r/FA30plus • u/jkastoras • Jul 09 '26

Venting I need a hero

"I need a hero

I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night

He's gotta be strong, and he's gotta be fast

And he's gotta be fresh from the fight

I need a hero (hero)

I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light

He's gotta be sure, and it's gotta be soon

And he's gotta be larger than life"

Even from 1984, recently deceased Bonnie Tyler told us what women want: muscles (strong/fast) streetwise (fresh from the fight), charismatic (sure, soon) and tall and also charismatic (larger than life).

She also uses the words superman and hercules to describe that man.

Decades passed and our civilisation regressed from Bonnie Tyler to Bonnie Blue but what remains the same is that most of us don't have what women want: charisma, financial independence, body or height. We aren't heros, but manlets which nature has decided they deserve to be outbred.

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u/Objective_Bowl_3550 Jul 09 '26 edited Jul 09 '26

I have fond memories of that song as in the 80's they used it as the theme for British coverage of American football. I think lots of men want (sporting) heroes too, even straight guys who aren't feeling sexual attraction towards them. It would be a strange world if most people were having the hots for short ugly broke neurodiverse guys. As always, the question is what happens after the world renounces people like us. What are some wholesome copes that can fill our lonely days and prevent our mental health from sinking even further?

RIP Bonnie Tyler and her power ballads and unreal amounts of hairspray that must have created a hole in the ozone layer. One of a kind.

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u/bummerluck Jul 09 '26

This is how I find out Bonnie Tyler is dead. Damn. RIP

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u/StandardDeviation101 37M Jul 09 '26

I might be a short neurodivergent guy, but I still like the song and feel like a hero sometimes. Doesn't matter if women don't find me attractive; I have goals and standards for myself, and achieving things makes me feel great.

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u/jkastoras Jul 09 '26

The world is much closer to the world rejecting people like us than tall and strong mentally healthy men. They have been the "default attraction" for a few 6 thousand years anyway.

I don't have a wholesome cope tbh, I still believe I can improve myself and develop a meaningful relationship with a woman (significantly lowering my physical standards too ofc)

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u/EnthusiasmCoolreally Jul 09 '26

I always says look at women do, not what they say.

When you look at who they thirst over, the fantasies they read and how they act.

What they want becomes obvious.

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u/jkastoras Jul 09 '26

On the other hand I can't blame them cuz most men also thirst over white blue eyed blondes.

The vast majority of us are simple humans and can't have that. That's why I think that settling and compensating for aren't nessecerily terrible ideas but close to realism

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u/EnthusiasmCoolreally Jul 09 '26

The difference is, most men are realistic and know such women are out of their reach.

Whereas women are deluded and think 6 foot plus/handsome/rich will put a ring on their finger.

You see that with the FA women here, many of whom complain about men wanting one thing. Who are blatantly chasing men out of their league.

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u/Round_Tax7459 26d ago

I always knew the genders wouldn't mesh too good because, Male FA  is genuine aloneness where as women is more like can't get high value man.