But "being all powerful" isn't really a useful or interesting way of "figuring out a way of not being an asshole"
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @arthur_affect
Sure, it's a cheat and a power fantasy (but so are most comic book characters, *how* strong isn't the problem). But the thing is, you still need to present a way to deal with the bad things, however you symbolize them. Comics are heightened reality. The powers aren't the thing.
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Replying to @MudDude4 @arthur_affect
Yes but Spiderman can swing around and disarm people and climb on walls and sometimes he has a mech suit. That's heightened reality but he still doesn't know if people outside his immediate area are in danger, he can't manipulate time, he can still be physically harmed
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Spider-Man is a person you can tell a story that makes sense about. Superman is God, an interventionist God, and the only stories that can be told about such a being are ones with Him as the antagonist
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I don’t think this is true
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Replying to @Cybren @BootlegGirl and
The fantasy of Superman is specifically “someone who has no reason to be a good person is”, that might not be resonant for you in particular but it is for plenty of people
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I mean, does anyone have a "reason" to be a "good person"? What even is a good person? The fact that we can answer that easily for Superman is the only reason that's even a coherent thing. Most of us have massive tradeoffs
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @Cybren and
If I invest emotional energy to help one stranger, I may or may not benefit them, and there's another stranger I won't be helping in that time, and I will be drained and unable to help other people later Superman, quite simply, can help all of them and be fine
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @Cybren and
This really is the biggest problem with the guy. How does he have time to be Clark? I'm sure he could come to terms with not being everywhere at once and you shouldn't criticize him for it. But you can for him taking a break.
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Replying to @Tuplet @BootlegGirl and
Astro City took this concept really far, their Superman expy (the Samaritan) has Silver Age Superman's superintelligence and has calculated all the random bullshit is necessary for the long term greater good Like he does charity appearances so people won't be scared of him
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The PR "friendly neighborhood superhero" stuff is necessary to defray a small probability of a future timeline where the world decides he's a threat and declares war on him, hampering his ability to save people and costing X future lives
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Tuplet and
Unlike more modern portrayals of Clark Kent, Samaritan has the Golden Age Superman motive of actually using the secret identity to gather intel and spend all his downtime planning and strategizing He hasn't had an actual break in years
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Tuplet and
There's this whole bittersweet story about him going to enormous lengths to try to keep the world quiet and safe for just one night so he can have a date with his fellow superhero
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