tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post1465471049033088667..comments2024-02-24T03:34:18.060-05:00Comments on Stealing Commas: Random bit of Superhero fictionchris the cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-20992121661313050142015-08-25T22:00:23.127-04:002015-08-25T22:00:23.127-04:00Mm - yeah, depending on the supervillain, that cou...Mm - yeah, depending on the supervillain, that could become very straightforward very quickly.Packbathttp://packbat.net/w/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-21570970369642702732015-08-25T20:36:00.918-04:002015-08-25T20:36:00.918-04:00Oh, I see punching in the face as fraught too, but...Oh, I see punching in the face as fraught too, but if you're a super hero fighting super villains, a lot of the issues presumably go away.chris the cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-52602575397638651072015-08-25T20:03:58.998-04:002015-08-25T20:03:58.998-04:00As wonderful as that is, I meant, "Hero got b...<i>As wonderful as that is, I meant, "Hero got butt kicked, no one else bothered trying to figure out where he landed and see if he needed help."</i><br /><br />Ahh - that makes sense.<br /><br />And the point about confidence is interesting. I'm the sort of person who sees punching-in-the-face as fraught with complications, but that's the philosopher in me; I can see how someone with social anxiety problems could see superheroing as the simpler, less terrifying part of their life.Packbathttp://packbat.net/w/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-74961409991201279602015-08-25T15:58:05.905-04:002015-08-25T15:58:05.905-04:00And the idea that a superhero's identity is mo...<i>And the idea that a superhero's identity is mostly secret because people don't bother trying to figure out makes all the sense.</i><br /><br />As wonderful as that is, I meant, "Hero got butt kicked, no one else bothered trying to figure out where he landed and see if he needed help."<br /><br />Though what you said is generally true for the story as a whole as it is in my head, the fact of the matter is that most people have more important things on their minds.<br /><br />He actually has some decent ways of hiding his identity in spite of not wearing a mask and having his face not change (the hair thing is a big one because people have seen the hero be pulled by the hair --HARD-- so they know it isn't a wig where in mundane life his hair is clearly much shorter) but the biggest thing is something that he isn't even trying to do.<br /><br />He's a traditional superhero in that he deals with problems which can be punched in the face. Punching in the face is fairly easy and straightforward, especially since he has superpowers, and so he does it with confidence that shows in his posture, his mannerisms, his tone and mode of speech, and would also show in the look in his eyes if not for his sunglasses (which are naturally the same prescription as his mundane glasses but no one knows the hero wears prescription glasses.)<br /><br />On the other hand making friends, navigating social situations, surviving small talk, and generally living a normal life are hard as hell for him so he gives off entirely different vibes.<br /><br />He'd lose a hero-him imitation contest because the only immediately obvious thing he has in common with hero-him his how he looks. Of course that would require him to enter said contest which he'd never do because so many strangers == scary.<br /><br />He'd actually like to be able to bring hero-confidence to everyday life (and doesn't realize it would do more to threaten his secret than much of anything else ever could) but social situations are so much <i>harder</i> and more scary than death rays.chris the cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-81221073224096399872015-08-25T12:16:08.597-04:002015-08-25T12:16:08.597-04:00Neat.
And the idea that a superhero's identit...Neat.<br /><br />And the idea that a superhero's identity is mostly secret because people don't bother trying to figure out makes all the sense.<br /><br />I'd read more about these characters if it were written. I like them. (I like her more, though - although this is a situation in which the lying was probably appropriate.)Packbathttp://packbat.net/w/noreply@blogger.com