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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 9662257" data-attributes="member: 1">I don't think that's true. I think he'd be attacked constantly for the choices he made. He did X and not Y? He saved A and not B? A large part of my job is in social media marketing and the primary lesson drilled into you is this: do not, under any circumstances, hint at having any kind of opinion about anything. Let alone taking direct action in the actual world!Nah, he'd be crucified by the media. Look at how the tabloids treat people just trying to live their lives. I mean, just look at our teeny tiny inconsequential TTRPG industry and check out the YouTube videos and the dominance of rage-bait there. And then multiply that by the most powerful, famous being on the planet, in a way we can't really comprehend, who is capable of shaping the world. Everything he does--or doesn't do--would be the subject of a million bot-driven social media campaigns, tabloid articles, agenda-driven political groups across the world, rage-bait videos, and... shudder... Twitter.Just 'being a journalist' isn't training enough to handle that. Journalism school doesn't include 'being Superman' in its curriculum. And being the most powerful, most famous being on the planet (but not allowed to talk back) isn't a goldfish bowl we can even imagine. Not one I'd like to experience, at any rate!Anyway, my point being, showing a little emotion in private in front of his girlfriend because he is being criticised for saving lives is perfectly reasonable. And 'he's a journalist, he should not feel anything' is not only unrealistic, it's also not very interesting, from a narrative POV. I'm sure he's super-stoic in public, as those people throw things at his head because he had the audacity to try to save some lives, but in private, with his girlfriend, he can't show a little frustration? Nah, not buying it. I'm much more interested in seeing that human side when the Superman mask is off.</blockquote>

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