Heather Ness Feb 1, 2019 3 min The Psychology of Aquaman Let's get meta about the psychology of Aquaman fans for a sec. Why has there been no other Aquaman before this? Ok, there was an Arthur C...
Heather Ness Jan 28, 2019 5 min The Psychology of The Wolverine The film begins prior to the Weapon X experiment during World War II in a Japanese village. Wolverine saves a Japanese soldier from an ho...
Heather Ness Jan 16, 2019 3 min Psychology of Marvel's Inhumans "Who we are is not who we are born. We transform." On earth those discovered to be part Inhuman are hunted down by the humans. Scouts see...
Heather Ness Jan 9, 2019 3 min Into the Psychology of the Spider-Verse Superheroes are our modern mythology. The thing about mythology is that the story changes with time and with retelling, but there are cor...
Heather Ness Jun 9, 2018 1 min Psychology of Iron Man (2008) “Tony’s struggle with anxiety is poignant because it allows us to realize that he is, in fact, still human. To this end, it doesn’t matte...
Heather Ness Jun 7, 2018 1 min Psychology of All-Star Superman Superman and Lex Luthor both face impending deaths. Superman has contracted some sort of Kryptonian cancer via sun radiation, and Lex has...
Heather Ness Jun 7, 2018 1 min Psychology of Captain America: Civil War Steve Rogers as Captain America literally embodies American, individualistic values and makes his decisions based on those values through...
Heather Ness Jun 7, 2018 1 min Psychology of Doctor Strange Elizabeth Kubler-Ross wrote about the stages of grief in her book On Death and Dying. She related these stages to grief over loss of a lo...
Heather Ness Jun 7, 2018 1 min Psychology of Jason Todd The first Robin, Dick Grayson, grows up and becomes Nightwing. Batman, of course, needs a Robin. He finds his second Robin in Jason Todd,...
Heather Ness Jun 7, 2018 1 min Psychology of the Joker and Harley Quinn Domestic abuse or inter-partner violence (IVP) is an incredibly common yet overlooked issue. Unfortunately, relationships in which one pa...