Comment on Kids nowadays don't have many (if any) videogame heroes...
Shiggles@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
Why are heroes so important? Role models are one thing, but hero worship is an incredibly problematic concept especially at a young age. The idea of an unquestionably good person is a myth that lends itself to authoritarianism, and that should die a slow agonizing death. It’s a little much to get deep into stuff like that for a kids game, but I’m certainly not sad to see “blindly good” characters go - it’s why Bluey is nice for how imperfect the parents are, even if they’re still an unrealistic ideal with how much time and energy the parents have.
NONE_dc@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Ok, but my idea of “hero” is more based on the “role model” that you say. I totally agree with what you say that hero worship is one of the points that leads to the proliferation of fascism, it’s just that I get the impression that children now have no role models, at least not as we had back then, models for them, of their time. Not in video games at least, in series maybe there are, like in Bluey as you say.
(I was thinking of mentioning Paw Patrol, but that’s Copaganda and it’s a nono for me).