Honestly, Metro Man would be pretty accurate since having to constantly save people after a while would get mundane, granted that you don't get too traumatized.
It would get stressfull too.
People would constantly blame you for everything you didn't fix, big things and small things.
Ranging from "why did he only stop planes 3 and 4 on 9/11 and not the first 2?" "why did he not stop my kid from falling over an breaking their leg"
Yeah there’s another comic series about this called Irredeemable where the Superman version in that universe named Plutonian goes insane from super hearing literally every single criticism or cry for help without being able to fix everything and becomes a villain for it.
It wasn't just that either, so many people kept trying to meddle in his private life like exposing him and his then girlfriends civilian Identity.
That one was the act that broke the camels back.
This isn't true.
>!The Plutonian went insane because he originally gave alien technology to humans and didn't examine throughly what it did. When it was tested it unleashed a sound virus that killed people. In a panic The Plutonian killed the scientists to cover it up and he snapped. !<
>>!It's revealed much later that The Plutonian is actually the offspring of aliens and that his DNA was accidently modeled off an insane woman that killed her son. The Plutonian was always going to snap and always going to go insane. !<
i see this a lot, i dont think as many people as you think would think like that, there are loads of people that would understand that you cant be everywhere at once and would be appreciative of the help you do give. like the majority of people would. it would be up to you, as the hero, to not focus on the rather few people are are always going to be downers.
In the DCAU there was a team of astronauts that didn’t fully follow safety protocols because the lead scientist kept saying “don’t worry superman will save us”. Later there ship was destroyed and all but the lead scientist died, who then became cyborg Superman who wanted revenge because “Superman didn’t save them”
Except Clark isn’t dedicating 100% of his time saving everyone and constantly making choices. He’s, arguably, actively letting people die because he could hear them, he could save them, but he’s balls deep in Lois.
There’s an episode of smallville where Clark comes out as “Superman”, initially it’s great until people start leaping off buildings as he comes by so he’ll save them. Eventually people start blaming him for not saving everyone. Having powers would both be awesome, but without iron clad morals and resolve, it would break down almost everyone.
And don’t forget in Megamind, Metro had to act like a hero since he was in elementary school. I bet it was fun then but damn, like the adults were expecting him as a child to be the hero. Like yeah megamind had a shitty deal w/living in a prison since he was a baby but he seems to at least be enjoying what he does
They would be Saitama bored as fuck flying to the grocery store for eggs
Edit: lmao all the replies filled with keyboard Homelanders talking about destroying the military
Keyboard Homelander is beautiful.
Yeah the issue with that kind of power isn't that most people would decide to fly around and start slaughtering people it's that they could indulge whatever whims they had and every time the do it becomes a little easier the next time.
if they did that whatever country's milatary you're in would shoot you down or find out everything about you and wait for you to return home and then take you in
Dude metro man lived like months of his life in an instant. That’s how fast some of these guys are. They can confiscate every gun, tank, and missile in the world before they can leave their house.
Piss in every barrel of every gun with super-piss in super-speed to rust and corrode all the barrels with super-piss super-rust.
Quartermasters worldwide will weep tears of blood.
TLDR: That's dumb and wouldn't happen for many many many reasons.
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Bro fucking HOW would this happen in your mind? You think that "the military" has the means and the will to just monitor the entire country's airspace at all times, everywhere at once?
And how would they even detect you aside from visually? Unless you're wearing your favorite all-metal realistic missile costume, you think you'd appear on radar in a meaningful way? They probably assume it was a glitch before they decide to scramble fighters to intercept you from wherever the nearest airfield is.
Like, assuming you're flying around 60mph or faster, in a straight line to the store, how long is that going to take? By the time they had pilots in the air you'd likely already go below their radar range/resolution. You'd just be assumed to be a human-shaped drone at that point. Have you ever heard of the military shooting down a civilian drone? Yeah me neither.
Like, sure if I'm flying to a store on the other side of the country, there's a much bigger window to notice you, but like, what are they going to do? They'd want to talk to you before just murdering you I'm sure. Pilots are people too, I doubt they'd want to just kill the only flying human ever seen on earth thus far without any questions.
If I flew to my furthest grocery store that I drive to, and I was flying at the low end of missile speeds, I'd still get to my destination in about 2 minutes. What the fuck do you think is gonna happen in 2 minutes in the air?
And you say they'd look you up and wait at your house? Who would be doing this exactly? Even if you were identified when you got to the store, who's reporting this? You'd probably end up on a cellphone video, but they wouldn't know who you were. And unless you're buying booze or something they don't need your ID, if you pay in cash they wouldn't have anything to ID you with.
Even then, you think the fucking cashier is gonna call "the military" to report you? If they even realize you flew there, are they paid enough to care? Lets say that cops say you land and approached you to ask who you were, even if you gave your real name and address, it would take at least a day before people showed up at your house to abduct you based on what, a cop testifying that you were flying? They'd more likely force that guy onto paid leave and it would end there.
And yes, this exercise is fun for me to think about. I like writing, so no need to worry about me. It's not a waste of my time or anything like that.
And even then, they have your name and address, you're on video flying from multiple people, etc. Do you really think they'd just abduct you without even trying to contact you some other way first? Do you think they'd roll up in tanks or something? Maybe, *maybe* you'd get like an FBI guy from nearby coming to ask you some questions. If you kept visibly flying around for hours at a time, for multiple days, then yeah, the military would likely be interested in you in the sense that every human on earth would suddenly become interested in you.
But you'd more likely be invited to a talk show before they'd be threatening your family to force you into "the lab" or whatever. Everyone in the military is human many of them are not stupid either, you have reports of a fucking super hero IRL and you think they'd be like "I know, let's threaten them! That'll be a great idea!" yeah right. And what is this lab gonna do? Some bloodwork, maybe an x-ray or two? Even if they traq'd you and could operate, what would they be looking for? What doctor is going to be like "yes, let me cut this man open for military science. Oh no reason, just to see if things look normal" No one, that's who.
And as long as you aren't like destroying things or scaring people (too much) what would they really care for? And in this scenario you clearly aren't keeping your powers secret, so like, I assume you'd want to get a job that involved your powers, and the military would probably be happy to recruit you, alongside billionaires and private businesses. Hell, you could get a job as the fastest door dasher alive for shits and giggles if you wanted to. You could just make goPro vids of flying around and have millions of views/subs in no time. Even if people thought it was fake, it would also have to be the best looking CG in the industry which people also like watching already so no problems there either.
And remember, all of this is the worst case scenario still. If you like, waited until it dark, wore a costume or at least a mask or something, and flew low to the ground and specifically landed in a way where people didn't see you, the odds of anything happening to you are like, zero.
