Um - I'd say to this that even those of us who act on principle have those principles because we were taught them, by people we love and respect. Many of us start with people, and our love for them. We all have to start somewhere.
As to the last bit, I'm not sure I can find the quote again, but what I was getting at is this: Superman is a superhero; he has superpowers and is basically invulnerable. This is so completely boring that the writers had to come up with kryptonite to give him a vulnerability.
Batman, like Severus Snape, is flawed, haunted by demons, and human. He has no superpowers. I prefer Batman - and Snape (who, in the context of his world, is also just an everyday Joe - but even more so than Batman, because he is dirt-poor and has few or no friends). I like vulnerable guys (and women) who struggle against their own flaws to get things done. Superpowers bore me.
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Date: 2009-08-06 03:01 pm (UTC)As to the last bit, I'm not sure I can find the quote again, but what I was getting at is this: Superman is a superhero; he has superpowers and is basically invulnerable. This is so completely boring that the writers had to come up with kryptonite to give him a vulnerability.
Batman, like Severus Snape, is flawed, haunted by demons, and human. He has no superpowers. I prefer Batman - and Snape (who, in the context of his world, is also just an everyday Joe - but even more so than Batman, because he is dirt-poor and has few or no friends). I like vulnerable guys (and women) who struggle against their own flaws to get things done. Superpowers bore me.