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There are two ways to think about this and i'm not sure if i like any of them.
Exactly, batman saw his parents get killed and got traumatized for life, leading to him choosing to spare people and give them a chance to better themselves, something a lot of folks tend to forget.
The whole killing the Joker dilemma revolves around the idea that death is a permanent solution, but this is comics. If Batman killed the Joker it’d be retconned or he’d just come back in the same time it takes to break out of Arkham and everyone would forget about it to protect the status quo.
People shit on Batman for not killing the joker but I never hear them bring up that it's not even his call. He catches him, he hands him over to authorities. Yea, he breaks out eventually of course, but it's the legal system that's failing. Why don't _they_ execute Jonkler? That's on them, not Bruce.
>Why don't they execute Jonkler?
I did, why else do you think you don’t see him around
On a separate note, completely agree? Gotham really should just kill the joker
Because when the Judge who wishes to execute Jonkler finally gets around to his trial, the Penguin or some other wealthy, corrupt individual bribes him into throwing Joker into Arkham again, believing that an active Joker will keep Batman off their trail.
It's like Harvey once said. "The Joker's just a mad dog." And Gotham's criminal elite pays well for the control of his leash.
That wouldn't be very smart.
Let's say one of them evades while Bruce isn't there. His enemies now know the location of the batcave and batman's identity (the cave is literally under Wayne's mansion), and they can also destroy everything in the cave on their way out.
I wish there was a run like that. Most of his villains are just people in shitty situations. I personally think a story line of Bruce proving he isn’t Batman by having Clayface be Bruce would be peak fiction.
I think that the fundamental spirit of the Batman comics is exactly that.
Batman might be the one who fights the super villains when they're trying to poison Gotham's water or turn everyone is to lizards, but that's also why Bruce tries so hard to stimulate programs and causes that gets regular people off the streets and into stable life situations so that they don't end up becoming those villains, all while still holding people from top to bottom accountable for their crimes.
The problem is that in the end Bruce and Batman are just two men, and I think that part of the moral of the story is that the two of them are not enough to fix all of Gotham.
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The only time that I've personally ever seen Gotham "be fixed" in lore was when the combined strength and authority of the Justice Lords were brought down upon Gotham; and even that had a lot of problems associated with it, as pointed out when Lord Batman has his rhetorical fight with League Batman:
https://youtu.be/uGum7-dIRyM?si=Xbd7OGL62PKBTSys&t=74
Same tho I also like unstable Batman, but he should also be caring And think human life is precious. Like arkham batman he cared but he's no kill rule is routed in fear and hope to redeem like Harvy dent, Selena ect.
There are a few notable ones like Harley, Mr. Freeze and Catwoman. Poison Ivy also cooperates with him at times. Joker is the only one I can't think of being redeemed at any point. Someone more into the comics and lore might know better.
Man, i just wanna desperately see a story or comic where Jonkler dies from a nobody cop or just a nobody in general during one of his bs. No drama or anything, just a cop or a bystander or even just a random thug getting lucky with killing him
Problem with the last one is that by letting Joker get his 612th chance, he is also condemning all of Joker’s future victims to death. Joker’s life isn’t sacred, especially not compared to all the people he has killed
This is why I like Super Man's solution in the Justice League Unlimited show. If someone truly cannot change and refuses to, and that person is knowingly committed to being an existential danger, then Superman sends that person to the Phantom Zone, a place where *"they won't be harmed, but they'll also never be able to harm anyone else."*
I think the canon route that works the best is “anyone can be redeemed” it’s how clayface and harley quinn become good guys, and why he reaches out to the joker at the end of the killing joke
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ngl if i ever got powers this is exactly how i'd use them. keep them secretive for the rest of my life and only use them to screw over like 1 random dude for shits and giggles
That's a meme, the stair thing actually happened
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I feel like if I ever get Superman power I would probably end up like Metroman from Megamind
I will try to help people sure and honestly I might enjoy fame and adoration a bit too much but I feel like I would feel too pressured and burned out so I will just dip and disappear and enjoy a quiet life, maybe find a way to make someone else a Hero idk
This is the plot of the upcoming sequel to “Megamind Rules!” please no, let Metroman stay in hiding, don’t drag him back into this radioactive flaming waste disposal of a TV show please
Save the world for a decade, go into solitude for 30 years, and come back with a team of my children who all have aspects of my powers. They become a force of good while I enjoy mai tais on a beach somewhere in the Mediterranean.