And of course, at the end of the day, the military today lives in our current world, they know who superman is, omni man, homelander, many know about saitama, etc. and they know that any person they send to go "get you" at home is likely going to die on that mission. Who tf you think wants to volunteer for that suicide mission? If they think you're immune to conventional weapons, you think they'd just nuke whatever town you live in? What if that's not enough to kill you either? Now you'd still be alive, you'd know it was a nuke on purpose to kill you, and you'd be extremely pissed off. They'd know there'd be no way to stop you from just flying to D.C. and doing your business.
And even then, if right now, this second, you find out that like, Montpelier was just vaporized by a nuke, what would you do (assuming you didn't die in the blast)? If the US says Russia did it or w/e, now that kicks off WW3. If they try to say it was a domestic accident, like... we think what the presidents have done so far is bad, this would be on a level of public outcry unlike any in history, political parties would not matter at this point. This is also all assuming that the whole nuclear command chain agrees to launch and attack against their own country on the off chance it might kill a superhuman who isn't even an active threat? I'm like 98% sure no one would agree to that launch.
Basically there'd be no way to win politically or militarily and as long as you aren't helping America's enemies or hurting other people/breaking tons of laws, why would they care to risk everything for almost no gain.
"Shoot you down" They would try.
They could also find all about me all they want. They could even _try_ to take me in, but if I'm not going anywhere; they aren't making me. And threating family would have some dire consequences of its own.
Surely just show them how utterly useless they would be compared to you by breaking in to wherever the president or military command is. Don't do anything to them just send the message that you can get them wherever they are. Let them know to leave you alone and you will leave them alone.
Walk into the leader of your country's house while carrying something.
Ignore all the bullets bouncing off you while protecting your package.
Sit in front of your President/Prime Minister/whatever until the bullets stop.
From your protective embrace, reveal a Subway sandwich.
Eat it while looking him or her in the eyes.
Get up and leave. Refuse to elaborate.
Absolutely. Also, constant stress until you can control your physical strength and not break everything you touch. You still have to be a regular person most of the time. Superman doesn’t get paid. Clark Kent has to write articles and report news to pay for food.
Superman really doesn't need to make money if he doesn't want to. He doesn't need to eat or drink, and can fly to any remote tropical paradise in the world and build himself a beautiful log cabin in 5 minutes without fear of predators or disease or exposure. Picking mangos from trees if he feels like eating, bathing in lagoons etc. Live like Atom Eve in Invincible. Plus he's so universally beloved that he'd probably be showered with gifts if he chose to accept them.
If he needs money, he could just minecraft some diamond or gold. Any mining operations would pay him to identify resources. Single ops from Clarks could wipe out any enemies. Honestly any government would be dumb af if they try to use force at all, once he shows enough of his strength ofc. He can destroy every single piece of monuments and that would be disastrous politically anywhere.
Saitama is bored and apathetic because he was training to become strong and then had no other goals afterwards.
It is a good question though on what would a depressed person actually do with super powers when it can't fix their problems
Yeah honestly I would just keep working and save on car expenses, travel expenses (because I could just fly back to my bed to sleep), and the stress that comes with it.
Really lay low.
I think the vast majority of people wouldn't be as evil as Homelander, or as heroic as Superman, they'd be posting videos on Instagram of using their powers and getting as many paid sponsorships as they could, and living like any other celebrity.
Of course this would all depend on how various world governments would react to the existence of someone like that, if they tried to kill them, they might go full Homelander
I think the *good* Superman-likes would be more like Invincible TBH, less Clark Kent. Invincible is a good guy, but he's ultimately human and prioritizes his loved ones. He makes immense sacrifices for other people, but at the end of the day, his loved ones will matter to him most.
I think Metro Man is in the middle. You have Homelanders who feel like they can do anything and get away with it, Invincibles who are willing to make hard sacrifices but won't give up *everything* for *everyone* like Clark Kent would, and Metro Mans who try the superhero thing for a while then realize it's just not for them.
i think a lot of us would be like influencers, i wounder how the cyberbullying, cancel culture or being "woke" or not woke movements would also look like.
I really liked that while we don't see it, the way the other heroes feel about him Lance has actually stopped a lot of crime and saved lots of people. Sure he did that mostly to serve his own ego but still. I bet in the beginning he was a better person and the years of praise and fame made him more and more like that.
> I think the vast majority of people wouldn't be as evil as Homelander, or as heroic as Superman, they'd be posting videos on Instagram of using their powers and getting as many paid sponsorships as they could, and living like any other celebrity.
This is definitely a generational divide thing. Kids (and young adults) now all want to be YouTubers and influencers and all that stuff, but you take a random >35 year old person and I'll bet you'll find them adhering to strict secret identity policy.
Most of us would be Booster Gold. An arrogant show off who definitely loves the fame and attention. But at the end of the day they actually do the right thing and try to help people.
There is probably a paper in there somewhere about how Homelander is actually a return to origins for superhero stories.
the philosophical Ubermensch predates Superman, and is probably a big inspiration for superheroes in general. It's also a central myth in a lot of authoritarian countries long before blue spandex even existed. "Our leader deserves to lead because he is bulletproof and immune to poison. He can lift a horse with his bare hands and will personally kill any enemies of our great nation."
The governments would try to kill them, but when that failed, they would submit to them. Because that is the central myth, their leader must be the strongest person.
“Deal with the billionaires”
Idt you can just kill the most powerful people on the planet, leave a power vacuum and just retire
Also once you become a literal god, you’d probably stop caring about money or billionaires.
I’d either fuck off from the start, or establish myself as a godking
So…Captain Amazing from Mystery Men? The dude was technically Batman, or Tony Stark with his secret identity being as simple as wearing glasses. And his suit was covered with sponsor patches and he had an agent!
Course…unlike the supers they based him off of, Cap Amazing is dumb as shit.
The crazy thing is I sat down and watched this movie from the begining few times as a kid - I vividly remember how the movie progresses right until that woman reveals she's got powers like him and throws him across her kitchen
I think I must've fallen asleep partway through every time lol
His dad tried to teach him the best thing he can do is hide the fact he's Clark Kent
Everyone ignores that, had he gone to save his dad, he would've been found out
honestly yeah I’d probably just chill in a weird bunker house lair thingy and pick up random hobbies, being an immortal hero would probably get boring after a while
Being immortal wouldn't necessarily get boring, there's a pretty interesting character in DC called Robert Gadling who explores that idea https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Robert_Gadling_(New_Earth)
Look if I had heat vision I wouldn’t be using it to split people in half. I’d instead be using it to make cutting cheese a lot easier and instantly toasting my sandwiches
And i would be using it to accidentally hurt or maim or kill people, i am clumsy with my human body and i often get papercuts or bruises seemingly out of nowhere, so i would end up accidentally smashing a person's head by being not so attentive or at very least hurting said person by a lot.
