Geek Culture, Writing and Other Junk from Writer C. A. Wilke
 
Tag: <span>spider-man</span>

Tag: spider-man

General Nerdery, Just Me, TV/Movies, Writing

What Avengers: Endgame has to say about storytelling (and life)

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I REALLY wanted to go see Avengers: Endgame on opening weekend. So badly I could taste it. So several days before the premier, I searched the whole of my favorite theater for the necessary block of seats for my family. Alas, it did not happen. As the captain of a …

Geek Culture

Do Fictional Superheroes Make the Real World Better?

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Having heroes is a huge part of the human experience. It’s part of what drives us to be better people, even if we don’t often realize it. We often feel a secret, even unconscious shame  and envy that our heroes do things we cannot or do not do. Mark Twain …