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The author emphasizes a recurring pattern in modern media: stories begin by establishing a “normal” world with traditional or conventional characters, only to subvert it by humiliation, replacement, or systematic undermining.
Series like Stranger Things and Umbrella Academy follow this pattern closely. In Stranger Things, the antagonist's arc culminates in his downfall after being humiliated and then reoriented into collaboration with the protagonists. Similarly, Umbrella Academy reduces male characters to ineptitudes while elevating marginal and oppressed figures, aligning with the ideological narrative of social justice.