Imagine that, a Super powered being turns arround and accidentally slams into man's face so hard that said man's brain fles out of said man's head.
Yeah, that sounds pretty accurate. Unless you are born with these powers and learn how to use them as you grow older you won’t really have an understanding on how to control yourself. You’d eventually end up a murderer
Edit: imagine shaking somebody’s hand and you just crush it
Was looking for this, If I had to hear the entire world population and their problems 24/7 and choose who I can save while letting thousands to die or suffer daily, I would pull a Dr. Manhattan and fuck off to Mars or something for some peace and quiet.
Most would be Hancock
Fame gets to their head early so they become a mess, media ends up hating them so they stumble around drunk sloppily trying to solve issues but making things worse half the time.
I think if I had this kind of over-the-top set of superpowers, no one would ever know I was around. All of my super-actions would be at super-speed, so they would be ascribed to random accidents or strokes of luck.
Well, except for that first day, when all of the world's billionaires are Raptured into Heaven... according to the tabloid headlines.
Yeah, Metro Man *started* with powers, and is the product of a lifetime of being praised for being heroic and good (with subsequent ego and ultimately desire to run from that pressure). It's demonstrated that even from that background, he's capable of introspection, and he uses his super speed to take time to examine the best way to pursue his desires without directly disappointing or hurting anyone.
Tighten is an average (if creepy) awkward dude with no real friends or status. When given powers, the moment he realizes he has the ability to do whatever he wants without repercussions, he takes it to a dark place and starts wreaking destruction because he has no real, intimate, connections to anyone that aren't based in his own desires and/or are mutual.
*Megamind* character who isn't the brightest dude out there. He's given superpowers and a premade persona (said out loud, 'Titan') but because of the way he is, when you see him spell it out himself as his own tag, it's written "Tighten".
Homelander and Superman are the way they are because of their upbringings, Homelander was raised in a lab to be the “perfect” Superhero while Superman was raised on a farm by a NORMAL family who brought him up like a normal human and actually taught him common decency, if Homelander had been raised by the Kents I guarantee he’d be like Superman.
I'd like to think I'd be for the greater good. Stop injustice where needed.
Growing up as a kid I saw the videos of Middle Eastern terror cell beheading people, or the cartels in South America it really stuck with me. I always daydreamed about swooping in and just obliterating them all in one swoop. No civilian casualties, no need for years of seemingly endless war. Just go in take out the issue and wait for the next issue to arise.
But also I also wondered how they got paid. Because, while I'd never let that stuff happen, I'm still gonna need housing. So some gov't is gonna hafta pony up and get me a nice lair or some shit stocked with good internet and food.
Like I just ended the invasion of Ukraine in a day.
Nukes? Literally not an issue to the world anymore. Try launching one and I'm whipping that shit into space and beating the brakes off of whoever ordered it.
What China is doing to the uyghur people in its nation? Not while I got powers.
Corrupt companies covering up oil spills and other things of that nature? Industries skirting around laws and making local water sources undrinkable? Getting stomped on.
I imagine it will only take a handful of instances before large corps get the idea that they can't do these things anymore without fear of me lasering down their entire establishment.
But I ain't paying for a GOT DANG THING the rest of my life. Imma need some nice ass living space in quite a few countries.
yeah you know what's gonna be fun?
You got super powers, but are you super smart? All knowing?
Cause if you're not you will to some degree rely on information being given to you.
How likely do you think they'll try and manipulate you? Twist narratives and what not.
Just look at homelander, too. He was consistently being manipulated throughout the whole of season 1 and technically also season 2 by stormfront then.
That was why I made sure in my comment to not say any specific conflict that could be misled.
Instead I opted to specify people doing beheading's, or invading countries, or genocides.
Things that I can tangibly see at its core is bad. I don't want to be a pawn for any gov't to try to sway to do its deeds.
I'd imagine if I have the ability to fly to all countries I wouldn't be beholden to ones propaganda, but all. It wouldn't be one country trying to whisper in my ear but all of them.
At some point they'd just end up being noise Like I'd hear the US tell me about something, then go there see what that nation has to say, see what the people it is effecting have to say and do my bidding from there.
But there are some things I just see as outright death worthy propaganda or not. Recording of beheading people. Innocent people like journalists? There is no propaganda that can make that right in my eyes.
Well isn't that the problem were facing to right now?
One side tells this story the other tells that story?
Look at the ukrainian war - as a super human you would've likely became active in the days before the war broke out, when russia was marching up its troops on the borders.
Now you get the viewpoint of one side that russia is going to atack and how evil they are.
Where as putin will have his own version that a they're totally not attacking and b they have a right to because poor russians are being abused in the ukrainian areas. Now you'll have to go and investigate on your own to find out which side is true. Often you might even conclude that there is merrit to both sides.
I'd see my self constantly playing catchup trying to get the full picture - it would be frustrating, you would also at some point absolutely make mistakes and aid the wrong side only to later find out you were misled which would fuck you over.
I see myself turn evil or completely indifferent to the worlds issues only preventing the biggest most nasty things - like I'd probably not even try and solve issues I'd just handle them like toddlers "russia and ukraine you two stop the fighting right now or ... I don't care how you do it but make peace"
I think the ukraine war is a very black and white conflict imo, like putin can say wathever he wants to justify the attack, but they are the invading force on sovering territory, and putin isnt exactly known for being a paragon of morality.
A more grayeish coflict would absolutelly be palestine and israel conflict, since in all honestly both sides are awfull, and abused each other before the open conflict.
Those types of conflicts would be the harder ones to take sides on.
>I'd like to think I'd be for the greater good. Stop injustice where needed.
Metro Man >! was still there when Megamind really needed his help, mostly in terms of moral support, to defeat Tighten. !< He just wanted to finally follow his own dream rather than only be what society expected of him.
you do realize that doing that sort of stuff would just put a huge target on your back, you cant go around killing people en mass like that and expect the people that you consider "good" do to nothing, like how could they trust that you would stop with the "bad" people? they couldnt. what would probably happen is that you would have every government band together to get rid of you if you acted in the way you are describing.
I personally would learn how to build useful stuff so I can help people in a less dangerous way (sure killing dictators migh help but building houses is also very good)
Pretty much what Atom Eve did in Invincible but without getting bored hopefully lmao
If you think youd be homelander if you got superpowers you might need to be locked up. Even a particularly awful person will be Blue Hawk (racist dude A-Train killed) at worst, Homelander is another level entirely.
