Interesting! Where does Julian Assange fit in your model?
Where does Julian Assange fit in your model?
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Has Assange changed sides, back and forth, like Snowden and Bannon? I don’t mean is he a hero or a traitor. That’s opinion and I personally think he not only did the right thing with Wikileaks (all of it....he leaks from every country, every *side*, as a vendor for vetted whistleblowers), but he paid a price with years of isolation. Given the price paid, he’s closer to the Hero side of the archetype spectrum.
Where does he fit in the Marvel Universe format (or within any story, really)? He’d be a constant, a archetypal reminder that there is always a price to pay even (especially?) when acting from the highest motives, an icon as well as an iconoclast. I asked my husband and he can’t think of a MU parallel, either.
I went back into Greek mythology for an example and came up with the Titan Prometheus who stole fire from the gods to give to mankind. The Hero, Hercules, killed the eagle who was devouring Prometheus’ ever-regenerating liver and freed him.
This seems a good fit with Assange, with perhaps Trump as Hercules (cleaning out the Aegean Stables in a day and the rest, most of which involved killing some ferocious beast or another or going on successful quests. Killing the Lernaean Hydra is a great fit with Draining the Swamp), except, unlike Hercules, Trump has no great crime for which to atone and has volunteered for his heroic mission, instead of serving a penance. (AFAIK).
A really good question, given the conversation. Thanx. I enjoyed attempting to answer it.
I used this site:
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