they celebrate new potential? Probably both.
If that old saw, "there are only so many stories" is true, it should hold that there are only so many characters, too. Might as well just recycle.
Whenever I can, I try to insert myself in their world to ask these hard hitting questions. I do strongly believe that for those who remember the old world, it's bittersweet seeing dead people resurrected and histories changed. It feels like a second chance, but it also feels like a magnification of how powerless they are.
But there could be more, what with pleas for diversification. It used to be that mostly WASPs are used, but now it could half-Asian, half-European lesbians taking the lead. The possibilities are endless. For those that can change with the times, I don't have that much of a problem in terms of recycling. But for characters that live in the past, they need to retire.
Yeah. If any part of a character's essential perspective is based on antiquated notions, like, I think, Captain America will soon be guilty of, they can be forgotten.
Actually, they've been doing a good job with Captain America as of late. They're changing the character as a reflection of the times. For a time, Falcon took up the SHIELD while Steve Rogers was aged to his proper age (probably as a depiction of, as you said, antiquated notions). But, Steve Rogers' youth has since been restored, and he's been through the wringer because of recent events.
I guess we'll see, but I wonder if even the notion of patriotism will become antiquated in the US as it has in Germany.
I'm pretty sure it would. I think the main factor working for that is time. Given enough of it, patriotism would surely wane, especially with polarizing views on pertinent topics.
Here's hoping!
Haha! Ever the contrarian :D
Am I? I thought we were agreeing! Ha!