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<blockquote data-quote="Cadence" data-source="post: 8031280" data-attributes="member: 6701124"><p>You keep saying it's impossible for the character to think it could be done completely safely, and I don't see why that's the case. Some people think all kinds things are apparently perfectly safe all the time in spite of what evidence others might have (various illegal drugs, socializing during a pandemic, driving like a maniac, sparring without protective gear, ignoring warning signs about getting too close to animals or not climbing things, letting kids play with fireworks, etc...)</p><p></p><p>Perhaps more relevantly to playing a hero, it seems a standard thing in super-hero comics and movies that the the heroes assume they can do things with guaranteed success that us mere-mortals wouldn't attempt. Isn't going against that expectation what made Amazing Spider-Man 121-122 so poignant? In the example below, some kids throw a snowball at two of the heroes, and Captain America flings his indestructible metal shield off of some walls (with kids right in the area!) just so he doesn't get hit by the snow. Is Cap being being un-good by risking their lives? Or is there no risk?</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]123497[/ATTACH],</p><p></p><p>If we did take your requirement of only being able to do things that a person in the real world would think are safe, did you mention earlier that merely catching the child would be ok? If so, what is your characters justification for thinking it could be done completely safely? Maybe you pull the kids arm out of the socket? Maybe they fall and land on something sharp, etc...? If it's real world crowd reaction that matters? What would someone in the real world think watching an armed grown adult running through the streets with a loaf of bread? Especially when the kid starts yelling, help, help he's trying to kidnap me.</p><p></p><p>*images from Avengers 194, Marvel Comics Group, found on Supermegamonkey.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cadence, post: 8031280, member: 6701124"] You keep saying it's impossible for the character to think it could be done completely safely, and I don't see why that's the case. Some people think all kinds things are apparently perfectly safe all the time in spite of what evidence others might have (various illegal drugs, socializing during a pandemic, driving like a maniac, sparring without protective gear, ignoring warning signs about getting too close to animals or not climbing things, letting kids play with fireworks, etc...) Perhaps more relevantly to playing a hero, it seems a standard thing in super-hero comics and movies that the the heroes assume they can do things with guaranteed success that us mere-mortals wouldn't attempt. Isn't going against that expectation what made Amazing Spider-Man 121-122 so poignant? In the example below, some kids throw a snowball at two of the heroes, and Captain America flings his indestructible metal shield off of some walls (with kids right in the area!) just so he doesn't get hit by the snow. Is Cap being being un-good by risking their lives? Or is there no risk? [ATTACH type="full" alt="av194.JPG"]123497[/ATTACH], If we did take your requirement of only being able to do things that a person in the real world would think are safe, did you mention earlier that merely catching the child would be ok? If so, what is your characters justification for thinking it could be done completely safely? Maybe you pull the kids arm out of the socket? Maybe they fall and land on something sharp, etc...? If it's real world crowd reaction that matters? What would someone in the real world think watching an armed grown adult running through the streets with a loaf of bread? Especially when the kid starts yelling, help, help he's trying to kidnap me. *images from Avengers 194, Marvel Comics Group, found on Supermegamonkey. [/QUOTE]
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