I don't know if it's smaller and tamer. Things get crazy all the time - I just don't talk about it. Like "people who can balance a skyscraper sideways on top of two other skyscrapers and that's one of the good guys" crazy. When you're in that world… comics and sugar consumption kind fall off the map.
[ They don't sweat the small stuff, in other words, but Robbie thinks twice about saying that. Eventually, when it gets to a genetic level, suddenly everyone starts sweating the microscopic world. There's definitely a much larger gap where the consensus is "enh, it's not hurting anyone." Reality tv, Mountain Dew Code Red, graphic novels, reruns of 227… they all fall into this abyss of whatever tickles your pickle. ]
Like Rich said, we have comic books based on real heroes. If it's titillating, so's the nightly news. There's no new ideas that they're giving people. I don't think it's inciting anything. There's no Comic Book Bandits holding up bodegas to afford the latest Captain America. If your allowance doesn't cover it, you see if the neighbors'll give you a buck for taking out the trash every week or mowing their lawn.
[ The closest they probably get to the Comic Book Bandits is the Yancey Street Gang, but they're just… weird, as far as Robbie can tell. ]
I don't think you're giving them enough credit. The citizens, not the comic books. Okay, the comic books too, 'cause there's a lot of kids who won't read anything else for fun. But I meant the people. If you don't let them have an outlet for their energy, they're going to find one anyway. Take it from the kid who used to sneak out of the house and commute to New York City to fight crime: if you don't let a person do something relatively harmless, they're going to find a way to do it anyway.
And it's going to be ten times bigger and crazier because they feel trapped in their boring old life. I wouldn't be in the army of pulp afictionados, but you make it sound like its that, the Pornolympics, or the worst game of badminton ever.
I guess I just don't know what everyone else can do.
[ That Beeny herself can't do anything sort of hangs in the air. ]
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[ They don't sweat the small stuff, in other words, but Robbie thinks twice about saying that. Eventually, when it gets to a genetic level, suddenly everyone starts sweating the microscopic world. There's definitely a much larger gap where the consensus is "enh, it's not hurting anyone." Reality tv, Mountain Dew Code Red, graphic novels, reruns of 227… they all fall into this abyss of whatever tickles your pickle. ]
Like Rich said, we have comic books based on real heroes. If it's titillating, so's the nightly news. There's no new ideas that they're giving people. I don't think it's inciting anything. There's no Comic Book Bandits holding up bodegas to afford the latest Captain America. If your allowance doesn't cover it, you see if the neighbors'll give you a buck for taking out the trash every week or mowing their lawn.
[ The closest they probably get to the Comic Book Bandits is the Yancey Street Gang, but they're just… weird, as far as Robbie can tell. ]
I don't think you're giving them enough credit. The citizens, not the comic books. Okay, the comic books too, 'cause there's a lot of kids who won't read anything else for fun. But I meant the people. If you don't let them have an outlet for their energy, they're going to find one anyway. Take it from the kid who used to sneak out of the house and commute to New York City to fight crime: if you don't let a person do something relatively harmless, they're going to find a way to do it anyway.
And it's going to be ten times bigger and crazier because they feel trapped in their boring old life. I wouldn't be in the army of pulp afictionados, but you make it sound like its that, the Pornolympics, or the worst game of badminton ever.
I guess I just don't know what everyone else can do.
[ That Beeny herself can't do anything sort of hangs in the air. ]