Is the Hero dead?: Heroes in an a post cynic age
-R.A the Rugged 'A Philosophy' As a lay historian I cannot exactly put a finger on the definitive moment in time that began the age of the of the cynic. Perhaps, it was some time between the death of the nineties and the rise of the naughts. However, somewhere along the way there was a rejection of shiny heroes. Instead pushing for darker, grittier, deconstructed, and more often faulted heroes. An almost counter culture like scenario where instead of mocking going to work in a cubicle and buying into 'the dream', they instead rallied around the idea of not buying into traditional heroes and mocking the idea as immature or unsophisticated. As if to say there is no way that anyone can be good. Yet, I wonder if this new found 'maturity' has not come at a cost, and if we have gone too far. Have we trained ourselves into a landscape where sarcasm and cynicism are the norms we accept. I want to make it clear. I am not against characters having faults, infact I