The hero's journey is broad brush enough that what counts as heroic behaviour, what counts as growth in the face of adversity, what counts as victory, and what

The hero's journey is broad brush enough that what counts as heroic behaviour, what counts as growth in the face of adversity, what counts as victory, and what counts as a reward are entirely up for grabs. So it's THJ with a crude form of masculine power fantasy woven through it. Importantly, it's very similar in all but superficial form to the "jock" power fantasy that it is by subcultural convention held up against. Geek culture has been this since the beginning.