Comment on Avatar (the one with the blue aliens) is such a weird franchise

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lime@feddit.nu ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

we both know that’s not what i was referring to. i’m talking things like intellectual properly rights. also, there are plenty of subjectively judged sports.

But in general? Yah, it is.

one major criticism of the monomyth theory is that it relies, perhaps subconsciously, on confirmation bias. many classic works that have been called monomyth-conforming only fit that mold when you ignore stuff that doesn’t fit, stuff that in some cases completely change the context of the other beats.

folklorist Barre Toelken, in an essay from 1996, wrote

Campbell could construct a monomyth of the hero only by citing those stories that fit his preconceived mold, and leaving out equally valid stories… which did not fit the pattern

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