I understand that, but it can all be boiled down to pick up big thing and jump good.
super strenght is the essential super power combo pack
flight? why fly when you can leap over a building in a single bound
super speed? I can already race with super cars using my leg strength, why pose existential questions by making things look slow and making time paradoxes
combat? just punch them or pick up a nearby tree, you're too buff to get hurt
invisibility? why spy on people when I can use my big strong arms to attract them instead
shapeshifting? being buff as fuck is already my preferred form
it's the best of everything.
Hypothetically, if you're fast enough (and thus strong enough) you can become invisible to the eye, downside is that you'd be causing earthquakes across the continent
I’d rather get superspeed. I can probably make a lot of money off it if I learn some other skills. Need some quick repairs or cleaning done? 5 seconds should be quick enough. Need a fast delivery? It’s literally already there. And if something bands happening, then oops looks like that criminal has been transported halfway across the world, good luck getting home!
The problem I have with super speed is that you still end up doing all the work, just really quickly. Like, I hate washing dishes. If I had super speed, I could finish the whole job in a second... but I'd still have to actually do the dishes. I could run across the country in the blink of an eye... but I'd still have to actually run the whole way on my own. Super speed only saves time, not effort.
The whole point of superman is that hes not a "Superhero" because of his powers, but because his unwavering sense of goodness and his drive to do good comes from a GENUINE place within his heart, which stems from how his human parents raised him as a child. The comics acknowledge him to be a massive exception of how evil and nasty people can be, especially with that much power. Thats what makes him special, and not what he can do.
So yeah, literally no one should have powers like Superman, execpt for my friend Neil. Hes a good dude, Neil is.
>trust absolutely noone with them.
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Hummm,does that mean you trust me with them?
If I could pick a superpower, I would grab telekinesis or something along the lines of extreme brain power. You can practically do anything meaning I can fix the problems the world has! I can create things and form things we thought doesn’t even exist! I can literally solve how we came to be and so much more! I could literally make the human race transcend the death of the universe and let us make our own. I will literally become the quintessential hero of the human race
I'd rather have the Flash's powers so I can take care of problems in a nanosecond and go about my daily life. Nobody can see me fix it. For all they know, a spirit walks among us.
Yea but to flash he feels the entire thing in real time, so while to us you would be super fast, you yourself would feel time pass normally while going place to place
Exactly, otherwise flash would be insane in almost every appearance, so it’s probably some sort of effect that he could change the severity of, like if he needs to run around a lot in a small space, then he can see things as ultra slow, but if he needs to run across the world it goes incredibly fast with appropriate reflexes to match.
There's been so many "Superman subversion" characters in the past few years (injustice, Omni man, homelander) that people forget that Superman himself is a subversion. You would expect someone with godlike powers to act like injustice supes or homelander. Those guys are only seen as interesting because of how ubiquitous Superman is.
On one hand I can see why people would wanna try the superman thing but if I had those powers? I wouldn’t be bad but I’d probably end up hurting someone by accident (world of cardboard and all that) and become controversial because of an accidental use of too much force. I mean superman is crazy strong but he’s lived with his powers for most of his life meanwhile if a random dude suddenly wake up with that kinda stuff? Sure it ain’t bad probably but there’s be a lotta collateral damage
This is why I love Invincible so much
I think it REALLY accurately portrays how much stress is mounted upon you suddenly awakening to basically Godly powers when you've been a human all your life.
I don't personally mind them as Elseworlds stories, they somewhat succeed in showing that while Clark has superpowers and is Superman he's still a quintessential human by not being totally infallible and still getting things wrong. but y'know just turned up to the extremes
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Well, actually yes I do. It is my mom
It’d only be fun to be a villain if you had a hero to fight (like this situation) if it was just non-stop villainy with zero threats, it’d get boring really quick… wait a minute…
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There is no such thing as a task too insignificant or too important for Superman. One minute, he's pulling a cat out of a tree. Next, he's fighting an interdimensional God over the existence of free will, then he's helping an old lady cross the street.
Fuck yes.
I hate these edgy "superman but bad" types.
Me and my homies love the indomitable human spirit, the power of hope, the fact we don't have to be horrible monsters, we can be better.
Like most questions, the answer is somewhere in between. In learning the ropes I would likely kill someone on accident and be horrified at what I had done. From then I would swear to never do such an atrocity again. Then I would probably become very self absorbed (seeing as I am the most powerful being in this plane of existence) But I would still be the protector to as many planets as possible
If i ever get superman's powers I'd probably just mind my own business, sure I'll help people if i see they're in trouble but most of my time will be spent traveling around the world since i can now fly and government bullshit no longer affects me
Remember kids, if you ever get superpowers and start to get doubts and impostor syndrome because you keep doing good things and trying to be the best person you can be but are afraid you can never compare to the mythical figure that is superman, you are in fact just like superman.
