Of course, if you try to write a story about a magical man who fell to Earth and was raised by farmers, and went off to do wonderful things, then people are going to compare it and him to Superman. So even if you try to make it non-meta, by not addressing that you're STILL making a meta statement. That's the problem with archetypes.
It doesn't mean you can't do interesting things with the archetype, but there's no way the comparison won't be drawn. The reader has the meta knowledge of Superman, and that's going to influence things.
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Date: 2007-12-22 09:40 pm (UTC)It doesn't mean you can't do interesting things with the archetype, but there's no way the comparison won't be drawn. The reader has the meta knowledge of Superman, and that's going to influence things.