Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-4651179-20181113132311/@comment-4651179-20181113213929

Nausiated wrote: His passing doesn't come as a shock to me. He was 95 years old. He lived a long life. So some of the grief expressed above is histrionic in my opinion. Also, unlike most, his passing doesn't fill me with sadness.

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Back when Steve Ditko died, we talked about it and homaged him for days in the Discord server. I created this threat because I saw a demand from the community to express their grief over Stan Lee's death. I personally didn't think it was necessary, but I figured it would probably be odd if the Marvel Database didn't do anything considering the status of Stan Lee as a pop culture icon and the fact that every media outlet is lamenting his passing. This is the reason this thread was posted today and not yesterday.

I understand the desire to keep the record straight and clarify the true place of Stan Lee in history, especially when compared to the kind of recognition (or lack thereof) creators like Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko have received from the general public, but I don't see this as being the appropriate place.

Stan Lee wasn't a perfect person and did, but neither was he a monster to the point people shouldn't be allowed to feel even remotely sad that he passed away. I think there should be a balance between putting Stan in a shining pedestal and demonizing him. And being cynical and tearing him down, especially in a context meant to honor him doesn't show wisdom but ill-intent.

What is really nauseating is that you have to chastise people for expressing genuine grief even if they don't know the full picture, especially in such a condescending and contemptuous way.