Viral X post on Vader, Balrog and Bane draws mocking pushback on Mastodon
A tweet framing fictional villains as 'ancient warnings' goes viral, then gets sarcastically dismissed by a former X user.
What to know
- A post comparing Darth Vader, the Balrog, and Bane as examples of 'good pushed too far' went viral on X with over a thousand likes and 122 comments.
- A Mastodon user who had left X mocked the post as representative of shallow commentary on the platform.
- The available material does not include the substance of the 122 X comments, limiting assessment of broader reaction.
@infantrydort X user / original posterjalefkowit@hachyderm.io Mastodon user
How it unfolded 2 developments, newest first · click a bar or a number to jump posts
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Mastodon user mocks the post as typical of X
jalefkowit@hachyderm.io reposted the link with sarcastic commentary, saying it made them regret deleting their X account, implying the post's content was low quality.
“Boy, incisive commentary like this is really making me regret deleting my account on X, The Everything App™…”
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Boy, incisive commentary like this is really making me regret deleting my account on X, The Everything App™ https:// x.com/infantrydort/status/2117 344376250937800
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@infantrydort posts viral thread on villain archetypes
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.
“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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Darth Vader. The Balrog. Bane. Different myths, same ancient warning: push something good far enough into the abyss and eventually the abyss answers back. 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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