Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Hero(ish) 4: Deadpool

Next one up is more of an anti-hero. He is the Regenerate Degenerate, the Merc With a Mouth, the one and only Deadpool. Why did I do Deadpool? Because I wasn't thinking and Deadpool is cool. And no one told me otherwise. Comment with who you want to see next, please. Well, here goes...
Romantic ideal 1: Superhero individualism high and mighty, if you don't get it yet, read my post on the Flash, NEXT!
While Wade Wilson doesn't posses many Romantic or Transcendentalist ideas (he's more modern), he does possess some, so this blog post is actually possible. First off, Deadpool is an antihero, which means he is the main character and technically the protagonist, but doesn't have heroic qualities like courage and morals. The earliest Antiheroes date back to Greek writers like Homer, but became more popular during the Romantic era. So there's something. Deadpool clearly identifies as an anti-hero, if you doubt me, check out this link, it's really good: Top 10 Reasons Deadpool is the Ultimate Anti-Hero.
He's not innocent (but he is childish), not in tune with any type of nature but his own, no real classic allusions...
But one interesting point is that Romantics and Transcendentalists tended to display common folk as the voice of reason, and those above them as wild and unreasonable. This can be shown in Deadpool's comics. Deadpool is crazy, erratic, and anything but sensible. He also is indestructible and amazingly overpowered. So we see Deadpool, the higher person as unreasonable, so we can translate it to his underlings being a voice of reason (at least compared to Deadpool).
So there you have Deadpool, a maniacal mercenary illustrating the reason of the common man as opposed to the superhero, and one of the greatest anti-heroes the world has ever seen. If you have ideas for a later subject, leave a comment. If none are left, we will jump back over to DC to take a look at Diana Prince, the Wonder Woman.
If you want to see someone similar (yet inferior-if you want to see why he's inferior, click here) to Deadpool, hop on over to Craig's blog to take a look at his article on Deathstroke.

1 comment:

  1. Hey You should do the man of steel, as in joesph stalin. Not really but do Superman he has a ton of romantic values

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