so, i was idly thinking about media.

[rmd]

charliegrrrl had a post on io9 about the new kirk and notes that the new kirk has a DESTINY.

which got me thinking... heroes with Destinies are pretty common now. annoyingly so at times.

they didn't used to be.

what happened? is this just mediocre storytelling tropes run amok? reflective of a change in social expectations of heroes? something else?

huh.

Comments

[laurenpburka.livejournal.com]

I think it's all the scifi reading and writing Aspies who don't fit in the real world and like to imagine that people from their planet of origin will pick them up, take them home, and finally give them the feelings of being loved and fitting in that they haven't quite got in their lives.

But maybe that's just me.

[catness.livejournal.com]

What lpb said. Heh.

CALGON, TAKE ME AWAY!