I just don't think the comparison works beyond a very surface level "person that writes big two cape books and wins awards, I guess"
Like even to say King is "influenced" by Moore. Maybe King thinks that's the case, but that's also pretty shallow if it's the case at all. King is almost quite literally the modern actualization of what Moore disliked about capes and how he saw the concept evolving. Now instead of just being propaganda to espouse the idea of American exceptionalism, we have literal soldiers writing these characters based on their own "woe is me" perspective with no questioning of their place in the military industrial complex or even any acknowledgement that the complex is there.
TL;DR - Moore hates everything King and his approach to writing these characters symbolizes.
Will reply to this! Just need a bit.
Because Heroes in Crisis further perpetuates the stereotypes that mental illness turns you into a time bomb doomed to hurt and kill everyone around you. This cannot be a serious question.
If you need to split hairs between "the depressed guy killed a bunch of people" and "the depressed guy killed a bunch of people" then I think that says all there is to say.
Hard disagree. Even though Heroes in Crisis failed in many regards, one thing it did show was that self-doubt, sadness, depression, and mental illness are things that everyone wrestles with. Even superheroes. To insinuate that Wally was alone in his emotional turmoil and that he was singled out because of it is a complete misrepresentation. Wally was one of many. HiC made clear that it could have been anyone -- that wasn't it's problem. Wally was just the one that had a very bad moment at a very bad time. The problem was turning it into a comic-booky murder mystery with ridiculous shenanigans.
The fact that people died because of Wally's very bad moment is more a statement on the realities of having superpowers and the responsibility that goes along with it. Superheroes don't allow themselves to be vulnerable this way because of the possible consequences. People could die. Now the opposite is shown to be true, as well. Not allowing yourself to explore your own emotions is dangerous, too. The way HiC ended, reopening Sanctuary, was actually one of its strongest bits. Superheroes don't often allow themselves to be vulnerable this way, but they have to. Everyone has to, or at least everyone should. Because bottling it up can only make things worse.
Shunting off all context to say "DEPRESSED GUY MURDERED FOLK" is complete bullshit and can only be argued by misreading the book with intention.