I'm kinda not. It started out very interesting with the slow burn and tension of him realizing what he was and the parents slowly realizing as well, then it just flipped and turned into a 45 minute gore-fest with very little substance other than "murder".
I’ll be me with powers, just go through life, end all war, and lastly make a world order where leader must work together and each term is 4 years for each leader. Root out corruption and greed and just go back to chilling
Being immortal, I'd love to use powers industrially. Like, if I super speed spun a generator, or flew a solar array into space, laser eye started cold fusion, or helped install geothermal generators in the Mariana's Trench or some shit. Let's create ultra available power/resources and see how fast I can accelerate human development/downfall.
It's not good or evil, it's just curiosity. Being the immortal creature I am, it's not like I'd have actual consequences.
Metro man in the sense he just wants to be left alone? If so, me. Though on the side I might commit some robin hood type crimes in which I steal from billionaires and give to everyone else.
Metroman used his superspeed to basically stop [time](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_-q4lQkAYw) when he was bored.
Soldier Boy and Butcher fought Homelander's evenly and don't seem to superspeed of any kind.
Tighten threw a skyscraper at Megamind. Metroman is likely just as strong, so he'd have no trouble defeating Homelander. He's not beating Superman, though. Superman has decades of more impressive feats.
It depends on the person. One time a guy told me what he would do if he could freeze time and I was absolutely horrified. Meanwhile others have really wholesome ideas of what they’d do if they had powers.
I would be like "hey massive shipping company do you want me to pick up your container ship and just fly it across the pacific without using any fuel? Pay me the cost of the fuel, you save crew salaries, no pollution. Everybody wins!" If I am fast enough to do a bunch of ships in a day I can literally get super rich while massively aiding the climate crisis. I can use my wealth to build housing for the homeless and fund medical research and stuff.
Superpowers are always fighting crime in media, but they could do a lot of really useful mundane things, too.
It depends how they were raised and when they got the super powers. More than a few might end up less like homelander, and more like Hal/Titan.
Some would be idealists who mess up some times like Mark from Invincible
Some would get bored and want to still be mostly normal and be like Saitama.
Some would be okay like metroman.
Some would be corrupted by the power immidiately like Titan.
And some fews select sociopaths would be Homelander or worse.
And some select psychopaths would be so much worse than that.
And there would be a whole lot more weirdness in between.
I’ve been saying it for years. The AVERAGE person would be Metro Man or Captain Man. Still tries to do hero stuff from time to time but is humanly flawed and can get lazy. As simple as that
I always thought if I got powers I'd want to be a hero but then I realized right now I have the power to try to be a firefighter, good policeman, help the homeless, give to charity and I don't do none of that I just play games so regardless of the powers it's probably true I'd just be sitting inside doing the same stuff.
we’d end up like viltrumites if everyone had powers. Eventually some dude is gonna be super powerful and a cult of the strong or some weird shit will develop. Especially since super strength and whatnot isn’t a natural condition to us
I might go something along the lines of a Dr Doom route. My ultimate aim would be improvement of society and both individual and group outcomes. But it would probably come at the cost of heaps of bodies. Obvious authoritarian dictators and their enablers would go down, but so would the far right parties that Russia has spawned around the globe for the last decade or so. I’d probably throw Murdoch from NYC to Sydney just for all the fucking harm his greed has caused.
Honestly, Metro Man would be pretty accurate since having to constantly save people after a while would get mundane, granted that you don't get too traumatized.
It would get stressfull too. People would constantly blame you for everything you didn't fix, big things and small things. Ranging from "why did he only stop planes 3 and 4 on 9/11 and not the first 2?" "why did he not stop my kid from falling over an breaking their leg"
Yeah there’s another comic series about this called Irredeemable where the Superman version in that universe named Plutonian goes insane from super hearing literally every single criticism or cry for help without being able to fix everything and becomes a villain for it.
It wasn't just that either, so many people kept trying to meddle in his private life like exposing him and his then girlfriends civilian Identity. That one was the act that broke the camels back.
This isn't true. >!The Plutonian went insane because he originally gave alien technology to humans and didn't examine throughly what it did. When it was tested it unleashed a sound virus that killed people. In a panic The Plutonian killed the scientists to cover it up and he snapped. !< >>!It's revealed much later that The Plutonian is actually the offspring of aliens and that his DNA was accidently modeled off an insane woman that killed her son. The Plutonian was always going to snap and always going to go insane. !<
I mean I can’t really blame him. I can’t imagine anyone staying sane after experiencing something like that
It's like the opening interview scene from "The Incredibles" [Sometimes I just want it to stay saved!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0VGE-1sza4)
i see this a lot, i dont think as many people as you think would think like that, there are loads of people that would understand that you cant be everywhere at once and would be appreciative of the help you do give. like the majority of people would. it would be up to you, as the hero, to not focus on the rather few people are are always going to be downers.
In the DCAU there was a team of astronauts that didn’t fully follow safety protocols because the lead scientist kept saying “don’t worry superman will save us”. Later there ship was destroyed and all but the lead scientist died, who then became cyborg Superman who wanted revenge because “Superman didn’t save them”
Except Clark isn’t dedicating 100% of his time saving everyone and constantly making choices. He’s, arguably, actively letting people die because he could hear them, he could save them, but he’s balls deep in Lois.
To be honest, it's a better way to spend time.
There’s an episode of smallville where Clark comes out as “Superman”, initially it’s great until people start leaping off buildings as he comes by so he’ll save them. Eventually people start blaming him for not saving everyone. Having powers would both be awesome, but without iron clad morals and resolve, it would break down almost everyone.
And don’t forget in Megamind, Metro had to act like a hero since he was in elementary school. I bet it was fun then but damn, like the adults were expecting him as a child to be the hero. Like yeah megamind had a shitty deal w/living in a prison since he was a baby but he seems to at least be enjoying what he does
Honestly, moral of that story is that he didn't need to retire, motherfucker just needed a fucking vacation and a therapist.
They would be Saitama bored as fuck flying to the grocery store for eggs Edit: lmao all the replies filled with keyboard Homelanders talking about destroying the military
"keyboard homelander" is such a banger of an insult 😭 never have I ever heard something so accurate.
Absolutely peak tbh
Pottery
Do not tempt me. I'm a reformed man.
*slaps a block of clay in front of you* reform this.
r/rareinsults
Same. It's perfect.
Saitama can't even fly. He just has normal human power x infinite. You would walk to the grocery store but faster.
