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Message: [QUOTE="miguk, post: 82126, member: 1510"] Basically, the trope is just a wish fulfillment version of an angsty middle schooler or high school freshman. It's awkward puberty in a cape. And it sells well because the people they are aping are literally immature and quite often not good at critical reading, and thus can't see the ridiculousness of a grown adult (or even a super powered youth) acting like they do. [I]The Boys[/I] was a terrible comic. I got about a few rape jokes in before giving up (which is not far, given how rapey the series is). If Garth Ennis is ever tried for any form of sexual assault, I will not be even slightly surprised. That cycle isn't that long. We've only had edgelord superheroes since the 80s, with the 90s ones being poor imitations of the earlier ones. The backlash against that came pretty quick ([I]Kingdom Come[/I] was from 1996), and only returned to edgelord status quo because of the influence of Hollywood directors who have a weird habit of failing upwards to the point of influencing the comics (Bryan Singer, Joss Whedon, Zack Snyder). That too eventually died off (Ultimate Marvel and DC New 52 are both rightfully dead) as the studios that own them realized the majority of the public doesn't actually want that trash (at least, not in the typical lazily written form). [/QUOTE]

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