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I’m really annoyed with the internet woobification of batman 2022’s riddler because it fully misses the point of the entire movie to almost concerning degree

figofswords

Ok. So. Basically what it comes down to is that The Batman (2022)’s Riddler is a fairly obvious (at least to me) stand-in for the very real-world phenomena of young white men who feel isolated and personally victimized by society, who turn to the internet to feel less alone, and who are preyed upon by domestic hate groups who validate and weaponize their feelings and turn them into genuine white supremacists and neo-nazis and armed insurgents who march on Washington DC to violently protest democracy. Initially, the Riddler targets the corrupt, using the internet as a means to further spread his rhetoric to disconnected white men like him, but by the end of the movie he’s bombing flood walls and sending militarized followers to assassinate Bella Réal, a young black mayoral candidate who wishes to bring real systemic change to Gotham. This reveals the truth and the hypocrisy of his mission, which is that he’s not really trying to effect change—he’s lashing out and tearing down a world that he feels has victimized him, personally, and he’s doing this while trying to pull others into his violence. He’s a normal looking guy, with a normal job. A nobody. Someone who could be anyone, who could be someone you know, and meanwhile he’s online encouraging paramilitary violence and committing acts of domestic terrorism. This is how hate groups function in real life. It’s not a subtle allegory. The fact that a truly alarming proportion of internet fandom has, after seeing this movie, managed to miss the very obvious messaging and choose to reduce him to just a funny little guy who has a crush on Batman and just wants a little attention is, frankly, concerning to me because of what it means for peoples’ ability recognize hate group recruitment in real life.

#the batman

marissa-cooper

I’m starting to see now. I have had an effect here… but not the one I intended. Vengeance won’t change the past, mine or anyone else’s. I have to become more. People need hope.

For so many superheroes, it’s about them doing the altruistic thing, right? They’re trying to do something to help other people. But really, Batman, he’s addicted, at least in this story, to being Batman. It’s about making sense of the world, of his life, of what happened to him when he was a kid. In a certain way, he’s stuck at being 10. He’s never getting over this experience. And so to go out night after night, looking for a fight, looking for crime, is a very particular choice. —Matt Reeves

THE BATMAN (2022) dir. Matt Reeves

#the batman

hunterschafer

“NIGHTHAWKS” (1942) by Edward Hopper THE BATMAN (2022) dir. Matt Reeves BATMAN: YEAR ONE (1987) by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli

#the batman

thewintersoldier

“Vengeance won’t change the past. mine or anyone’s else’s. I have to become more. People need hope. To know someone’s out there for them. The city’s angry, scarred, like me. Our scars can destroy us. Even after the physical wounds have healed. But if we survive them. They can transform us. They can give us the power. To endure. The strength to fight.

THE BATMAN (2022) - dir. Matt Reeves

#the batman

magnusedom

I’m starting to see now. I have had an effect here… but not the one I intended. Vengeance won’t change the past, mine or anyone else’s. I have to become more. People need hope. To know someone’s out there for them. The city is angry, scarred, like me. Ours scars can destroy us, even after the physical wounds have healed. But if we survive them, they can transform us. They can give us the power to endure… and the strength to fight.

THE BATMAN (2022) dir. Matt Reeves

#the batman

chewbacca

RESIDENT ALIEN (2021 - ) S01E04—Birds of a Feather

bonus:

#resident alien

lgbtincomics

Welcome to the 6th edition of our Pride Month Challenge!

Our goal is to celebrate LGBTQ characters and content in media by posting creations about them every day in June!

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The challenge is divided into two parts, a basic (15 days) and a complete (30 days) challenge. Feel free to participate in as much or as little days as you want, in any order you want! Prompts under the cut:

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#insp.

diane-guerreros

Katherine McNamara photographed by Glenn Nutley for Citizen Magazine (Spring 2022)

#katherine mcnamara

thomasraggi

5SOS - COMPLETE MESS

#5sos

sonderpoison

KIANA LEDÉ in Unpredictable

#kiana lede

junkfoodcinemas

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) dir. George Miller

#mad max fury road

animations-daily

Anastasia (1997) dir. Don Bluth & Gary Goldman

#anastasia

samuelljackson

Two little mice fell in a bucket of cream. The first mouse quickly gave up and drowned. The second mouse, wouldn’t quit. He struggled so hard that eventually he churned that cream into butter and crawled out.

Catch Me If You Can (2002) dir. Steven Spielberg

#catch me if you can