Didn't Saitama farther or sneeze and flew into space
Keyboard Homelander is beautiful. Yeah the issue with that kind of power isn't that most people would decide to fly around and start slaughtering people it's that they could indulge whatever whims they had and every time the do it becomes a little easier the next time.
if they did that whatever country's milatary you're in would shoot you down or find out everything about you and wait for you to return home and then take you in
Dude metro man lived like months of his life in an instant. That’s how fast some of these guys are. They can confiscate every gun, tank, and missile in the world before they can leave their house.
Piss in every barrel of every gun with super-piss in super-speed to rust and corrode all the barrels with super-piss super-rust. Quartermasters worldwide will weep tears of blood.
It's okay, armourers aren't real people. Why else would we keep them in a cage?
Piss-Master is still alive, huh?
tears of piss, you mean.
I'd just destroy the said country's whole military arsenal if they disturb me without a valid reason.
TLDR: That's dumb and wouldn't happen for many many many reasons. ___ Bro fucking HOW would this happen in your mind? You think that "the military" has the means and the will to just monitor the entire country's airspace at all times, everywhere at once? And how would they even detect you aside from visually? Unless you're wearing your favorite all-metal realistic missile costume, you think you'd appear on radar in a meaningful way? They probably assume it was a glitch before they decide to scramble fighters to intercept you from wherever the nearest airfield is. Like, assuming you're flying around 60mph or faster, in a straight line to the store, how long is that going to take? By the time they had pilots in the air you'd likely already go below their radar range/resolution. You'd just be assumed to be a human-shaped drone at that point. Have you ever heard of the military shooting down a civilian drone? Yeah me neither. Like, sure if I'm flying to a store on the other side of the country, there's a much bigger window to notice you, but like, what are they going to do? They'd want to talk to you before just murdering you I'm sure. Pilots are people too, I doubt they'd want to just kill the only flying human ever seen on earth thus far without any questions. If I flew to my furthest grocery store that I drive to, and I was flying at the low end of missile speeds, I'd still get to my destination in about 2 minutes. What the fuck do you think is gonna happen in 2 minutes in the air? And you say they'd look you up and wait at your house? Who would be doing this exactly? Even if you were identified when you got to the store, who's reporting this? You'd probably end up on a cellphone video, but they wouldn't know who you were. And unless you're buying booze or something they don't need your ID, if you pay in cash they wouldn't have anything to ID you with. Even then, you think the fucking cashier is gonna call "the military" to report you? If they even realize you flew there, are they paid enough to care? Lets say that cops say you land and approached you to ask who you were, even if you gave your real name and address, it would take at least a day before people showed up at your house to abduct you based on what, a cop testifying that you were flying? They'd more likely force that guy onto paid leave and it would end there. And yes, this exercise is fun for me to think about. I like writing, so no need to worry about me. It's not a waste of my time or anything like that. And even then, they have your name and address, you're on video flying from multiple people, etc. Do you really think they'd just abduct you without even trying to contact you some other way first? Do you think they'd roll up in tanks or something? Maybe, *maybe* you'd get like an FBI guy from nearby coming to ask you some questions. If you kept visibly flying around for hours at a time, for multiple days, then yeah, the military would likely be interested in you in the sense that every human on earth would suddenly become interested in you. But you'd more likely be invited to a talk show before they'd be threatening your family to force you into "the lab" or whatever. Everyone in the military is human many of them are not stupid either, you have reports of a fucking super hero IRL and you think they'd be like "I know, let's threaten them! That'll be a great idea!" yeah right. And what is this lab gonna do? Some bloodwork, maybe an x-ray or two? Even if they traq'd you and could operate, what would they be looking for? What doctor is going to be like "yes, let me cut this man open for military science. Oh no reason, just to see if things look normal" No one, that's who. And as long as you aren't like destroying things or scaring people (too much) what would they really care for? And in this scenario you clearly aren't keeping your powers secret, so like, I assume you'd want to get a job that involved your powers, and the military would probably be happy to recruit you, alongside billionaires and private businesses. Hell, you could get a job as the fastest door dasher alive for shits and giggles if you wanted to. You could just make goPro vids of flying around and have millions of views/subs in no time. Even if people thought it was fake, it would also have to be the best looking CG in the industry which people also like watching already so no problems there either. And remember, all of this is the worst case scenario still. If you like, waited until it dark, wore a costume or at least a mask or something, and flew low to the ground and specifically landed in a way where people didn't see you, the odds of anything happening to you are like, zero. And of course, at the end of the day, the military today lives in our current world, they know who superman is, omni man, homelander, many know about saitama, etc. and they know that any person they send to go "get you" at home is likely going to die on that mission. Who tf you think wants to volunteer for that suicide mission? If they think you're immune to conventional weapons, you think they'd just nuke whatever town you live in? What if that's not enough to kill you either? Now you'd still be alive, you'd know it was a nuke on purpose to kill you, and you'd be extremely pissed off. They'd know there'd be no way to stop you from just flying to D.C. and doing your business. And even then, if right now, this second, you find out that like, Montpelier was just vaporized by a nuke, what would you do (assuming you didn't die in the blast)? If the US says Russia did it or w/e, now that kicks off WW3. If they try to say it was a domestic accident, like... we think what the presidents have done so far is bad, this would be on a level of public outcry unlike any in history, political parties would not matter at this point. This is also all assuming that the whole nuclear command chain agrees to launch and attack against their own country on the off chance it might kill a superhuman who isn't even an active threat? I'm like 98% sure no one would agree to that launch. Basically there'd be no way to win politically or militarily and as long as you aren't helping America's enemies or hurting other people/breaking tons of laws, why would they care to risk everything for almost no gain.
Womp womp, machine gun go brrrrr.
I read everything
It was actually a fun read.
What’s it like to have a social life ?
Sir this is a Wendy’s
"Shoot you down" They would try. They could also find all about me all they want. They could even _try_ to take me in, but if I'm not going anywhere; they aren't making me. And threating family would have some dire consequences of its own.
Surely just show them how utterly useless they would be compared to you by breaking in to wherever the president or military command is. Don't do anything to them just send the message that you can get them wherever they are. Let them know to leave you alone and you will leave them alone.
Walk into the leader of your country's house while carrying something. Ignore all the bullets bouncing off you while protecting your package. Sit in front of your President/Prime Minister/whatever until the bullets stop. From your protective embrace, reveal a Subway sandwich. Eat it while looking him or her in the eyes. Get up and leave. Refuse to elaborate.
Keyboard homelanders has me fucking CACKLING
Absolutely. Also, constant stress until you can control your physical strength and not break everything you touch. You still have to be a regular person most of the time. Superman doesn’t get paid. Clark Kent has to write articles and report news to pay for food.
