Opinions: A 'Hero' Stealing Their Gear.....????

[DusterBoy]

Re: Opinions: A 'Hero' Stealing Their Gear.....????

 

I'm going to risk being flamed here.

 

I agree Bilbo is a fantasy character. So are superheroes. The genre is just the same, only with a pseudo-scientific/technical rationale and a contemporary "real-world" background with science (esp "radiation") standing in for magic. And there are a lot of mythological and/or supernatural characters in both Marvel and DC Comics. Plus a lot of the gadgets used in the comics verge on the magical - a case in point being Peter Parker's web casters.

 

John Clute specifically includes superheroes in his "Encyclopaedia of Fantasy".

 

And the argument could be made that aliens in superhero campaigns/comics function as stand-ins for elves, goblins and other supernatural beasties.

[assault]

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And the argument could be made that aliens in superhero campaigns/comics function as stand-ins for elves' date=' goblins and other supernatural beasties.[/quote']

 

Sure. Superman is Hercules. Hawkman is Icarus. Whatever.

 

True but irrelevant. There is a question of atmosphere involved. Batman and Bilbo Baggins don't mix. Nor do Luke Skywalker and Thor. Batman and Thor can mix, somehow, but I definitely wouldn't put Bilbo and Luke together in the same setting...

 

Then again, aren't Ewoks just a more primitive version of Hobbits?

[rjcurrie]

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Then again' date=' aren't Ewoks just a more primitive version of Hobbits?[/quote']

 

They're hobbits who forget to trim their foot hair occasionally.