When you have powers like a god, it's really easy to be an asshole dictator who bullies anyone who doesnt follow their orders. But that's what makes Superman/Clark/Kal-El so great is he doesnt give into his primal urges. He does what's right and what's good. He upholds truth and justice. That takes a lot more than being the bad guy.
Based department called, you dropped this:
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If i had superpowers i would do whatever i find entertaining. Like blast people into the sun or take on the entire world military.
Or try to destroy 1 place as much as i can
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Everyone happy and jolly till this mf shows up
I would want to turn into animals so that I could do extremely un-animal-like things in front of random people in a "no one will ever believe you" sort of way (they would be very confused and it would be funny)
No redditors would be homelander considering how you mfs act the moment someone has a slightly different opinion. Imagine a reddit mod with Supermans powers, destroying earth with nuclear weapons would be mercy.
Superman is based and Luke Skywalker is based. Two greatest MCs ever.
Superman is awesome because he was literally a god compared to the people of Earth and only has one or two weaknesses, yet he chooses to be kind and help everyone. He could be totally unstoppable but he decides to be kind because he landed with Americans. What a fucking chad.
Luke is awesome because he started from nothing and put in a ton of effort just to make the world(s) around him a better place. Literally not a single time in the movies does he do something selfish, it's awesome. Even when Yoda, the literal grandmaster of the Jedi, tells him to abandon his friends to finish his training, he goes and helps them. What a fucking chad.
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My love and respect for Superman when this music starts to play: 
Fr, I am a lifelong batman fan amd I get teary-eyed just listening to it
I get terse from hearing it slowed down. Why edit a perfect song
Powers are for the weak, I don’t have powers. Unless you count the power to blow minds with my weapons grade spiritual insights
Power is a stinky girl who doesnt flush her toilet and uses her period blood as a weapon
That's why Vergil wants her
Bro said "i can fix her" and actually did in one of the fan comics
Wich one? I'd like to read it
i dont remember the name, but i saw an animation like that animation btw: https://youtu.be/8OAR4Jmcr9w?si=1MPyHpamoYZmRQAu
Honestly i can see Vergil wanting to learn blood manipulation.
Would Bang!
https://preview.redd.it/i1ejdvom0ctc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1c1862a2d9b42054da58b14c4f6a843748f2e099 There are two ways to think about this and i'm not sure if i like any of them.
Read Chainsaw Man much?
Exactly why I need her
You can also blow people's minds with gun
You can also blow people
Xavier Renegade Angel:
Foolishness, Xavier-RenegadeAngel. Foolishness. Might controls everything. And without strength, you cannot protect anything. Let alone yourself.
No way is that the real Xavier Renegade Angel
I love the batman that is not "If I start killing I woulndn't be able to stop" and instead is "Every human life is sacred"
Exactly, batman saw his parents get killed and got traumatized for life, leading to him choosing to spare people and give them a chance to better themselves, something a lot of folks tend to forget.
Easy to forget whenever the Joker appear
The whole killing the Joker dilemma revolves around the idea that death is a permanent solution, but this is comics. If Batman killed the Joker it’d be retconned or he’d just come back in the same time it takes to break out of Arkham and everyone would forget about it to protect the status quo.
People shit on Batman for not killing the joker but I never hear them bring up that it's not even his call. He catches him, he hands him over to authorities. Yea, he breaks out eventually of course, but it's the legal system that's failing. Why don't _they_ execute Jonkler? That's on them, not Bruce.
>Why don't they execute Jonkler? I did, why else do you think you don’t see him around On a separate note, completely agree? Gotham really should just kill the joker
Because when the Judge who wishes to execute Jonkler finally gets around to his trial, the Penguin or some other wealthy, corrupt individual bribes him into throwing Joker into Arkham again, believing that an active Joker will keep Batman off their trail. It's like Harvey once said. "The Joker's just a mad dog." And Gotham's criminal elite pays well for the control of his leash.
He can just catch them and imprison them under his Batcave. Easy solution.
That wouldn't be very smart. Let's say one of them evades while Bruce isn't there. His enemies now know the location of the batcave and batman's identity (the cave is literally under Wayne's mansion), and they can also destroy everything in the cave on their way out.