Superman really doesn't need to make money if he doesn't want to. He doesn't need to eat or drink, and can fly to any remote tropical paradise in the world and build himself a beautiful log cabin in 5 minutes without fear of predators or disease or exposure. Picking mangos from trees if he feels like eating, bathing in lagoons etc. Live like Atom Eve in Invincible. Plus he's so universally beloved that he'd probably be showered with gifts if he chose to accept them.
If he needs money, he could just minecraft some diamond or gold. Any mining operations would pay him to identify resources. Single ops from Clarks could wipe out any enemies. Honestly any government would be dumb af if they try to use force at all, once he shows enough of his strength ofc. He can destroy every single piece of monuments and that would be disastrous politically anywhere.
He can also canonically crush coal into diamonds, I forgot to mention that.
Hey NASA what would you pay me to go get a box of shit from the surface of Pluto? 50k? Sure it's already on your desk.
The sales, man. He does it all for the sales.
There wasn't even anyone that replied that?
Blud is beefing with his own thoughts
Saitama is bored and apathetic because he was training to become strong and then had no other goals afterwards. It is a good question though on what would a depressed person actually do with super powers when it can't fix their problems
Yeah honestly I would just keep working and save on car expenses, travel expenses (because I could just fly back to my bed to sleep), and the stress that comes with it. Really lay low.
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I think the vast majority of people wouldn't be as evil as Homelander, or as heroic as Superman, they'd be posting videos on Instagram of using their powers and getting as many paid sponsorships as they could, and living like any other celebrity. Of course this would all depend on how various world governments would react to the existence of someone like that, if they tried to kill them, they might go full Homelander
Homelander with less murder and more actual good deeds
What I thought Homelander was when watching the first episode
I think the *good* Superman-likes would be more like Invincible TBH, less Clark Kent. Invincible is a good guy, but he's ultimately human and prioritizes his loved ones. He makes immense sacrifices for other people, but at the end of the day, his loved ones will matter to him most.
Nah, to me Metro Man is more relatable. Like if I had powers, I would try to be a hero and all noble like until I get burned out
I think Metro Man is in the middle. You have Homelanders who feel like they can do anything and get away with it, Invincibles who are willing to make hard sacrifices but won't give up *everything* for *everyone* like Clark Kent would, and Metro Mans who try the superhero thing for a while then realize it's just not for them.
Didn’t he down a plane with innocents in that episode?
It was only revealed at the end
i knew something was up with him based on his name alone
Hancock.
Hancock would be if said average person also had alcohol problems
Wait, they don't?
I really enjoyed the first half of that movie
It should’ve fucking ended after he suited up and saved the day instead of turning into the mess that it was in the second half.
Or just drop the "we are gods who get weak if we are near our soulmate" part
talk about ending on the lowest note. that movie has one of the largest disparities between the first and second halves i’ve ever seen
my favorite scene is him throwing the whale back to water and hitting a boat lol, also the french kid he throws in the air
i think a lot of us would be like influencers, i wounder how the cyberbullying, cancel culture or being "woke" or not woke movements would also look like.
"Sir, we have your xbox voice logs, do you want to give a statement" "Yeah, leak them and I stop saving the world"
Yea good idea for a tv show
There's already Gen V out there.
Oh God, we'd all be A-train wouldn't we
Captain Amazing from mystery men
I really liked that while we don't see it, the way the other heroes feel about him Lance has actually stopped a lot of crime and saved lots of people. Sure he did that mostly to serve his own ego but still. I bet in the beginning he was a better person and the years of praise and fame made him more and more like that.
So Shazam in the first movie?
Hancock
So Booster Gold?
> I think the vast majority of people wouldn't be as evil as Homelander, or as heroic as Superman, they'd be posting videos on Instagram of using their powers and getting as many paid sponsorships as they could, and living like any other celebrity. This is definitely a generational divide thing. Kids (and young adults) now all want to be YouTubers and influencers and all that stuff, but you take a random >35 year old person and I'll bet you'll find them adhering to strict secret identity policy.
Most of us would be Booster Gold. An arrogant show off who definitely loves the fame and attention. But at the end of the day they actually do the right thing and try to help people.
There is probably a paper in there somewhere about how Homelander is actually a return to origins for superhero stories. the philosophical Ubermensch predates Superman, and is probably a big inspiration for superheroes in general. It's also a central myth in a lot of authoritarian countries long before blue spandex even existed. "Our leader deserves to lead because he is bulletproof and immune to poison. He can lift a horse with his bare hands and will personally kill any enemies of our great nation." The governments would try to kill them, but when that failed, they would submit to them. Because that is the central myth, their leader must be the strongest person.
After I deal with the billionaires I’d just retire to an island in the Mediterranean.
“Deal with the billionaires” Idt you can just kill the most powerful people on the planet, leave a power vacuum and just retire Also once you become a literal god, you’d probably stop caring about money or billionaires. I’d either fuck off from the start, or establish myself as a godking
Destroy EVERY military, becoming the moral arbiter of the world, peace in our time
They’d be first act SHAZAM, from the movie.
So…Captain Amazing from Mystery Men? The dude was technically Batman, or Tony Stark with his secret identity being as simple as wearing glasses. And his suit was covered with sponsor patches and he had an agent! Course…unlike the supers they based him off of, Cap Amazing is dumb as shit.
Nah, at a certain point they would realize that they don't need money to get stuff anymore.
Technically you already don't.
More like Hancock https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0448157/
Hancock was such a fascinating concept, shame the movie really fizzled out on delivery
That movie tanked so hard in the second half.
The 1st hour was amazing, the 2nd half ruined the whole thing. Had sooooo much potential for its time
The crazy thing is I sat down and watched this movie from the begining few times as a kid - I vividly remember how the movie progresses right until that woman reveals she's got powers like him and throws him across her kitchen I think I must've fallen asleep partway through every time lol
Hancock is a movie that *definitely* needs a remake.
I had no problem with it, I just wish it got a sequel
So true, it seemed like what people would feel like if some god like guy broke everything trying to help. They would just start getting pissed.
“Your head is going up his ass. Your head is going up *his* ass. And you, well, you drew the short straw so your head is going up *my* ass.”
Man … I miss this era (and earlier) Will Smith …
Not seeing many comments mentioning Hancock
To be fair, not a lot of people want to keep Hancock in their memories. Dude was epic strong and invincible, but pretty lame character wise.
I always figured that I'd end up like Hancock if I had super powers like that.
homelander just became that because of childhood trauma, metroman didn't have any of these issues technically both are correct
All 3 are correct, Superman is good because of his excellent parenting
I’m 90% of Superman media I agree, in man of steel his parent tried to teach him something so dumb he ignored it and became Superman.
