>"everyman" character
>encyclopedic knowledge of occult rituals, post-modernism, hardcore psychotropic drugs, metafiction, extinct indigenous groups' tribal customs, world literature, obscure 60's - 80's avant garde / pop music, Aleister Crowley, magical realism, pop art, western and northern European folklore, ancient conspiracy + Illuminati + Masonic theories, etc. etc.
>>78581400
that's not what an everyman is, retard
>>78581449
You are so "right"
>>78581400
Sounds like your avergage glasegian man to me.
Is Morrison's greatest flaw as a writer not understanding that the rest of the world isn't as cool as him?
>>78581400
God DAMNIT Nameless.
>>78581400
>best thing about this character is that he's just a human like you and me
>beats gods on a daily basis all by himself
>>78582872
yes
>>78582872
it's his first mistake, that he assumes tha he is kewl
>>78581400
>55
>Will be 56 soon
>Still sexy
How does he do it?
>>78582889
to be fair it seems like he's learning because the protag of Namess is hired because he's an expert on the occult
>>78581400
Unless they're like, Amish, most normal people are huge geeks in at least several niche categories like those.
>>78583072
>born rich
>didn't lift anything heavier than pencil
I wonder.
>>78581400
Lots of normal people are full of odd, usually useless trivia. It may not be those things exactly, but that's a reasonable spread.
>>78583088
>born rich
nope
>>78581400
>encyclopedic knowledge of occult rituals, post-modernism, hardcore psychotropic drugs, metafiction, extinct indigenous groups' tribal customs, world literature, obscure 60's - 80's avant garde / pop music, Aleister Crowley, magical realism, pop art, western and northern European folklore, ancient conspiracy + Illuminati + Masonic theories, etc. etc
sounds like an everyman to me. just because you are an idiot with no class or taste does not mean you are average. with the internet people learn a lot more than they used to so the average has gone up
>>78582872
sometimes people don't give a shit about your obscure knowledge and you need to keep a good track of character knowledge vs reader knowledge
>>78583072
no hair. imagine him with hair, he would look like an average dad. also whatever that is near his neck is disgusting,he really should have shopped it out
>>78581400
Okay. I'll defend this shit, right here.
With the decline of the global economy and neutering of education into abstract pathways, your "everyman" no longer has a selection of useful and practical skills to save the day. You'd be surprised how few folks can fix an engine or weld two things together. Rather, it's an accurate portrayal of the archetype that he has to make use of *fucking trivia* to get by.
>>78583357
With a buzzcut and those thick bushy eyebrows, he'd look like one of those paramilitary militia folks...
>>78583811
>With the decline of the global economy and neutering of education into abstract pathways, your "everyman" no longer has a selection of useful and practical skills to save the day. You'd be surprised how few folks can fix an engine or weld two things together. Rather, it's an accurate portrayal of the archetype that he has to make use of *fucking trivia* to get by.
>>78582910
Do you not?
>>78583811
Damn be wikipedia.
>>78583811
>the decline of the global economy
>if you wish for something while jerking off it'll come true
Ayyy
>>78582775
underrated post.
>>78583811
I can't do either of those things.
But, I don't think you can set a broken bone or suture an open wound correctly, can you?
I mean, I can change my oil, and you can probably put on a bandaid, but there's a reason people specialize, right?
>>78584878
The first? No. The second? Yes.
I do agree with you that there's a reason people specialize! I just think folks specialize into weird stupid shit unintentionally these days, because it's often presented as important. Moreover, even when what they're specializing in are valid economic choices, the skills folks specialize into today are hard to write into a "saves the day" narrative. High level finance or being fluent in some obscure programming language or system operation will not defeat the evil overlord in heroic fiction.
>>78584824
Invisbles kept going though
>>78585129
Christ you really need to fuck off with your fedora right back to reddit
>>78581400
Europeans actually get a decent education, so they do know about all of this.
>>78585129
>because it's often presented as important.
And it's not important? Why?
Actually makes sense with the creator owned stuff. It's really baffling in Final Crisis when Wonder Woman starts expositing about meta coneptual New Gods etc.
>>78585507
>Europeans actually get a decent education
>encyclopedic knowledge of occult rituals, post-modernism, hardcore psychotropic drugs, metafiction, extinct indigenous groups' tribal customs, world literature, obscure 60's - 80's avant garde / pop music, Aleister Crowley, magical realism, pop art, western and northern European folklore, ancient conspiracy + Illuminati + Masonic theories, etc. etc.
No.
>>78585507
>Europeans actually get a decent education,
And yet they still dont know that America is a #1
>>78581400
are you talking about john constantine?
>>78587726
>And yet they still dont know that America is a #1
America is piss? Sounds about right.
>>78585507
>>78581400
Can confirm, I'm European and I know about all that shit listed in the OP, but I have never read a Morrison comic.
How obscure exactly is that avant-garde music OP mentioned?
>>78587870
stay mad europoor
>>78587870
Weak, anon. Take your poo poo wee wee bants back to recess.
>>78587920
You lose.
>>78587909
Dunno why don't you try either reading the comics or fucking off.
>>78587909
go to bed, Grant
>implying he reads his own comics
>implying he doesn't write them in a drug-fueled sleepwalking state and then mail them to DC without consciously knowing their contents
>>78587671
You could ask any average European man or woman who finished secondary education about these things and they would have at least some understanding of them.
Sometimes I think Americans forget that they have literally 1/6th the history of most European nations and cultures. You guys just have a lot less going on.
>>78582872
It's that only his major fans think he's as cool as he thinks he is.
>>78584878
>I mean, I can change my oil, and you can probably put on a bandaid, but there's a reason people specialize, right?
Specialization is for insects.
>>78589950
That's a really stupid quote in the full.
>>78590926
Which part is stupid
>A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