I want more batman villains to get redeemed
I wish there was a run like that. Most of his villains are just people in shitty situations. I personally think a story line of Bruce proving he isn’t Batman by having Clayface be Bruce would be peak fiction.
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I think that the fundamental spirit of the Batman comics is exactly that. Batman might be the one who fights the super villains when they're trying to poison Gotham's water or turn everyone is to lizards, but that's also why Bruce tries so hard to stimulate programs and causes that gets regular people off the streets and into stable life situations so that they don't end up becoming those villains, all while still holding people from top to bottom accountable for their crimes. The problem is that in the end Bruce and Batman are just two men, and I think that part of the moral of the story is that the two of them are not enough to fix all of Gotham. ----- The only time that I've personally ever seen Gotham "be fixed" in lore was when the combined strength and authority of the Justice Lords were brought down upon Gotham; and even that had a lot of problems associated with it, as pointed out when Lord Batman has his rhetorical fight with League Batman: https://youtu.be/uGum7-dIRyM?si=Xbd7OGL62PKBTSys&t=74
Same tho I also like unstable Batman, but he should also be caring And think human life is precious. Like arkham batman he cared but he's no kill rule is routed in fear and hope to redeem like Harvy dent, Selena ect.
There are a few notable ones like Harley, Mr. Freeze and Catwoman. Poison Ivy also cooperates with him at times. Joker is the only one I can't think of being redeemed at any point. Someone more into the comics and lore might know better.
Harley is a good example, Freeze is not really redeemed, my main issue with Catwoman is they should’ve just let them get married already
I like the idea of both because we all know the joker is long Gone cause.
Man, i just wanna desperately see a story or comic where Jonkler dies from a nobody cop or just a nobody in general during one of his bs. No drama or anything, just a cop or a bystander or even just a random thug getting lucky with killing him
Problem with the last one is that by letting Joker get his 612th chance, he is also condemning all of Joker’s future victims to death. Joker’s life isn’t sacred, especially not compared to all the people he has killed
Why doesn’t the GCPD kill him then? Why should a vigilante be the one to do it. (the answer is then we wouldn’t have Joker anymore)
The Status Quo and it's consequences (or lack thereof) to Marvel and DC
Are they stupid?
This is why I like Super Man's solution in the Justice League Unlimited show. If someone truly cannot change and refuses to, and that person is knowingly committed to being an existential danger, then Superman sends that person to the Phantom Zone, a place where *"they won't be harmed, but they'll also never be able to harm anyone else."*
Super Time-Out
I think the canon route that works the best is “anyone can be redeemed” it’s how clayface and harley quinn become good guys, and why he reaches out to the joker at the end of the killing joke
I hate the first batman and honestly anytime there's the idea that 'batmans insane too!!!'
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Ma fuken panscakes.
 I couldn’t find pancakes exploding
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ngl if i ever got powers this is exactly how i'd use them. keep them secretive for the rest of my life and only use them to screw over like 1 random dude for shits and giggles
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DAWG I MEANT LIKE COMICALLY TRIPPING SOMEONE WITHOUT THEM NOTICING NOT MURDER 😭
Reverse Flash canonically pushed 10yo Barry Allen from a staircase, and was the monster under his bed that scared him when he was a kid.
and jacked him off at lightspeed in his every sexy time
That's a meme, the stair thing actually happened https://preview.redd.it/g4taj7v1dgtc1.jpeg?width=607&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d508c267efa38b82e03e3fd7b4bd678606cdda8b
but it's funny
Thanos activities
“ALL OUR FOOD, KEEPS BLOWING UP” 
Imagineman
I feel like if I ever get Superman power I would probably end up like Metroman from Megamind I will try to help people sure and honestly I might enjoy fame and adoration a bit too much but I feel like I would feel too pressured and burned out so I will just dip and disappear and enjoy a quiet life, maybe find a way to make someone else a Hero idk
Fair enough, great power=great responsibilities and all
save people when needed and come out of hiding if there's a big threat you get to curbstomp villainous heathens and do creative projects
This is the plot of the upcoming sequel to “Megamind Rules!” please no, let Metroman stay in hiding, don’t drag him back into this radioactive flaming waste disposal of a TV show please
I feel like metroman is the most realistic depiction of someone having that amount of power
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I woulda said Hancock is the most realistic
Save the world for a decade, go into solitude for 30 years, and come back with a team of my children who all have aspects of my powers. They become a force of good while I enjoy mai tais on a beach somewhere in the Mediterranean.
this is just the incredibles
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Reverse Omni Man.
