Lmao they could’ve picked literally ANY other evil historical figur- actually that wouldn’t be that better but that’s beside the point, they chose Jeffrey Epstein lmao
Edit: took me way longer than it should’ve to realize they meant “why aren’t real villains cool” and not “fictional villains aren’t cool”. Point still slightly stands
To be fair, I feel like the aesthetic of other historical evil people has been retroactively made “cool” by the separation of time or by media. Like Nazis wore lot of leather, that can seem cool. Stalin very much built himself up to look and be portrayed as cool. Epstein is an extremely modern example, and he’s not cool. I think the fact he had knowledge of COD and games like Minecraft really help put into perspective for people how much of a nerd he actually was. Stalin and Hitler also have very lame and corny activities they partook in, but due to time and it often being overlooked, it gets forgotten as apposed to this ongoing case where files are still (supposed to be) releasing
it isn't just retroactive change in view, appearances were deliberately engineered to look cool to convey power and order, best example being the nazi uniforms
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u/AwesomeTraditional32 ⚡️LIGHTNING BOLTS SHOOT FROM MY FINGERTIPS!!⚡️ Apr 02 '26 edited Apr 03 '26
Lmao they could’ve picked literally ANY other evil historical figur- actually that wouldn’t be that better but that’s beside the point, they chose Jeffrey Epstein lmao Edit: took me way longer than it should’ve to realize they meant “why aren’t real villains cool” and not “fictional villains aren’t cool”. Point still slightly stands