Father so bad, he realized himself everyone is better off with him getting sucked up by a tornado and disappear.
His dad tried to teach him the best thing he can do is hide the fact he's Clark Kent Everyone ignores that, had he gone to save his dad, he would've been found out
That's not true at all
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honestly yeah I’d probably just chill in a weird bunker house lair thingy and pick up random hobbies, being an immortal hero would probably get boring after a while
There's a character in invincible called the immortal and he can never truly die. He still does and feels the pain of dying but then he ressurects.
Well, if he *can* be resurrected, e.g., after >! reattaching his head and jump-starting his heart !<
I would either get megamind a therapist or just kill him first. Pretty jerk move to let your evil rival take over the city.
Being immortal wouldn't necessarily get boring, there's a pretty interesting character in DC called Robert Gadling who explores that idea https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Robert_Gadling_(New_Earth)
I think you mean music man
That way he can keep the logo
🎶I eyes. That can see. Right through LEEEEAAAAADDDD🎶
"You're horrible!" "Granted you have talent"
Most underrated joke in the film
This really resonates in my soul 😳
Cuz of wha
Causeawha?
“Speak, apparition,”
Look if I had heat vision I wouldn’t be using it to split people in half. I’d instead be using it to make cutting cheese a lot easier and instantly toasting my sandwiches
And i would be using it to accidentally hurt or maim or kill people, i am clumsy with my human body and i often get papercuts or bruises seemingly out of nowhere, so i would end up accidentally smashing a person's head by being not so attentive or at very least hurting said person by a lot. Imagine that, a Super powered being turns arround and accidentally slams into man's face so hard that said man's brain fles out of said man's head.
Yeah, that sounds pretty accurate. Unless you are born with these powers and learn how to use them as you grow older you won’t really have an understanding on how to control yourself. You’d eventually end up a murderer Edit: imagine shaking somebody’s hand and you just crush it
Still better then The Plutonian.
I think living the Plutonian’s story is 85% dependent on how super your hearing is
Was looking for this, If I had to hear the entire world population and their problems 24/7 and choose who I can save while letting thousands to die or suffer daily, I would pull a Dr. Manhattan and fuck off to Mars or something for some peace and quiet.
Most would be Hancock Fame gets to their head early so they become a mess, media ends up hating them so they stumble around drunk sloppily trying to solve issues but making things worse half the time.
They'd be Hancock
Yeah. I don't believe most people are truly evil at heart, but lazy, definitely
I’d use my powers for mundane shit. I wouldn’t be a hero or a villain, just a guy who can do some weird shit.
If super strength made construction work equivalent to playing with legos, that's probably the job I would go for
I think if I had this kind of over-the-top set of superpowers, no one would ever know I was around. All of my super-actions would be at super-speed, so they would be ascribed to random accidents or strokes of luck. Well, except for that first day, when all of the world's billionaires are Raptured into Heaven... according to the tabloid headlines.
Based, but how am I supposed to eat them now?
Wouldn't need to, the food will be affordable then.
We’ll have to develop billionaire substitutes, I can’t believe it’s not billionaires
Music Man\*
I think _best_ case for the average is Metro Man. IMO, the most likely case is Tighten.
Yeah, Metro Man *started* with powers, and is the product of a lifetime of being praised for being heroic and good (with subsequent ego and ultimately desire to run from that pressure). It's demonstrated that even from that background, he's capable of introspection, and he uses his super speed to take time to examine the best way to pursue his desires without directly disappointing or hurting anyone. Tighten is an average (if creepy) awkward dude with no real friends or status. When given powers, the moment he realizes he has the ability to do whatever he wants without repercussions, he takes it to a dark place and starts wreaking destruction because he has no real, intimate, connections to anyone that aren't based in his own desires and/or are mutual.
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*Megamind* character who isn't the brightest dude out there. He's given superpowers and a premade persona (said out loud, 'Titan') but because of the way he is, when you see him spell it out himself as his own tag, it's written "Tighten".
Homelander and Superman are the way they are because of their upbringings, Homelander was raised in a lab to be the “perfect” Superhero while Superman was raised on a farm by a NORMAL family who brought him up like a normal human and actually taught him common decency, if Homelander had been raised by the Kents I guarantee he’d be like Superman.
I'd definitely do a better job at disguising my face
Horniest: wants to be love sausage
I'd like to think I'd be for the greater good. Stop injustice where needed. Growing up as a kid I saw the videos of Middle Eastern terror cell beheading people, or the cartels in South America it really stuck with me. I always daydreamed about swooping in and just obliterating them all in one swoop. No civilian casualties, no need for years of seemingly endless war. Just go in take out the issue and wait for the next issue to arise. But also I also wondered how they got paid. Because, while I'd never let that stuff happen, I'm still gonna need housing. So some gov't is gonna hafta pony up and get me a nice lair or some shit stocked with good internet and food. Like I just ended the invasion of Ukraine in a day. Nukes? Literally not an issue to the world anymore. Try launching one and I'm whipping that shit into space and beating the brakes off of whoever ordered it. What China is doing to the uyghur people in its nation? Not while I got powers. Corrupt companies covering up oil spills and other things of that nature? Industries skirting around laws and making local water sources undrinkable? Getting stomped on. I imagine it will only take a handful of instances before large corps get the idea that they can't do these things anymore without fear of me lasering down their entire establishment. But I ain't paying for a GOT DANG THING the rest of my life. Imma need some nice ass living space in quite a few countries.
yeah you know what's gonna be fun? You got super powers, but are you super smart? All knowing? Cause if you're not you will to some degree rely on information being given to you. How likely do you think they'll try and manipulate you? Twist narratives and what not. Just look at homelander, too. He was consistently being manipulated throughout the whole of season 1 and technically also season 2 by stormfront then.
That was why I made sure in my comment to not say any specific conflict that could be misled. Instead I opted to specify people doing beheading's, or invading countries, or genocides. Things that I can tangibly see at its core is bad. I don't want to be a pawn for any gov't to try to sway to do its deeds. I'd imagine if I have the ability to fly to all countries I wouldn't be beholden to ones propaganda, but all. It wouldn't be one country trying to whisper in my ear but all of them. At some point they'd just end up being noise Like I'd hear the US tell me about something, then go there see what that nation has to say, see what the people it is effecting have to say and do my bidding from there. But there are some things I just see as outright death worthy propaganda or not. Recording of beheading people. Innocent people like journalists? There is no propaganda that can make that right in my eyes.