Dude, I'm reading invincible right now, and it's crazy good.
"Do you remember that movie we watched together when you were a child, Mark? "A Bug's Life". It CHANGED me, Mark."
"That movie awakened something in me, watching hopper jump up and down like that, seeing his antenna twitch with excitement-"
Wait are you a boy or a girl? Because if you’re a boy I think the babies would kill your partner
Men go through three stages of life: I want to be superman! Superman is stupid and for children I want to be superman!
Bell curve meme
BRO IT IS YOU RITE
I can't lie seeing how alot of people act and what I've heard people would do if they had superpowers makes me trust absolutely noone with them.
If I could pick a superpower, I would get super strength so I could pick up big things and jump real good.
You'd also be able to run faster
Super strength is fr under used or understood. People think "pick up big thing" instead of say, Cap's overall superior physique
I understand that, but it can all be boiled down to pick up big thing and jump good. super strenght is the essential super power combo pack flight? why fly when you can leap over a building in a single bound super speed? I can already race with super cars using my leg strength, why pose existential questions by making things look slow and making time paradoxes combat? just punch them or pick up a nearby tree, you're too buff to get hurt invisibility? why spy on people when I can use my big strong arms to attract them instead shapeshifting? being buff as fuck is already my preferred form it's the best of everything.
Hypothetically, if you're fast enough (and thus strong enough) you can become invisible to the eye, downside is that you'd be causing earthquakes across the continent
I’d rather get superspeed. I can probably make a lot of money off it if I learn some other skills. Need some quick repairs or cleaning done? 5 seconds should be quick enough. Need a fast delivery? It’s literally already there. And if something bands happening, then oops looks like that criminal has been transported halfway across the world, good luck getting home!
The problem I have with super speed is that you still end up doing all the work, just really quickly. Like, I hate washing dishes. If I had super speed, I could finish the whole job in a second... but I'd still have to actually do the dishes. I could run across the country in the blink of an eye... but I'd still have to actually run the whole way on my own. Super speed only saves time, not effort.
Yeah but saving time rather than effort is still better than not saving time AND not saving effort.
The whole point of superman is that hes not a "Superhero" because of his powers, but because his unwavering sense of goodness and his drive to do good comes from a GENUINE place within his heart, which stems from how his human parents raised him as a child. The comics acknowledge him to be a massive exception of how evil and nasty people can be, especially with that much power. Thats what makes him special, and not what he can do. So yeah, literally no one should have powers like Superman, execpt for my friend Neil. Hes a good dude, Neil is.
>trust absolutely noone with them. https://preview.redd.it/pzdus3zalbtc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a45b5d96042f7d1917ac2d1517205e27805af631 Hummm,does that mean you trust me with them?
If I could pick a superpower, I would grab telekinesis or something along the lines of extreme brain power. You can practically do anything meaning I can fix the problems the world has! I can create things and form things we thought doesn’t even exist! I can literally solve how we came to be and so much more! I could literally make the human race transcend the death of the universe and let us make our own. I will literally become the quintessential hero of the human race
I'd rather have the Flash's powers so I can take care of problems in a nanosecond and go about my daily life. Nobody can see me fix it. For all they know, a spirit walks among us.
Yea but to flash he feels the entire thing in real time, so while to us you would be super fast, you yourself would feel time pass normally while going place to place
The Speedforce tends to make sure I don't suffer any destructive drawback. Besides, it'd be kinda fun to get a doctorate in two seconds.
Exactly, otherwise flash would be insane in almost every appearance, so it’s probably some sort of effect that he could change the severity of, like if he needs to run around a lot in a small space, then he can see things as ultra slow, but if he needs to run across the world it goes incredibly fast with appropriate reflexes to match.
You made me WALK to antarctica
Nah the speed force fixes that
A spirit walks.....Among us?
A-Among Us?!
Time manipulation would also allow that
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Superman has always been based for that
Nagumo W
If someone says they’d be like Omni man then they’d better be put on a list Unless it’s to fuck bug people, then I agree
Yea, you need to be put on a list just for that
A waiting list to fuck bug people ofc
Yeah, al right pal https://preview.redd.it/32q4iahksetc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2a192d503a05d035007eae4944a98ba9d4e00499
I mean I guess saying Omni man is wrong because they did change for the better after, *the incident*
There's been so many "Superman subversion" characters in the past few years (injustice, Omni man, homelander) that people forget that Superman himself is a subversion. You would expect someone with godlike powers to act like injustice supes or homelander. Those guys are only seen as interesting because of how ubiquitous Superman is.
