THIS is the last post i’ll make to bitch about her but oh my fucking god, 39 ??? 39???
The most hilarious part of this is that 39 isn’t even that old but people still think any character in their late 30s or 40s should suddenly look like they’re pushing 60.
Case in point, Gillian Anderson is 50 and still looks like this
and here she is around 40 in I Want to Believe (2008)
Baby faced adults exist
Look at Misha Collins. The man is 44 and his perma-stubble roughing him up is the only thing keeping him from looking like he’s barely into 20s
Hell Johnny Depp is 55
Tom Cruise is 55
Jennifer Lopez is 49
Penelope Cruz is 44
And Sia is 42
And Sofia Vergara is 46
What the hell is y’all’s image of a 30-year-old woman??? Like when a woman hits 30, do y’all just think she immediately goes to looking like this
A lot of people seem to attribute America’s touch-starved culture to Puritan standards of conduct but I think it was the opposite. I think ever since we became so sex-crazed suddenly you can’t even put an arm around someone’s shoulder without that being seen as “putting the moves on” meanwhile Puritan children could openly call their fathers “daddy” and no one batted an eye so like…who’s the real culprit in “no one’s allowed to touch because touch is sexual” here?
Superheroes that are like “if we kill them we’re just as bad as they are uwu” ? Micro dick energy
The only exception is Aang, whose whole “I’m not gonna kill him if i can find another way” thing is less false moral equivalency and more “I’m twelve and I have been through way too much bullshit this year to add ‘commit my first murder’ to the list.”
I do respect superheroes who don’t kill, and I really think “we’re as bad as they are if we do it” is a terrible oversimplification of why someone would come to that moral conclusion.
Three reasons why a hero might not kill:
1. They are not granted by their society a “licence to kill.” Many (not all) people accept that a soldier or a judge might need to kill a wrongdoer in the course of their duties. Those people (should) act under strict rules and processes to determine when a death is just. A society, to be peaceful, usually functions under a guarantee that people won’t on their own judgement decide to off people. Vigilantes don’t usually have state-sanctioned authority, but they do rely on public goodwill to be counted as heroes and not menaces or even villains. A hero, especially an independent, self-proclaimed one, may lack the authority or judgement to serve as executioner. Most just societies require a trial before delivering a sentence.
2. They don’t need to. Paradoxically, or maybe not so much so, the stronger a hero is, the less they need to kill. One of the most common defenses for a murder is “self defense,” the idea that the person making the plea was in so much danger from the deceased that killing them was justifiable. But once you’re a swordsman swift enough to cut bullets or a muscleman strong enough to lift trucks, who’s that big a threat? As your control over your power and your ability to master an opponent both increase (and barring completely wild or uncontrolled abilities, these two are very linked) the easier it becomes to hold back, to subdue with the minimal amount of damage and to render even the worst villains neutralized without going nuclear.
3. The power to kill is bad for their mental health.Not everyone can perform even a “just” killing with a clean conscience. A hero might fear the trauma of killing, and seek to avoid the damage. Or a hero might introspect, and realize that, should they kill today, tomorrow the choice will be easier. Killing an opponent, rather than subduing them, is often the easy way out, and a hero who comes to rely on that solution might find themselves killing more and more, Even if killing isn’t addictive, a hero might still fear that mindset.
Now, a common version of this problem is Batman, who wouldn’t kill the Joker even if the Joker is at maximum edge, dealing out huge terrorist acts and body counts. The best reason for Batman not to kill him isn’t “I am as bad as the Joker if I kill,” but more, “I am a man who uses superheroism as a trauma coping mechanism, and if I start committing extrajudicial killings my mental state and my loose alliance with the police will both deteriorate.”
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