Thread:Mesektet/@comment-3581997-20160615160106/@comment-24469175-20171130141050

I understand that watchmen is very popular because of how it deconstructs super heroes as a whole, but like everything deconstructing something doesn’t automatically mean that it’s more clever or a better story, not dissing it in the slightest but while I do like it I do feel like it’s showing the world in a much darker manner than it actually is, not saying things aren’t dark right now but it’s not like we’re in a hopeless world. I think some people believe the idea that something being darker and edgier is a deconstruction, it’s not, Steven universe himself is a deconstruction of an all loving hero and the show he’s in isn’t a hopeless dark world with sociopathic heroes. You can have a deconstruction and still be very lighthearted and idealistic. I think Alan Moore said that he kind of regretted making watchmen because of what it popularized, when the point of the comic was to showcase why those types of people aren’t worth following.

Hell you can play things straight and still be clever, you don’t need to play with the trope to be a good storyteller.