Unless you read the comics, saw the cartoon from the 90's, or played the licensed games on 6th-generation game consoles (PS2, Gamecube, Xbox), and your only exposure to marvel characters has been Disney movies, you wouldn't know Mysterio's actual deal. I'm two out of three. Always watched the show and am a lifelong gamer. Therefore, it was no shocker that he (spoiler alert) is the primary villain. With today's movie technology, he could seemingly twist and manipulate reality to prove his point about "truth," even if it involves a strong dash of lies.
In another scene, when some big hard truths are revealed about Peter Parker, his school group gets some very questionable ideas of who Peter might be from someone in the group who sharply hates him. What's MJ do? In this new version of her, she releases a sharp wit, warping the concept of relative truth on its head and practically weaponizes falsehood to shut the guy up. I thought it was brilliant and funny. In essence, the story progressed when hard truth was revealed, regardless of consequences. Otherwise, relative truth was played for humor and special effects.
Today, it seems like the reverse happens day by day. Truth gets played for bad jokes and people think their own truth will advance the story of their life. Then again, that seems to get nowhere when everyone argues that their own view is either more important or valid than yours.
In recent years, I've been complimented as being a gentleman and a scholar.
I'm one. I have a thing for old-fashioned manners, which is rare today. I don't care, I always believed it's more important trying to show gentlemanly manners than sounding like a YouTube comment section just because that's the norm.
By technical definition, I'm not a scholar. I flunked out of college twice, going for four different majors. I learn differently than others. I do appreciate the sentiment people are giving, but let's face it; in today's world where a college degree proves worth to s substantial degree (no pun intended), I'm no one.
The truth can be a frightful thing these days. No, scratch that, it's been a dangerous thing since ancient times, but in varying degrees and in different cultures.
In my mind, I can manipulate how I think in certain ways without affecting the core of truth. I see from multiple angles and think logically. I've heard the term "high-speed thought processes," which can accurately describe what it's like to have 5-15 thoughts in the span of a couple mere seconds.
For this month, I'd say it's apropos to say the hard objective truth can be frightening. Maybe scarier than DC's Black Label comics and Dark Horse comics.
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