Feel free to highlight people from both reality and fiction - and why they make a good role model.

    • Dagwood222@lemm.eeEnglish
      14·
      7 months ago

      [off topic] One of the best ‘ask science fiction’ questions I ever read. What would have happened if baby Kal-El had been found and raised by the Addmas Family?

        • Dagwood222@lemm.eeEnglish
          6·
          7 months ago

          Well, one thing I see is that the Addams and the Luthors must be frenemies before the crash. Lex is super competitive and Gomez is one of the few rich guys he sees as being his equal.

          Also, Wednesday is Batgirl.

    • Everythingispenguins@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      7 months ago

      The Addams family was a genuine departure from most sitcom families, It depicted a Family who loved each other, parents who I weren’t afraid to openly I show love for each other and actively supported their children’s endeavors.

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  • owenfromcanada@lemmy.worldEnglish
    321·
    7 months ago

    Aragorn from the Lord of the Rings. Kiss your homies on the forehead, then stab a nazgul.

    I read an article where the author explained how she felt so comfortable with all the men in LotR because of the healthy portrayal of masculinity.

    • drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      I see Aragorn posted a lot in these threads. But its easy to be that hero when your enemy are orcs.
      It says a lot that almost all of these are fictional.

      • spacecadet@lemm.eeEnglish
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        2 months ago

        You have to see past the character and to the archetype. When I refer to these characters I mean from the books not the movies/shows, but Elrond, Aragorn, Faramir, Gandalf, Tom Bombadil, and many others are good role models. Tolkien also addresses men who seem heroic but are not, just because they are fighting bad guys doesn’t mean they are good guys, consider Feanor and Fingolfin, Saruman in the books is more or less like USSR and Nazi germany during the polish invasion more than allies.

        Tolkien is nearly unmatched in writing male role models.

    • FBJimmy@lemmus.orgEnglish
      91·
      7 months ago

      When Steve Irwin was alive I thought he was amazing, but then again he died as I entered my twenties… These days when I look back at pictures like this, I do question how much of a ‘great guy’ he was…

      • I_Am_Jacks_____@lemmings.worldEnglish
        5·
        7 months ago

        Absolutely. The soccer/football aspects of the show are really pretty minimal. I didn’t go into the show as a soccer fan and really enjoyed it.

      • Wwwbdd@lemmy.worldEnglish
        61·
        7 months ago

        I found it to be saccharine garbage. I struggled through one season because I always heard good things and I truly hated it by the end. It’s on the level of Paw Patrol for dramatic tension

      • BeefPiano@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        7 months ago

        Yeah, I don’t like any sports and I loved Ted Lasso. A part of my fondness might be due to the show arriving in the thick of COVID and the Trump presidency.

      • Crackhappy@lemmy.worldMEnglish
        2·
        6 months ago

        Yep. 100% absolutely. I am also not into sports at all, and honestly I don’t even give a crap about the sports part, I care about the fantastic portrayal of what real men are.

  • Iceblade@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
    191·
    7 months ago

    I will also submit Stephen Fry - for afaik being a great guy all around.

    • Rookwood@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      7 months ago

      There’s a lot of good British comedians who are. Stephen had a cocaine addiction, but he’s talked about it openly and his struggle with it.

  • antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    15·
    7 months ago

    Bandit, from the cartoon Bluey, is a good role model dad. He has two little girls and he is always playing with them, usually trying to teach them to be better at the same time. He also sets boundaries in a polite and respectful way. He owns up to his mistakes and he doesn’t lie to his kids or manipulate. He knows he’s not perfect, but it doesn’t hurt to try, right? He is also a good husband to his wife Chili. I just wonder how much weed he smokes off screen to be so tuned into the moment.

    • cucumber_sandwich@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      7 months ago

      I love how everyone in bluey just feels like a person. Like when bandit is sleeping and dreaming of playing football with his mates. In many kids shows parents have no personality beyond being parents. Bluey is different.

      • antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        2·
        7 months ago

        Yeah or Relax and Stickbird where Chili can’t relax her mind, and then Bandit is mulling over something on the beach. Then they get back from their trip in Show and Tell, and suddenly Bandit wants to buy a surfboard. But we all know he probably won’t have much time for it.

  • Iceblade@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
    10·
    7 months ago

    I’ll admit, I was stuck on this for a while before posting, trying to come up with a (relatively) recent example.

    My pick is Baby from Baby driver (awesome movie btw). It is the story of a young man who partly through poor decisions, and partly through circumstance ends up in bad circles. Throughout the movie, he learns to stand up for himself, what (he believes) is right, and those he cares for.

    What I found most compelling however is how he - when faced with a serious choice - takes responsibility for his actions and mistakes, owning up to them and in the process stops the people he cares most about ending up in harms way.

    In my opinion, that is perhaps one of the most important parts of being a man, owning and taking responsibility for your actions, even when that may come at a great personal cost.

  • username_unavailable@lemmy.worldEnglish
    71·
    7 months ago

    Wil Wheaton seems like the kind of man I’d like to be. I used to read his blog in like 2004/2006? And the interviews and writing I’ve seen just confirm he’s a better person than me. And to hear what he went through with his family and the way he talks about it, it’s obvious to me that either he’s received good therapy, had good support around him, or was just naturally adept at emotionally processing and a way I probably never will be even with therapy.