re: #103 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

In some ways the popularity of the superhero genre is playing the role of the ancient stories of gods and demigods.

And that is one reason why traditional Christianity has so little purchase among the young - they already have stories of super-beings that they like.

That’s a damned interesting point. I never really considered it, but there’s certainly something to the notion that MCU or DC superheroes are basically just stand-ins for the Olympian gods (and of course, other deities from other cultures).