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As some of you may have read last week, I had an intense conversation with ChatGPT about the nature of the unconscious super-heroine trope now and back in the day. It had quite some interesting insights, which you can read here, if you haven't already... While that post lead to some comments and DM's from people asking further about the nature and origin of our "interest", I had actually had a long conversation with ChatGPT about that prior. Since many of you asked, I've posted the entire breakdown of that conversation below. But, TLD'R: It primary (50-70% of it's influence) comes from exposure to certain media at an early age. Pretty sure for many of us that is going to be Wonder Woman in the '60s. Charlies Angels, etc. and then the cartoons of the '80s and '90s. I'm curious to hear from those of you that have different first experienes.. In Summary “The fetish around the heroines defeat doesn’t stem from sexual intent but from the intensity of the emotions the scene evokes.

Lately I've been having some interest in trying to understand the psychology behind our interest, but also it's value in story telling back in the day. I've had some other conversations with ChatGPT around it which I might post at a later time. This one is specifically around trying to understand the "unconscious heroine" trope and trying to understand the similarities in personality and storyline between my favourite characters and why it's absent in modern day comics. I asked it to summarise the conversation and here’s the gist of it. Welcome to the "Rendered Unconscious" Trope in Comics: A Summary The Trope of Being Rendered Unconscious Throughout comic book history, especially from the 1970s to the 1990s, the trope of rendering female characters unconscious was commonly used. It served as a narrative device to create dramatic tension, often heightening the need for a male hero to step in and save the day.  This trope was widespread, particularly in superhero comics where

It doesn't come to anybody's surprise that I look at old comic books often (just look at my comic book section here). Especially older ones as they have the best scenes. Over the years I've always made it my mission to grab scenes in the highest quality and I was always looking forward to new releases of older scenes. However, despite the sharper lines from the increased resolution, I notice something is significantly off with the colouring. It's more flat. I feel less emersed. There's something nostalgic about the old comic books. The scans, with the sometimes ugly colors. Makes the scene more "real", or give it more depth, more meaning. Not sure if anybody can relate or if my new appreciation for the older, dustier scenes just effect of seeing so much AI art? Or maybe nobody cares 😄 Tell me.. curious to hear your thoughts. Warlock Infinity Watch #4 Some scenes from from Fantastic Four Vol 1 An oldie with Scarlet Witch in Avengers 154