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Superheroes and other role models

 In the past few weeks I've been watching all the Marvel superhero movies, starting with 2008's Iron Man. Two night ago I watched Avengers: Endgame. It feels like the cycle is complete right now. While I don't want to give away any spoilers, for those who do know the movie/the story I hope you will all agree: The ending is poignant and bittersweet. After watching that ending, I needed some time to process. So, on coming home from work yesterday, I chose to watch the season 2 finale of Star Trek: Picard instead of starting on the next movie in the Marvel universe. The next movie is a Spiderman story. Strangely enough, I've never really been a Spiderman fan. The X-Men? Yes, definitely! Batman too. Superman, of course! I loved the Captain Planet stories featuring teens from all around the world getting together to make the world a better place. Xena. Hercules. And then of course there was Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Sarah Michelle Gellar's Buffy gave me a regular superhe...