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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 9604034" data-attributes="member: 18">I don't think that's true. Superman is a significantly more complex character with a more complex background and challenges. He might not have been as complex initially, but he certainly is now and has been for my lifetime.As for Isekai, nah, the specific fantasy core to a lot of Isekai just isn't really embodied in Superman because he's explicitly an alien. It's kind of an inversion of the trope. Captain America is a simple heroic story with an interlude, and not even a very long one (19 years originally).Sure, but I'm not seeing how that's relevant to him being relevant now? That's the question I think. I don't think they have anything to say now, at least based on the first book.Yes and have been tropes of adventure stories and even mythology since long before Tolkien, haven't they? I don't think LotR popularized either.There wouldn't be though. HP Fandom is full of people who want to be right, even more so than most other fandoms. Indeed remaining HP fans are not going to be keen to be seen demeaning a famously right-on fantasy series with a non-white protagonist lol. That's the last thing they need when their author is still regularly going off on one about Trans people and has characters with names like Kingsley Shacklebolt and Cho Chang.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 9604034, member: 18"] I don't think that's true. Superman is a significantly more complex character with a more complex background and challenges. He might not have been as complex initially, but he certainly is now and has been for my lifetime. As for Isekai, nah, the specific fantasy core to a lot of Isekai just isn't really embodied in Superman because he's explicitly an alien. It's kind of an inversion of the trope. Captain America is a simple heroic story with an interlude, and not even a very long one (19 years originally). Sure, but I'm not seeing how that's relevant to him being relevant [I]now[/I]? That's the question I think. I don't think they have anything to say now, at least based on the first book. Yes and have been tropes of adventure stories and even mythology since long before Tolkien, haven't they? I don't think LotR popularized either. There wouldn't be though. HP Fandom is full of people who want to be right, even more so than most other fandoms. Indeed remaining HP fans are not going to be keen to be seen demeaning a famously right-on fantasy series with a non-white protagonist lol. That's the last thing they need when their author is still regularly going off on one about Trans people and has characters with names like Kingsley Shacklebolt and Cho Chang. [/QUOTE]

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