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doesn't mean you can't aspire to be as great a physicist or it'd doom you to cheat on your eventual spouse any more than it'd doom you to have ALS
I think that fictional characters make the best role models. You’ll likely never come to find out that a fictional hero was actually just pretending to be a hero and is actually a shitty person. I can’t say the same for real people though.. >


You’ll likely never come to find out that a fictional hero was actually just pretending to be a hero and is actually a shitty person.

You can still find out that they become a shitty person in later installments of their work >

Well yes, hence why I said ‘rarely’. You hardly ever see the protagonist become a bad person in later installments, but it does happen occasionally. Regardless, your role model could just be a fictional character in a particular installment, if they change you don’t have to acknowledge it, since it’s fiction. >

not saying you have to exactly model your life after a character's but if you just don't acknowledge what doesn't suit you about a character why not just create some OC idealized version of yourself to aspire to >

Well there is a difference between completely ignoring a major aspect of a character that is always present and ignoring other media that contains the character. I don’t think there is anything wrong with, say, having your role model be Captain America in the first movie. That is a whole and complete character that you are looking up to. You aren’t creating your own character, you are just taking one piece of media as standalone. In terms of making your own fictional version of yourself to aspire to, I suppose there is nothing wrong with that. However, to me, a role model that you can actually see in media is far better than a role model you can only see in your own mind or drawings. >


Your hero should not be your favorite musician, artist, athlete, etc because you likely actually have no idea who they are. You only know what they show you, what they want you to think about them

...So?
You're allowed to aspire to be what they show you and not what they really are. >

I don't know, a lot of people didn't know Superman or Spider-Man personally. >

A comic book character as a hero is even worse than a celebrity, thanks for the reminder >

I think they are better, not only you will never meet them, you can also idealize them, humans are flawed, celebrities will let you down and even people that you know irl could get into some shady stuff. Comic heroes are just archetypes, as good as they could be and if they ever do something bad you could blame the writer and have your own headcanon. >

And if all the people I know irl suck? >

Extremely dismissive to people who do not have a good surrounding or support system and consuming content of their favourite actor/musician/etc. helps them get through their tough lives >

You can enjoy and draw strength from things/people without idolizing them, though you make a good point. >

I think you are further from the truth. Heros should be fantasy.
Gandhi saved India, sure... but he also diddled kids.
MLK Jr. Constantly cheated on his wife.
Any hero that is mortal is flawed. Fantasy heroes are not mortals. They are the truest form of hero. >

Steven Hawkins cheated on his wife as well