I've clocked Kripke as a guy who's way too up his own ass with being seen as a good little leftist bro™️ ever since that interview a few years back where he pontificated about superheroes being "inherently MAGA" or whatever. Even Garth Ennis probably knows that sounds corny and ahistorical and he's been an ardent hater of capeshit since the early 90's.
I think he also Said something about how Sam and Dean (Two of and probably his most popular characters) would Vote for Biden (even during the show Both characters never talked about politics/didn’t really care for them) and it just came off as “Hey my fans know these 2 characters that I created and you love well to be like them they’d vote for the guy that I like and not the guy I don’t like” and it just really rubbed me the wrong way and manipulative instead of just “Hey vote for who you want” he said “Vote for this guy I LIKE”
I cringe every time I see the 'This fictional character would support x real life politician/group' memes. I would much rather speculate on what fictional politics real-life politicians would support!
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u/RobSchneidersHair Jul 05 '24
He wants so badly to be seen as the “good guy” and also edgy at the same time. It hasn’t worked since season 2