Welcome to Atop the Fourth Wall, where bad comics burn. In this episode, Linkara looks at a comic about a "realistic" superhero... which really just means he's an insufferable moron.
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Originally uploaded September 3rd, 2012.
ORIGINAL INFO: A startling deconstruction of superheroes in the real world! …Or, just a really stupid black and white comic about an asshole who gets superpowers.
RUMINATIONS: The meeting, of course, had to happen at some point. The girl who played the role was the same age as Margaret was, though of course she’s aging now and it was written into a later episode that she can control her appearance.
There’s a little meta commentary going on within the words, though I’ll spare you the real-life details of what it refers to. Basically, I’m of the opinion that if you care about someone and they’re on a road that’s going to lead to disaster for them, you should do everything that you can to help them. Maybe they won’t listen, maybe they’ll eventually become toxic and terrible, but if someone you care about is in trouble… you should try to make them better. The attempt is worth it even if it ultimately fails. The thing was that there was no single thing that Linkara had to do for Margaret to restore his magic - the point of the journey was to lead to self-discovery and realize what he COULD become… what Holokara had already turned into. It’s that little wake-up call for Linkara to basically go, “Maybe think for a minute before you start boasting about how much better you are than everybody else, be a little more self-aware.”
Would everything work out? Well, keep watching, my friends…