Post by Tristan's Journal on May 23, 2017 11:13:13 GMT
May 23, 2017 3:05:19 GMT @weirdraptor said:
I just love how Tristan outright ignores the post where I point out there is no tight-wearing in the MCU.
The classic "beefcake in tights" thing in all it's permutation is not about the literal wearing of tights (in fact in '89 Batman it was explicitly stated that his beefy abs (and lush nipple) were just a form of body armor). But it's a remark on the oft bemoaned juvenilization and dumbing down of movies and pop culture. And of course to make fun of emotionally immature grown ups who are still into this kind of stuff typically aimed at emotionally insecure boys of 6-12, by giving them beefy power fantasies they can project to. Some claim it's a closeted form of homoeroticism, but I doubt that.
In fact one of my favorite responses when asking a friend why she broke up with someone is "he is reading comic books" (very special look in her eyes), which regularily causes hearty laugh-at-the-manchild laughs...QED