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<blockquote data-quote="CuRoi" data-source="post: 5507847" data-attributes="member: 98032">I have only been paying half attention to this thread, so apologies if I throw in soemthing thats been beat to death, animated, ressurrected, beat to death again, animated and further pummled.&nbsp;I dropped out somewhere along the lines of the neverending batman debate : ) But here is something tagnetially related and a fun read:&nbsp;*WARNING* this is a link to a very tongue in cheek &quot;top ten&quot; list which includes some off-color language. Please don't click if you might be offended by juvenile humor peppered with obscneities. If you have a completely childish sense of humor like myself, its worth the read, and I think adds some perspective to the whole &quot;super human&quot; versus &quot;normal&quot; debate.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cracked.com/article_17019_5-real-life-soldiers-who-make-rambo-look-like-pussy.html?fb_ref=articles_p2&amp;fb_source=profile_oneline" target="_blank">Real Life Heroes</a>&nbsp;THATS super human. And despite the tongue in cheek, snarky story telling, it's all based on actual human abilities.&nbsp;IMO - Discussing whether someone is superhuman or not regardless of a setting or&nbsp; fiction level for that matter is a moot point. A good story requires characters doing fantastic things, whether a fictional account or something based plainly in fact. That's what makes the story good to begin with. &nbsp;To the topic at hand - &nbsp;There is no &quot;balance&quot; issue in fantasy literature simply because the supreme and ultimate decider of what is &quot;balanced&quot; is the story. If the actions create a good story, then its &quot;balanced&quot;. Just ignore the rules when they make your story suck and you'll be fine. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="CuRoi, post: 5507847, member: 98032"] I have only been paying half attention to this thread, so apologies if I throw in soemthing thats been beat to death, animated, ressurrected, beat to death again, animated and further pummled. I dropped out somewhere along the lines of the neverending batman debate : ) But here is something tagnetially related and a fun read: [I]*WARNING* this is a link to a very tongue in cheek "top ten" list which includes some off-color language. Please don't click if you might be offended by juvenile humor peppered with obscneities. If you have a completely childish sense of humor like myself, its worth the read, and I think adds some perspective to the whole "super human" versus "normal" debate.[/I] [URL="http://www.cracked.com/article_17019_5-real-life-soldiers-who-make-rambo-look-like-pussy.html?fb_ref=articles_p2&fb_source=profile_oneline"]Real Life Heroes[/URL] THATS super human. And despite the tongue in cheek, snarky story telling, it's all based on actual human abilities. IMO - Discussing whether someone is superhuman or not regardless of a setting or fiction level for that matter is a moot point. A good story requires characters doing fantastic things, whether a fictional account or something based plainly in fact. That's what makes the story good to begin with. To the topic at hand - There is no "balance" issue in fantasy literature simply because the supreme and ultimate decider of what is "balanced" is the story. If the actions create a good story, then its "balanced". Just ignore the rules when they make your story suck and you'll be fine. :) [/QUOTE]

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