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Viral X post on Vader, Balrog and Bane draws mocking pushback on Mastodon

@infantrydort posts viral thread on villain archetypes

1 Nov 2 2:53 PM · 9d ago · 1 post · 1 source · development 1 of 2

The post argues that Darth Vader, the Balrog, and Bane represent the same mythic pattern: something good pushed into the abyss until 'the abyss answers back,' and criticizes focusing on villains' evil without asking what created them. It drew 1044 likes/score and 122 comments on X.

@infantrydort posts viral thread on villain archetypes
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“We call these figures evil because we meet them at the end of the story. We forget to ask what furnace made them.”

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