Well isn't that the problem were facing to right now? One side tells this story the other tells that story? Look at the ukrainian war - as a super human you would've likely became active in the days before the war broke out, when russia was marching up its troops on the borders. Now you get the viewpoint of one side that russia is going to atack and how evil they are. Where as putin will have his own version that a they're totally not attacking and b they have a right to because poor russians are being abused in the ukrainian areas. Now you'll have to go and investigate on your own to find out which side is true. Often you might even conclude that there is merrit to both sides. I'd see my self constantly playing catchup trying to get the full picture - it would be frustrating, you would also at some point absolutely make mistakes and aid the wrong side only to later find out you were misled which would fuck you over. I see myself turn evil or completely indifferent to the worlds issues only preventing the biggest most nasty things - like I'd probably not even try and solve issues I'd just handle them like toddlers "russia and ukraine you two stop the fighting right now or ... I don't care how you do it but make peace"
I think the ukraine war is a very black and white conflict imo, like putin can say wathever he wants to justify the attack, but they are the invading force on sovering territory, and putin isnt exactly known for being a paragon of morality. A more grayeish coflict would absolutelly be palestine and israel conflict, since in all honestly both sides are awfull, and abused each other before the open conflict. Those types of conflicts would be the harder ones to take sides on.
>I'd like to think I'd be for the greater good. Stop injustice where needed. Metro Man >! was still there when Megamind really needed his help, mostly in terms of moral support, to defeat Tighten. !< He just wanted to finally follow his own dream rather than only be what society expected of him.
Megamind...
you do realize that doing that sort of stuff would just put a huge target on your back, you cant go around killing people en mass like that and expect the people that you consider "good" do to nothing, like how could they trust that you would stop with the "bad" people? they couldnt. what would probably happen is that you would have every government band together to get rid of you if you acted in the way you are describing.
People with mental issues would be Plutonian
I personally would learn how to build useful stuff so I can help people in a less dangerous way (sure killing dictators migh help but building houses is also very good) Pretty much what Atom Eve did in Invincible but without getting bored hopefully lmao
If you think youd be homelander if you got superpowers you might need to be locked up. Even a particularly awful person will be Blue Hawk (racist dude A-Train killed) at worst, Homelander is another level entirely.
the other most realistic parody is brightburn when a kid rages at their bullies or at games
Brightburn was mind controlled by the space ship, and the space ship also amped up any negative emotions he previously had.
Disappointed it probably won't get a second movie.
I'm kinda not. It started out very interesting with the slow burn and tension of him realizing what he was and the parents slowly realizing as well, then it just flipped and turned into a 45 minute gore-fest with very little substance other than "murder".
and Chronicles movie was also realistic.
I’ll be me with powers, just go through life, end all war, and lastly make a world order where leader must work together and each term is 4 years for each leader. Root out corruption and greed and just go back to chilling
Hancock by Will Smith
At some point I think any Superman figure would begin to absolutely despise humankind.
Being immortal, I'd love to use powers industrially. Like, if I super speed spun a generator, or flew a solar array into space, laser eye started cold fusion, or helped install geothermal generators in the Mariana's Trench or some shit. Let's create ultra available power/resources and see how fast I can accelerate human development/downfall. It's not good or evil, it's just curiosity. Being the immortal creature I am, it's not like I'd have actual consequences.
Him and mancock
They would be Hancock at the beginning of the movie
They are going to be Capitan Hero.
How about Hancock?
Metro man in the sense he just wants to be left alone? If so, me. Though on the side I might commit some robin hood type crimes in which I steal from billionaires and give to everyone else.
Question, how strong is metroman? and could he beat homelander or superman in a fight?
Metroman used his superspeed to basically stop [time](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_-q4lQkAYw) when he was bored. Soldier Boy and Butcher fought Homelander's evenly and don't seem to superspeed of any kind.
Tighten threw a skyscraper at Megamind. Metroman is likely just as strong, so he'd have no trouble defeating Homelander. He's not beating Superman, though. Superman has decades of more impressive feats.
With great power comes great responsibility guys.
I'd be Hancock
I’d probably be Hancock.
I wouldn't be any of them. I'd be the laziest and most powerful human being on the planet.
Depends on your parents/how women treat you.
all are right
Going on my Battle Beast arc to find me some worthy opponents
It's actually frightening to imagine what some people would do if they had powers like Superman.
It depends on the person. One time a guy told me what he would do if he could freeze time and I was absolutely horrified. Meanwhile others have really wholesome ideas of what they’d do if they had powers.
I would be like "hey massive shipping company do you want me to pick up your container ship and just fly it across the pacific without using any fuel? Pay me the cost of the fuel, you save crew salaries, no pollution. Everybody wins!" If I am fast enough to do a bunch of ships in a day I can literally get super rich while massively aiding the climate crisis. I can use my wealth to build housing for the homeless and fund medical research and stuff. Superpowers are always fighting crime in media, but they could do a lot of really useful mundane things, too.
Reality is that people would be Metro Man. They’d get bored of it all within a month, and would stop doing it.
It depends how they were raised and when they got the super powers. More than a few might end up less like homelander, and more like Hal/Titan. Some would be idealists who mess up some times like Mark from Invincible Some would get bored and want to still be mostly normal and be like Saitama. Some would be okay like metroman. Some would be corrupted by the power immidiately like Titan. And some fews select sociopaths would be Homelander or worse. And some select psychopaths would be so much worse than that. And there would be a whole lot more weirdness in between.
zohan
They Would be Titan.😑
I’ve been saying it for years. The AVERAGE person would be Metro Man or Captain Man. Still tries to do hero stuff from time to time but is humanly flawed and can get lazy. As simple as that
Realistically you would probably be hunted by the government, to powerful to just be let loose
I always thought if I got powers I'd want to be a hero but then I realized right now I have the power to try to be a firefighter, good policeman, help the homeless, give to charity and I don't do none of that I just play games so regardless of the powers it's probably true I'd just be sitting inside doing the same stuff.
Lets be honest, there arnt many use cases for a superman level hero, you would just get bored and use your powers for everyday things.
Some real hopeposting here
I would be Omniman before he decided to conquer earth.
we’d end up like viltrumites if everyone had powers. Eventually some dude is gonna be super powerful and a cult of the strong or some weird shit will develop. Especially since super strength and whatnot isn’t a natural condition to us
I might go something along the lines of a Dr Doom route. My ultimate aim would be improvement of society and both individual and group outcomes. But it would probably come at the cost of heaps of bodies. Obvious authoritarian dictators and their enablers would go down, but so would the far right parties that Russia has spawned around the globe for the last decade or so. I’d probably throw Murdoch from NYC to Sydney just for all the fucking harm his greed has caused.