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Imaginary Worlds

Why They Fight

Imaginary Worlds

Eric Molinsky

Fiction, Arts, Society & Culture, Science Fiction

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2016

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

On the big screen this Spring, Batman will try to take down Superman, Iron Man is going to fight Captain America, and Daredevil will battle Punisher on Netflix. Cleary we are more interested in watching superheroes fight each other instead of the bad guys. The brawl between these characters isn't just about ego -- it taps into a larger conflict about personal ethics and the law. In other words, it's a battle of character alignments, a term first made popular by the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. Featuring novelist and comic book writer Samuel Sattin, Florida A&M University philosophy professor Michael LaBossiere and Brooklyn assistant district attorney Patrick O' Connor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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You're listening to Imaginary Worlds.

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I show about how we create them and why we suspend our disbelief.

0:54.6

I'm Eric Mollinsky.

0:56.6

So back in September, I did an episode about Dungeons & Dragons, which I never played growing

1:01.1

up, but I had read so many interviews with writers, talked about how D&D influenced them,

1:06.3

and wanted to learn how to play and kind of unlock the secrets.

1:11.0

And I'm still playing with a private group.

1:14.1

But there's one element of the game, which at that time, I didn't really truly understand

1:19.7

or appreciate.

1:22.1

In the months since I've done that episode, I've come to realize that this aspect of Dungeons

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