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I'm trying to teach a colleague about the subject of superheroes being a legit area of academic research these days. This paper (spoiled for language) leaps out at me from the pages of academia:

 

 

 

This looks like a blowjob for Superman: Servicing fanboys with superhero porn parodies

 

Gotta love research.

 

 

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You don't need my permission to be offended. If it makes you feel better, go ahead, it's your choice. If you want to pretend that it's not your choice, that's another choice you can make too; I can't force you to not pretend.

 

You can blame me for the choices you make, but that is lying. If you actually believe I am to blame for choices you make than you are lying to yourself successfully. I regret this, but again, I can't prevent it.

 

Lucius Alexander

 

Not much the palindromedary can do about it either.

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Though it pays me to say it, I was reading 6e Champions and the section on Iron Age gaming cost Steve some credibility. 

If only for the fact that the sentence, "Realistic Powers" was used. If anything the Iron Age carried on the Silver Age's penchant for (particularly with Marvel's X-Men) the poorly defined Omega powers. 

 

(I'm mostly teasing)

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While looking at an overpass on my way to work, it dawned upon me that not many concrete buildings are present in science fiction movies. Why not? Concrete is a very practical material, which is why we use it all the time. I guess it just doesn't look futuristic enough.

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  • 2 weeks later...

Hey you!

Creeping slipping struggling to get past the stone sentries beyond the prison walls and beyond the reach of the thick leaden air that chokes you.

You, the one who is trying to slip free to safety for you and your family because you don't want to be knifed in an alleyway.

You, the one who has the nerve to find a place that might have bigger coffins than the one we provide here

 

You would think we'd cheer you on, but no. If we can't escape hell, how dare you try? How dare you find that once in a life time crack of opportunity and slip away!

That stench of offal? We'll fling it at you as you race away as fast as you can with your dreams and ambitions and hopes, the sort of dreams that we'll insult and sneer at like grapes gone sour.

How dare you succeed? You won't succeed, because we'll redefine success to our standards!

Standards you didn't want to fit.

 

Brave Coward! Deserting Escapee! Uncultured Cow seeking grass that's green rather than enjoying the exquisite regurgitation we are forced to dine on here!

How dare you make us doubt ourselves; our lives, our worth. 

You say others wait for you? We mock them! We mock you for preferring them.

They are boring slaves, not free like we flocks of individuals here who all nod our heads knowing we are far more worldly and civilized as we punch and elbow each other for room. 

Simpleton.

 

Go then!

We have our scorn. Scorn like mirrors that allow us to send harsh truth light away towards others instead.

 

It's great here

great

so much better

 

why couldn't you take the rest of us? 

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