brad bird's the incredibles and alan moore's watchmen both ask the question of "do the ends justify the means" when attempting to save the world; both syndrome and ozymandias have positive long-term goals (achieve a better world by either the advancement of science or by uniting the nations of the world against an imaginary foe) that are accomplished through unambiguously immoral endeavors (mass murder & false-flag terrorism). Both stories also involve at least one protagonist in their ensemble that refuse to even entertain the possibility that noble ends could justify evil means, exemplified by mr. incredible and rorschach.
The key divergence, of course, is that both protagonists are adapted to best grapple with the trappings of the narrative they are specifically within, and that trading antagonists would end in their own inevitable deaths at the hands of the villain's unwilling lackey: mr. incredible's brute strength would be no match for dr. manhattan's ligma-based powers, while rorschach's fateful battle against the omnidroid would swiftly end with the oddball objectivist being reduced to an inkblot on the pavement. mr. incredible's physical aptitude, combined with the support of his friends and family, make him the perfect foil capable of defeating his nemesis; in turn, rorschach's abrasive attitude and unyielding-yet-flawed morality provide him with the strength needed to get rapidly vaporized by dr. manhattan bc this isn't actually a superhero analysis post this is actually just about dunking on rorschach bc I hate that guy lol
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"oh sorry, i guess i was infodumping again" - sad, shy, apologetic
"you sly dog, you got me monologuing" - cool, strong, confident
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HALLOWEEN X FAMILY by FINDO@findoland
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and when everybody movement...
...NO ONE WILL
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No capes, but digital capes?
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Settle down? Are you kidding? I'm at the top of my game! I'm up there with the big dogs!
THE INCREDIBLES
2004, dir. Brad Bird
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Imagine being Bob and Helen from the Incredibles. You have a daughter and you decided to name her violet. No reason, you just think it’s a nice name. Then suddenly you find out that she can turn invisible. You laugh at the coincidence of her name being similar to ultra violet, but you don’t think much of it.
You then have a boy, and you both came up with the name Dashiell, but you call him Dash for short. Again, no reason for this either. You just find the name nice. This kid then develops super speed. This one kept you both up at night. That’s 2 kids with names corresponding to their super powers; surely this can’t happen again, right?
Then you pop out a 3rd kid, and you decided to name him Jack-Jack. A very simple yet silly name that can’t really mean anything at all. There’s no way his powers can correspond to his name, right? Correct, cause he didn’t develop any powers at all, so that means it was all some sort of coincidence, and you naming your kids didn’t have anything to do with their powers.
Then a fucking carrot top lookin’ punk ass bitch decided to kidnap Jack-Jack, and this causes your baby to use his powers. And what are his powers? A bunch of random shit that ranges from turning his skin to metal, to teleporting around places. Basically a Jack of all Trades…..
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Instead of Karl Lagerfeld, the theme of the 2023 Met Gala should be a tribute to this icon:
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