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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vaalingrade" data-source="post: 8564258" data-attributes="member: 82524">This is a profoundly shallow understanding of superheroes.Most superheroes got through both a personal mental and literal growth arc to actually become a 'superhero'. Sure, many get powers from a bolt from the blue, but what actually makes them heroes is trial and error, prior training, and personal growth.Spider-Man didn't get bit by the spider and suddenly know how to websling and save people at the end of a string. He had to learn to use his power responsibly, techniques and is constantly improving.Kyle Raynor isn't a good Green Lantern because he got the ring, but because his background as an artist synergizes with the ring's limitation being based on creativity. Superman isn't Superman because he gains power from the yellow sun, but because he was raised from a baby with compassion and learned not to destroy this world of cardboard with his incredible strength that could become a curse or tyranny.Look, I get that it makes arguing on the internet is a lot easier if you can find something similar to the thing you don't like to demonize. That's why this board has exploded into frantic, angry oinking about videogames recently and why every 'RPG nightmare' video finds a way to mention the bad player of the week likes anime. But it doesn't actually help the case when the whipping bot doesn't actually do the bad thing you're trying to slap people over.</blockquote>