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Asher Elbein @asherelbein.bsky.social

People love to post this one around, it always does numbers when they do, and the choice to have the cited character be Magneto (as opposed to, say, Poison Ivy) never ceases to fascinate me

Venom is an example of a villain who evolved into a hero because he was popular with readers and writers decided to rehabilitate him. By contrast, Magneto evolved into a hero because every decade since Reagan it's harder and harder to pretend he's wrong
sep 1, 2025, 3:13 pm β€’ 38 1

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Illmatic on JK Rowling @buckrawheat.bsky.social

I think the last post that dissected why this is wrong had it correct that the issue is not realizing how quickly it turned around the moment there was any nuance under Claremont and assuming there was a lot more villain but complicated gray area time.

sep 1, 2025, 3:19 pm β€’ 2 0 β€’ view
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Fourth Crown War FPV Drone Operator πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡±πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ @dov.bsky.social

crack theory: ecological extremism invokes people's "don't tell me what to do" impulse. they would yell at poison ivy that she should focus on the 100 richest companies and not the general public

sep 1, 2025, 3:15 pm β€’ 6 0 β€’ view
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Midwestern @midwestern.bsky.social

Probably because Ian McKellen never got cast as Poison Ivy

sep 1, 2025, 3:17 pm β€’ 6 0 β€’ view
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Asher Elbein @asherelbein.bsky.social

And we're all the poorer for it

sep 1, 2025, 3:18 pm β€’ 7 0 β€’ view
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Asher Elbein @asherelbein.bsky.social

Obviously I have written about this At Some Length

sep 1, 2025, 3:14 pm β€’ 16 0 β€’ view
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Kell Compost Witch πŸ€ @compostwitch.bsky.social

where might one find such writings?

sep 1, 2025, 4:16 pm β€’ 0 0 β€’ view
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Asher Elbein @asherelbein.bsky.social

sep 1, 2025, 4:38 pm β€’ 5 1 β€’ view
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Stephen Breyer's Ice Cream @martyvburen.bsky.social

AKA why everyone who subscribes to Defector wishes Asher would write there more than once a century πŸ™‚

sep 1, 2025, 10:59 pm β€’ 2 0 β€’ view
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Keith Donovan @keithdonovan.bsky.social

saw a pretty good video recently about Kilmonger and the people who thought he was righteous

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