The Presence of the Warrior-Hero In Comics

[Chuck]

For the record, the Little Foot pic really is annoying. You don't need to put it in every single post.

**** you man, he can post that picture whenever he wants.

 

[Harlekin]

Uh, yeah, he can. All I'm saying is that I find it annoying, or did you not get that from my post?

 

[Chuck]

No-one cares what you find annoying

 

[fifthfiend]

So I just added Chuck to my ignore list.

Man, best decision I've made all day.

 

[Harlekin]

Your point being what, exactly? He doesn't have to stop posting the image because I said so.

As it stands, I know I care about what I find annoying, and that's enough for me.

 

[Chuck]

cool

 

[Harlekin]

Awesome.

 

[Anubis]

Why isn't this guy banned?

 

[fifthfiend]

Because Corp sucks at his job.

 

[Little Foot]

I wouldn't exactly say Odysseus got rewarded.

Well, he got his wife and son back, and he won back his kingdom.

 

[Little Foot]

Your point being what, exactly? He doesn't have to stop posting the image because I said so.

As it stands, I know I care about what I find annoying, and that's enough for me.

Just to clarify, I have no problem with you, and I'm sad that this thread keeps getting derailed with people arguing for and against me.

 

[fifthfiend]

I'm sad that this thread keeps getting derailed

You haven't been here long at all, have you?

 

[Anubis]

You want your warrior hero, I give you the Mighty Thor and Wonder Woman.

 

[Little Foot]

You want your warrior hero, I give you the Mighty Thor and Wonder Woman.

Thank you. Could you elaborate on why they fit the warrior-hero motif? I'm not very familiar with Thor (assuming you're not speaking of the Norse god).

 

[Anubis]

Dude, you never heard of Marvel's Thor?

Son of Odin. All Father of the Warrior Norse Gods of Asgard? Baddest mofo in the MU?

 

[Little Foot]

Dude, you never heard of Marvel's Thor?
Son of Odin. All Father of the Warrior Norse Gods of Asgard? Baddest mofo in the MU?

I've heard of him, but I'm not familiar with him. So he's basically a representation of the Norse god himself, eh? That's interesting. I guess that automatically defaults him as a savior figure, of sorts.

My favorite Norse story of Thor is the one where giants steal his hammer, so he pretends to be a woman to marry the giant who stole it, and at the wedding banquet, he reveals himself, takes the hammer, and brings down the ownage, more or less.

 

[Little Foot]

Well, to offer my own opinion...Superman, for instance, is a very obvious Christ-archetype warrior hero. He "purifies" the world. He protects the citizens from Evil. And he dies and is resurrected--pretty heavy Christ motif there. Even the Superman posers in place during his death resemble the false leaders prophesied to try to lead away Christian followers.

 

[The Question]

Well, he got his wife and son back, and he won back his kingdom.

Yeah, but that wasn't a reward. He fought for that and got it through sheer force of will. Also killing somewhere around 200 people.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

That was considered a good thing to the Greeks, though. Odysseus triumphed over his enemies and reclaimed what was his. Sounds like a win to me.

 

[Alex Summers]

I don't really understand the purpose of this thread. Is this for some class or did you just create it for S***s and giggles?

 

[Little Foot]

I don't really understand the purpose of this thread. Is this for some class or did you just create it for S***s and giggles?

More the latter. Actually, entirely the latter.

 

[Midnyte_Sun]

Cuchulainn was cool. I always meant to read more on him. I also always meant to read the flood myth of Gilgamesh, which predates the Judeo-Christian story of Noah's ark.

Knock yourself out:

The Epic of Gilgamesh:

http://www.ancienttexts.org/library/mesopotamian/gilgamesh/

I coudnt seem to find any good links to Cuchulainn, except on Wikipedia, which has a nice reference page with links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cúchulainn#Links_to_texts_in_translation

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Cool, thanks. I didn't even think of looking online. I guess I associate myths with books more than I realized.

 

[Little Foot]

Cool, thanks. I didn't even think of looking online. I guess I associate myths with books more than I realized.

Which brings up an interesting point: we have developing mythologies in our own contemporary societies. The Lord of the Rings and Star Wars have massive franchises with basic character archetypes and plot lines that reflect upon past mythologies, and there's clearly something that a lot of people out there respond to. But even beyond that, you have the whole UFO-mythos, which has become quite elaborate--aliens interfering in the creation of humans (or life), aliens masquerading as deities, etc, etc.
And comic book characters are developing mythologies just as much as Star Wars has.

 

[Harlekin]

There's still quite a difference between the mythology of LotR, Star Wars etc. and the old Norse/Greek/other myths. The latter were also religions. LotR, Star Wars? Not so much, although you still have a few crackpots here and there that think there's truth to those stories.