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Comment on Antony Starr had to knock down 'The Boys' fans glorifying Homelander: 'This guy is not the hero'

We all love to dunk on reactionaries, but there is no final right way to interpret media.

According to “death of the author” literary theory, any reading that can be backed up with the text is valid. These valid theories may contradict each other and even the author of the work. (please don’t confuse multiple valid readings with silly relativism that any reading is as good as any other, that’s a straw-person argument).

Death of the author is valuable and useful. This is how books and movies take on queer readings for example.

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lastunusedusername2@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Fair enough. But thinking Homelander is the hero is a good sign a person is a sociopath.

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- Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  It’s important to let them tell on themselves though
  
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  - lastunusedusername2@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Amazing user name
    
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    Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
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Anomalocaris@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
everyone can have their interpretation.

It’s just a Rorschach test.

Is someone sees homeowner as a hero, that person is likely dangerous

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- obvs@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Homeowners be monsters, y’all.
  
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  - frostysauce@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Homeowners are aight. Landlords, however, are the monsters.
    
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Revan343@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

there is no final right way to interpret media

There’s no definitive right way, but there are definitely definitively wrong ways

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