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

[i-leonardo.livejournal.com]

any correlation with the nationalities of the creators or their intended audiences ? it's a characteristically american fetish (going waaaaay back). also, are you distinguishing between a hero having a destiny and an author (or filmmaker) that just won't let you forget it for a single minute ? when i compare modern movies to ones from 15 or 20 years ago, they seem a lot more emo to me.