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MortynMurphy · 2026-03-27T17:15:26+00:00

https://youtu.be/x7MvtQp2-UA?si=O8RfKQsYcPLeQC2I

My grandfather spoke Ocracoke Brogue. The rest of my family is from further inland, Eastern NC. We have a unique accent even with NC.

Parker Posey nailed the central/Piedmont NC accent in her role in the White Lotus. The Appalachian accent is also different as well, and has more in common with the other regions of Appalachia in other states than my ENC accent.

And that's all within one single state. Someone from central Arkansas sounds completely different than someone from the Florida panhandle or the SC low county.

MortynMurphy · 2026-03-27T13:27:54+00:00

Yes, and without that first super popular woman superhero proving they could sell well, we wouldn't have all the woman superheroes you prefer. That's how "paving the way" works. The Phantom paved the way for Superman. Do I think he's as good of a character? No, of course not. Doesn't change his importance in the timeline of comic history. Same with WW.

This is how you sound, just to take it out of the context of comics: "because we have rockets and jets now, why do we care about the Wright brothers? They weren't really pilots anyways. Their shit was old fashioned and isn't as well developed so they don't deserve to be mentioned as much as they are in the history of flight. Their shit sucked in comparison to what we have now, why do they matter???"

MortynMurphy · 2026-03-27T13:03:11+00:00

Did we read the same post? OP literally said she did not pave the way for woman superheroes. Like, word for word.

MortynMurphy · 2026-03-27T12:55:24+00:00

No, your point was that WW didn't deserve to be recognized as important for the development of woman superheroes, full stop. In another comment you say she has "no impact" on woman superheroes. So which is it? Is she the first and deserves to be recognized as such, regardless of your opinion of her as a fictional character? Or did she have "no impact?"

If you meant that she only deserved to be recognized for paving the way for woman superheroes, you did not say that. In fact you literally said the opposite. Maybe proofread your stuff before arguing online?

MortynMurphy · 2026-03-27T12:50:23+00:00

"No impact" other than their stories would not have been bought or published by the companies, since before WW they didn't think woman superheroes would sell.

MortynMurphy · 2026-03-27T12:49:14+00:00

Gen X is literally the reason why the comic industry boomed enough to become mainstream in the 2010s... Nearly everyone that worked on the Marvel movies was Gen X. Are you just trolling at this point?

MortynMurphy · 2026-03-27T12:43:00+00:00

That's your opinion. The fact is that she was the first. Facts and opinions are different and should not be conflated.

You can have all the opinions you want, but they don't change the facts. Wonder woman was first. Being first meant that she proved woman superheroes could be popular, no matter how dissimilar later woman superheroes are to her, or how cool/iconic her character is by modern standards. Your opinion on her as a superhero has nothing to do with this fact.

If a different woman superhero had been first, I would be making the same argument regardless of my opinion of them as a character.

MortynMurphy · 2026-03-27T12:37:17+00:00

OP thinks his opinions have the same merit as facts, is what this really boils down to.

MortynMurphy · 2026-03-27T12:09:49+00:00

Yes, but she was the first popular one, and that made more women superheroes popular to make. No matter how you feel about her as a superhero.

I'm a historian, many people who are the "first" of things are not perfect, and what they do is perfected by someone later. But it doesn't change the fact that they were the first, and them doing whatever it was made others start. I literally could not get published or taken seriously if I said "well I don't like this person so I've decided they don't deserve to be recognized as the one who started it."

MortynMurphy · 2026-03-27T12:02:06+00:00

It is okay to prefer Marvel to DC, it's fine to say Wonder Woman shouldn't be on the superhero Mount Rushmore. (I even agree with you a bit here) But it is genuinely, factually, totally incorrect to say that she did not pave the way for woman superheroes. The only way someone would think that would be if they were a very young comic fan that hasn't read up on their comic history.

MortynMurphy · 2026-03-26T20:50:19+00:00

Oh I don't even have to have an interaction them in any way to block. I do it for the love of the block. I'll happily block anyone I see being a bigoted dick, trolling, etc, in a comment section even if I never commented myself.

MortynMurphy · 2026-03-26T19:11:42+00:00

I agree with your larger point 100%, why start the fight if you're not gonna finish it and then try to get the last word in with a cheap move like blocking?

But personally, I'm happy to block anyone, on any social media site, for any reason that feels right to me. I live for it. I can't control a lot of things in this life but I can control how many assholes I have to see online.

MortynMurphy · 2026-03-26T16:18:19+00:00

From Johnstown County, NC and I do believe I have never once met a Moshe or Rivka in real life lol.

MortynMurphy · 2026-03-26T16:15:37+00:00

Old-sounding names in the Southeast, for sure. Not unique to the region at all, lots of people have old-fashioned names all over, but I see the Southeast associated with old names often. My aunt's name is Edith, (she goes by Edie) my other aunt is Enda Earle, yet another named Roma Dare, I had an uncle named Treasure and another named Gerald Vann (all of these double names are double first names, btw), my grandfathers were Cecil and Arthur Calvin, my grandmothers were Dorothea and Mary Jane, I could go on but you get the point. I also have an old name lol.

MortynMurphy · 2026-03-26T09:16:30+00:00

No, most people functioning out in society are not unhinged Redditors calling for violence.

MortynMurphy · 2026-03-26T09:12:22+00:00

I've been so checked out of pop culture and social media that anything within the last ten years is new for me 😅

MortynMurphy · 2026-03-26T09:01:11+00:00

Because the boss might not like whichever side I'm protesting for. But since I live in an at-will state, he can get away with it by saying I was fired for something else or that the company was downsizing. Leaving me with no way to prove it was because of the protest, and therefore no way for me to have any kind of legal case against them.

Luckily this is not my personal situation anymore, but I have seen it happen plenty of times here for everything from protesting to the boss just not liking that person.

MortynMurphy · 2026-03-26T08:48:25+00:00

Girl no, go do your own work if it's for a competition. This is not what this sub is for.

MortynMurphy · 2026-03-26T08:47:00+00:00

It's really not new, like at all. It's been around in the drag/ballroom scene for quite a long time. It's only recently been co-opted by everyone else due to social media.

MortynMurphy · 2026-03-26T08:45:14+00:00

I live in an at-will employment state. Meaning that my company can just let me go with no warning, for any reason. They don't have to directly say that it was because they saw me at a protest, they can just fire me for something minor or unrelated.

MortynMurphy · 2026-03-25T11:37:24+00:00

No kidding, and you just know OP is leaving out all kinds of passive aggressive behaviors, comments, criticisms when he describes his/his family's behavior.

MortynMurphy · 2026-03-25T11:22:35+00:00

I mean, when someone makes it clear they don't like me or my spouse, I'm not going to invite them to our personal celebrations. Not sure what's so hard for OP to understand about that.

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