Random Rants And Thoughtful Theories

1) "Don't mourn the failures, celebrate the attempts." 2) "May all gods tremble before the mortals they deceive." 3) "If your enemy and your ally are saying the same thing, it is either time to listen or time to rethink your allies." 4) "Once someone tries to harm you out of malicious intent, rather than misunderstanding or necessity, they lose their right to mercy." 5) "When it's life or death, there is no such thing as an unfair advantage." 6) "You Only Live Once, so make it last forever." 7) "Balance and nuance; these are the keys to life, applicable to nearly anything." 8) "Necessity is the mother of invention, and stubbornness is its father." 9) "Pride is knowing you are good at something regardless of another's skill, arrogance is knowing you are better at something than someone else — both are necessary, yet both can be misused." 10) "Ambition, deception, and krav maga; t...

I love superheroes. I love the fights and the banter and everything else that makes the genre what it is. But I like it best when the heroes are people. Yeah, I want to see Hulk smash. I want to see Iron Man blast the baddie. I want to see Thor and Loki battle over good and evil. But I also want to see Bruce Banner taking his one day a month to quietly fish and relax. I want to see Tony Stark playing with the robots he made in college and couldn't bring himself to get rid of, no matter how often they malfunction. I want to see the godly brothers arguing over what to do for Frigga's birthday. I want heroes who are people . Heroes who exist outside the battle, the fight, the mission. Even when they exist inside or because of it. Who is Kara Danvers without her villains? A sister, a friend, a kickass reporter, an alien rights advocate. Who is Bruce Wayne without his villains? A father, a genius, a philanthropist, the heir to the barely-not-official throne of Gotham. Who is Peter P...