A theme as old as time in fiction is the idea that the deceased tend to be mythologized. That those greats in our history, our memory, if brought down or returned to earth and fully realized would in fact be just as human as the rest of us: flawed and susceptible to failure. That you should never meet your heroes as your expectations will always be too high.
This comic in a way, and I'm not sure was intentional (though I doubt that too as the theme has been consistently touched on and returned to) subverts that idea. It depicts that sometimes the Hero of legend can have been as great as they were made out to be; that sometimes, if given a second chance, that Hero can be both impossibly human and still succeed that pedestal they had been placed on- and, even further, ascend it.
It's a fun idea, and I like how the author here had written the MC and his story. It would have been too easy to make such a character a mary sue, gary sue, or paragon of good and righteous that fell into an obnoxious caricature.
I have a lot more thoughts on this that are hard to express, but I wanted to share how much I appreciate this comic and its character writing. I truly enjoy overpowered MC, and for all that this story is not exceptionally unique or complicated, it's a refreshing read.
Anyway, can't wait until next week to see the continuation of the MC crushing the rival team's hopes and self esteem.
A theme as old as time in fiction is the idea that the deceased tend to be mythologized. That those greats in our history, our memory, if brought down or returned to earth and fully realized would in fact be just as human as the rest of us: flawed and susceptible to failure. That you should never meet your heroes as your expectations will always be too high.
This comic in a way, and I'm not sure was intentional (though I doubt that too as the theme has been consistently touched on and returned to) subverts that idea. It depicts that sometimes the Hero of legend can have been as great as they were made out to be; that sometimes, if given a second chance, that Hero can be both impossibly human and still succeed that pedestal they had been placed on- and, even further, ascend it.
It's a fun idea, and I like how the author here had written the MC and his story. It would have been too easy to make such a character a mary sue, gary sue, or paragon of good and righteous that fell into an obnoxious caricature.
I have a lot more thoughts on this that are hard to express, but I wanted to share how much I appreciate this comic and its character writing. I truly enjoy overpowered MC, and for all that this story is not exceptionally unique or complicated, it's a refreshing read.
Anyway, can't wait until next week to see the continuation of the MC crushing the rival team's hopes and self esteem.