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

  • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    7 months ago

    A young man could do worse than following in the footsteps of Norm Abram.

    Master carpenter, published author, avid spokesman for personal protective equipment, accomplished television host and all around stand up guy.

  • Iceblade@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
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    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
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    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.

  • owenfromcanada@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    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
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      4 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.

  • Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.eeEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Noel Feilding

    Just seems like a really lovely person

    The Totally Made Up Adventures of Dick Turpin is hilariously silly, like most stuff he does