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The funniest thing is that the superhero they have a problem with is Superman.

If it were Batman, that would be different. Batman isn’t a pure-hearted hero, he’s a more complex character. If it had been someone in the X-Men, or pretty much any Avenger other than Captain America, there would be room for a discussion.

But, Superman is such a good, kind-hearted hero that it’s basically impossible to be a good person and be anti-Superman.

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tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

Superman is such a good, kind-hearted hero

Oh yeah, no flaws, no notes

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- Nalivai@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago
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madcaesar@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
Absolutely.

I know people can call superman boring, but to me what makes him even more amazing is that he has enough power to basically dominate everyone… But he doesn’t, he always chooses to do the right thing and tries to give people a second chance.

It’s part of the reason Zach Schneider’s Superman sucked balls, because they tried to make him some dark edge lord that literally kills in the first fucking movie.

Supes is the last hero that remains as some sort of beacon of hope and fairness, which naturally goes against the fascist mindset.

A red hatter cannot comprehend having power and not using it to subjugate or enforce your will. It simply does not compute in their lead infested brains.

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MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
The biggest super hero fan I know said that he doesn’t like Superman. Confused by this I asked him why, and he had a pretty good point.

His reason was that, Superman generally isn’t physically challenged. In most cases the only issue he faces is trying to figure out what is going on. After that, Superman wins every time. The only exception is with kryptonite. His literal only weakness.

So all plot lines boil down to a mystery, followed by some flashy scenes of Superman going Superman stuff, the end; with the only real exception being “bad guys have kryptonite”. It’s boring.

And you know what? He makes a good point.

None of this goes against anything you say, it’s just one person’s opinion (not even mine). The only reason I’m posting this is to say, it’s possible to dislike Superman content, but that doesn’t and shouldn’t imply someone is anti-Superman.

Food for thought.

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- Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  It’s probably the main reason that there are games about pretty much every superhero going, but Superman always gets skipped. Superman 64 is the classic example, due to how dire it was. There’s been a few attempts since then, but nothing popular and the last was about 20 years ago.
  
  The only real threat to Superman is to attack the things he cares about.
  
  I kind of like the subversion of Superman type characters, like Dr Manhattan (what if Superman was indifferent?) or Homelander (what if Superman was a cunt?)
  
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- nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Death of Superman, Reign of Supermen, Superman Allstar. There are many film/scenarios, where superman has to fight someone actually stronger than he is. Even in Justice League Dark Apokolips, he is captured first, and then injected with Kryptonite.
  
  Your friend needs to watch/read more DC content.
  
  Some more examples with spoilers below.
  
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  He even got mind controlled by Poison Ivy once. Hell, in the new game, Suicide Squad Kill The Justice League, he is mind controlled by Brainiac, and Wonder Woman having Kryptonite didn’t protect her from Superman. Superman has also done questionable things, even without being mind controlled, like in Batman The Dark Knight Returns Part 2, it is implied that he ripped out one arm of Oliver Queen, aka, Green Arrow, who was also member of Justice League, because the government of USA wanted to stop vigilantes. Then he also almost killed Batman, after being almost killed by Batman.
  
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Demdaru@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Even in-universe they call him boy scout lol

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