Mostly to avoid hostage situations and revenge attacks.
A FYI from Skeletor
Submitted 2 weeks ago by TehBamski@lemmy.world to memes@sopuli.xyz
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MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
See The Incredibles.
black_flag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
also the first half of Hancock
second half is weird though
inari@piefed.zip 2 weeks ago
Or to avoid getting arrested for vigilantism
cynar@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The web serial Worm (Parahumans) has an excellent take on this.
The unwritten rules. Heros have to limit property damage, and not go lethal unless absolutely required. Villains, in turn, don’t go lethal on heros or civilians.
Both groups also respect each other’s secret identities, unless they out themselves. Heros because villains can get nasty if backed into a corner too badly. Villains because going after a cape’s family is a good way to get a kill order, and a heavy hitter involved.
In story there are also world ending threats. When one turns up, villains that are willing to help are out of bounds for retaliation. If they are willing to help, they are treated like any other cape.
End result, all the weird rules of heros and villains suddenly make logical sense. No-one wants to break the status quo.
It also leads to some funny encounters out of costume, or with new costumes.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I love webcomics. Your description of this sounds delightful. I am going to take some time to read the whole damn thing when i get a minute. For anyone who doesn’t want to do a websearch, this is what i found (please correct me if there’s a better link)
cynar@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That’s the correct one.
There’s also an audiobook version. Though it’s fan read, so a bit less consistent than most listeners would expect.
wetsoggybread@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I keep seeing people hype it up and the fan fiction around it but gods its so damn dry. I read like 20 chapters and it didn’t get better but all the hype and discussions makes me want to read it more
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
i mean different people love different things out of their fiction. some people need pretty images, some people need good worldbuilding, some people need compelling stories, some people need clever wordplay (go read P G Wodehouse i don’t care that it’s 100 years old he’s the best), some people need I’m going to stop making a list now but you get the idea. The fact that it didn’t grab you is not a flaw in the art itself, nor in you, it just means it didn’t grab you.
If you want, come back to it in five, ten years and try again. Maybe not twenty chapters try again, maybe five. That’s a deep dive and some serious dedication for something that didn’t grab you, so bravo. Sometimes we need new experiences to appreciate art better. I have a few favorite novels i read every few years and appreciate new and different things out of. Sometimes the same things differently.
cynar@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It takes the author a while to find their groove and start establishing the storylines, rather than just the world building. I understand what you mean though. I think a lot of people like it for the world building aspects rather than the writing style.
I can’t remember how it breaks down chapter wise, but If you made it to the first endbringer fight, and don’t like it, it’s not your style.
Jarix@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Sounds like a different version whatever rules the Epstein class would have had to put in place.
cynar@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It’s a dark gritty type sorry, before that became fashionable, with a lot of world building and explanation. You either love it or just can’t get into it.
In-story it’s the difference between a family bickering and fighting, Vs them suddenly fending off the text chain saw massacre.
DagwoodIII@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
There was a 1950’s Superman where a guy convinces Superman that he has to buy insurance.
Back in the day, readers knew they wouldn’t actually kill Supes, so they had to come up with wilder and wilder story lines…
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
To be fair tho, nobody ever stuck explosives up Superman’s ass - that I’m aware of.
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That’s no the only reason, but it does rank high among the perks.
psilotop@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
This was part of the Marvel Civil War comic storyline
mech@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
When superheroes get sued, they can just say “No”. What’s the police gonna do about it?
zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
X-Men style sentinels?
mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Goddammit, Jared Leto ruined the skeletor meme for me too :<
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Why would a superhero need to care about being sued? They are a superhero…
ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Most countries like to at least pretend universal rule of law is a thing. How much “collateral damage” each country would accept would depend on national culture and how much the super heroes accepted government oversight, but I don’t see any government tolerating the average comic book hero as they are portraited.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
I wasn’t asking for permission from the local government.
Like how people get fines for things like feeding the homeless. A superhero can just say go fuck yourself to law enforcement.
Actually could be an interesting hero/villain idea. Lawful evil hero sucking the cocks of government and chaotic good villain feeding the poor.
JPAKx4@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Limit testing the good Samaritan defence
zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
Villain idea: guy who shorts stocks of insurance companies before destroying things they insure.
DagwoodIII@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
That’s literally the plot of ‘Casino Royale.’
zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
Huh, so it is. I’d been thinking of using the idea for a Champions campaign for how an Iron Man knock off got his money.
pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
you’d need an indie studio for that.