Submitted by NRPax. Appropriate to today’s conditions, and an excellent rebuttal for the emasculation of men by the Left’s minions.
A central idea within good fiction is the resolution of conflict and the overcoming of adversity. The hero is someone we can appreciate and to a certain degree see something about them that we can relate to. Whether books, movies or games, as a culture we love stories about heroes and their battle against evil.
But nowadays, that’s seen as “wrong.” Masculinity is seen as something to mock or to use as a tool for a villain. Don’t believe me? Give me a positive male role model in any American made movie from the past 10 years that isn’t a moron who needs a strong independent woman to guide him.
Luke Skywalker was the humble farmer who became a member of an order of knights and redeemed his father after forgiving him and learning about the darkness in himself. In the novels, he became the head of the Jedi Order and brought forth a new generation of defenders. But then along came Kathleen Kennedy who made him into a bitter and broken shell of a man in order to pave the way for Mary Sue Jedi.
The first two stories in the Mass Effect series of games were powerfully told and fans looked forward to the third only to be disappointed as Bioware fired the good storytellers and brought in people “who had a vision” about how the game should be. The result was an absolute disaster for the franchise and the heads of the company honestly can’t see why the ending they brought to the game was so poorly received.
Heroes are important. This is why authors like Larry Correia and Jim Butcher are doing so well. The characters are flawed but they fight evil. They face the darkness and draw the line in the dirt, daring the villains to cross it. And these days, we need that more than we need feminized men with low IQs that hide behind the pixie waifs that can beat the hell out of 300 pound strongmen.
Find and share the old stories. Write your own and share them if you’re so inclined. And never let people forget that heroes are a force for good and that good does exist in the world.
