incredibly tru. i feel like many people dont get that the problem with capeshit is the use of magic, gadgets, "super intelligence" or fantastical powers to begin with rather than the fact that they dress up in silly costumes. as all of the things listened are essentially plot armor and plot contrivances baked into the narrative. fine for something pulpy but if you want to construct a good story with believable characters you should make them just a person. if you make a cowboy narrative you cant make them have unusually good reflexes or eyesight because youre showing your hand that you want to write a video game or superhero movie
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James bond is basically a superhero
as is Holmes and Dr Who
their fans will cope but its true its all capeshit all the way down
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incredibly tru. i feel like many people dont get that the problem with capeshit is the use of magic, gadgets, "super intelligence" or fantastical powers to begin with rather than the fact that they dress up in silly costumes. as all of the things listened are essentially plot armor and plot contrivances baked into the narrative. fine for something pulpy but if you want to construct a good story with believable characters you should make them just a person. if you make a cowboy narrative you cant make them have unusually good reflexes or eyesight because youre showing your hand that you want to write a video game or superhero movie
also lovecraft is scary capeshit
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Tl;dr Tombstone is capeshit
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Do the cowboys have superhuman reflexes and aiming despite being drunk hicks? Then yes
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Doc Holliday is drunk and dying of consumption!
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Im sorry to break it to you but he only killed like one guy irl
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Agree, literally in the same genre
In a more subtle way but ok, I see the argument
Literally how? And if you start bringing up the modern movies/series I'm going to strangle you
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Long running character who has been continually published for decades and has a superhuman power of deduction.
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I like Sherlock Holmes, but yes, he’s victorian capeshit. Conan Doyle killed him and then brought him back the same way comics with superheroes.
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