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Holding Out For A Hero: An Original Superhero Quest

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[X] I have my own reasons for not going official, but I don't have a problem with Capes in general. They're just doing a job.
[X] They're trying to keep the city safe. I have to respect them for that, at least.

I think this is the biggest problem people have with Not!Protectorate capes - they're people doing a job. Really more like police with superpowers than what people think of traditional 'heroes', and so when a glamorized fiction meets mundane reality disappointment and bitterness are inevitable. Plus, there are some bad eggs who tarnish the whole affair, and general unhappiness at the government tends to be targeted at them as well. Ultimately, these people are choosing to use their powers to help people instead of making money or whatever they want, so you have respect them for that much.

Let's hope the Armsmaster expie is a little less 'special' than the original, by the way.
 
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[X] A few of them are alright, but there are a few Capes that can be real jackasses.
 
[X] A few of them are alright, but there are a few Capes that can be real jackasses.
[X] With the rules they have to abide, the red tape, and only allowed to stop the crimes they're assigned, I don't even know if they even make a difference in this city.
 
[x] They aren't bad people, but the five seconds that Corporal Steel just spent flying over my neighborhood was more time than any Capes spend down here in the last month.
 
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I'm keeping the voting open for another 24 hours If anyone wants to change their votes or vote for something else, feel free
Adhoc vote count started by Agent 99 on May 24, 2018 at 7:00 PM, finished with 285 posts and 9 votes.
  • [X] A few of them are alright, but there are a few Capes that can be real jackasses.
    [X] They're trying to keep the city safe. I have to respect them for that, at least.
    [X] A few of them are alright, but there are a few Capes that can be real jackasses.
    [X] I have my own reasons for not going official, but I don't have a problem with Capes in general. They're just doing a job.
    [X] They're trying to keep the city safe. I have to respect them for that, at least.
    [X] A few of them are alright, but there are a few Capes that can be real jackasses.
    [X] With the rules they have to abide, the red tape, and only allowed to stop the crimes they're assigned, I don't even know if they even make a difference in this city.
    [x] They aren't bad people, but the five seconds that Corporal Steel just spent flying over my neighborhood was more time than any Capes spend down here in the last month.
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[X] They're trying to keep the city safe. I have to respect them for that, at least.
 
[X] They're trying to keep the city safe. I have to respect them for that, at least.
 
Alright, One more vote tally

So, we have a tie between thinking that some of them are jackasses and respecting them.

...Those two aren't mutually exclusive. Sonya will probably have both opinions. Superheroes have a tough job and do a lot of good, but some of them are real pricks.
Adhoc vote count started by Agent 99 on May 25, 2018 at 6:55 PM, finished with 288 posts and 11 votes.
  • [X] They're trying to keep the city safe. I have to respect them for that, at least.
    [X] A few of them are alright, but there are a few Capes that can be real jackasses.
    [X] A few of them are alright, but there are a few Capes that can be real jackasses.
    [X] I have my own reasons for not going official, but I don't have a problem with Capes in general. They're just doing a job.
    [X] They're trying to keep the city safe. I have to respect them for that, at least.
    [X] A few of them are alright, but there are a few Capes that can be real jackasses.
    [X] With the rules they have to abide, the red tape, and only allowed to stop the crimes they're assigned, I don't even know if they even make a difference in this city.
    [x] They aren't bad people, but the five seconds that Corporal Steel just spent flying over my neighborhood was more time than any Capes spend down here in the last month.
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Which makes sense. People are going to have different opinions about (for example) Captain America as compared with Wolverine or the Punisher, or Black Widow, or Black Panther, or Black Bolt.
 
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Barondoctor said:
Which makes sense. People are going to have different opinions about (for example) Captain America as compared with Wolverine or the Punisher, or Black Widow, or Black Panther, or Black Bolt.
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The punisher is evrything wrong with being edgy for the sake of being edgy
Wolverine is Edgy done right hes willing to do the dark things but he isnt defined by it and tries to be a better person for the sake of the ones around him
Captain America is an Old school try to make everyone happy if he can Hero who has to learn how to exist in an era when the sorts of Moral compromises that are anathema to his era become a very large necessity
 
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The punisher is evrything wrong with being edgy for the sake of being edgy
Wolverine is Edgy done right hes willing to do the dark things but he isnt defined by it and tries to be a better person for the sake of the ones around him
Captain America is an Old school try to make everyone happy if he can Hero who has to learn how to exist in an era when the sorts of Moral compromises that are anathema to his era become a very large necessity
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Case in point for how someone can have different opinions about different ones but still respect them for trying.
 
Rjrulew said:
Just to be clear is that Positive or Negative in regards to mu post
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I provided a list of potential heroes and you provided some reactions. In short, you provided the example that my statement suggested would exist, that people could have different opinions about different capes.

It was a good and helpful thing, yes.
 
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    • Agent 99 said:
    Club's closed for renovations after some guy through a car through the front door yesterday
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    He did what?

    [x] I sell metal sculptures online. It isn't a job with consistent hours, but the money's good when I sell, and I use the equipment in my workshop to create my weapons and armor. While I could go there over the weekend, the building is being fumigated, so no one is going in until Monday.
     
    [x] I sell metal sculptures online. It isn't a job with consistent hours, but the money's good when I sell, and I use the equipment in my workshop to create my weapons and armor. While I could go there over the weekend, the building is being fumigated, so no one is going in until Monday.

    It makes sense pays good and gives us easy access/alibi for having tools and the like
     
    [X] I sell metal sculptures online. It isn't a job with consistent hours, but the money's good when I sell, and I use the equipment in my workshop to create my weapons and armor. While I could go there over the weekend, the building is being fumigated, so no one is going in until Monday.
     
    [X] I work as a bouncer at the Lucky 7s, a nightclub, with gambling in the VIP section. Having someone with super strength helps with throwing people out on their asses, and you can always overhear something interesting. Especially from the club's… less than legitimate clientele. Club's closed for renovations after some guy through a car threw the front door yesterday, but it'll be open again on Monday.
     
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