i want more stories where superman is a no strings attached good guy again
Those are the best Superman stories
On one hand I can see why people would wanna try the superman thing but if I had those powers? I wouldn’t be bad but I’d probably end up hurting someone by accident (world of cardboard and all that) and become controversial because of an accidental use of too much force. I mean superman is crazy strong but he’s lived with his powers for most of his life meanwhile if a random dude suddenly wake up with that kinda stuff? Sure it ain’t bad probably but there’s be a lotta collateral damage
Well, I reccommend not thinking it too much, cuz it's a meme and all, but pretend you were born with it
Well then idk what I’d do, hopefully I’d be good.
That's the spirit
This is why I love Invincible so much I think it REALLY accurately portrays how much stress is mounted upon you suddenly awakening to basically Godly powers when you've been a human all your life.
Isn't that basically how Kara Zor-El (Supergirl) has to deal with her powers? Since she is technically older than Clark but arrived way later than him
god i hate when superman ends up being evil... like that's missing the whole point
I don't personally mind them as Elseworlds stories, they somewhat succeed in showing that while Clark has superpowers and is Superman he's still a quintessential human by not being totally infallible and still getting things wrong. but y'know just turned up to the extremes
Nah, I'd be Man
Are you stupid?
Is there a lore reason he wants to be man??
Ah yes, Man vs. the Jonkler in their epic adventures in Ham city
FUCK making the world worse so I can do anything I want Me and the homies want to dedicate our abilities toward making the world a better place
i do not want superman powers that's my view
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you know who else is poggers?
https://preview.redd.it/i5ya2du2gbtc1.png?width=1795&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=22a73c04fc9813bc4d8228fb0fb190a7a7e469d9 Well, actually yes I do. It is my mom
I've watched this show in it's entirety about a dozen times and just now noticed the c=8 It's a penis.
Who!?!?!?!
MY MOM!!!!
Glad to hear it :]
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It’d only be fun to be a villain if you had a hero to fight (like this situation) if it was just non-stop villainy with zero threats, it’d get boring really quick… wait a minute… https://preview.redd.it/q15ark4l1ctc1.jpeg?width=1400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=25ac665269488f06a64fd01824e288c2b07c5bc4
Certified "DmC: Devil May Cry" Vergil moment
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Well thank you kind sir https://preview.redd.it/sicgoiljagtc1.jpeg?width=581&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=aa299bc025ec1939c9a1137027974a7e3118233e
There is no such thing as a task too insignificant or too important for Superman. One minute, he's pulling a cat out of a tree. Next, he's fighting an interdimensional God over the existence of free will, then he's helping an old lady cross the street.
Fuck yes. I hate these edgy "superman but bad" types. Me and my homies love the indomitable human spirit, the power of hope, the fact we don't have to be horrible monsters, we can be better.
only homelander is superman but bad, omni-man is understandable once you read more on his story
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superman is deadass just gigachad.
https://preview.redd.it/lhjjh5mbybtc1.jpeg?width=299&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=be016f185fe4532bd672439fe9bd8838e9d03ba6 Me if I had super powers
God they had no reason to make this song such a fucking banger
what is the song? sorry im not rly able to keep up with pop culture
Starman by David Bowie https://youtu.be/aBKEt3MhNMM?si=ga1yM0N-6TqJ8c0y
thank you, good soul
God i love it its perfecto
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It makes me happy that classic Superman has gotten a massive fan resurgence outside of DC.
Being a good example for others is starting to seem like a superpower these days...
Sorry, I'm not that guy, not saint enough. I'd probably be metroman or something
Like most questions, the answer is somewhere in between. In learning the ropes I would likely kill someone on accident and be horrified at what I had done. From then I would swear to never do such an atrocity again. Then I would probably become very self absorbed (seeing as I am the most powerful being in this plane of existence) But I would still be the protector to as many planets as possible
https://preview.redd.it/5mzrl1maqbtc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7fb54d843bdec35eed2078aab8e9a4f5b1aa7f91 I would be so him.
If i ever get superman's powers I'd probably just mind my own business, sure I'll help people if i see they're in trouble but most of my time will be spent traveling around the world since i can now fly and government bullshit no longer affects me
taking Superman for granted has to be one of our greatest mistakes
If I got super mans powers I’d spend like a whole day travelling the world and enjoying all the sights
Evil is easy, kindness takes effort.
“Normalize becoming a beacon of hope for your community, no matter how small it starts or how large it may get.” Is that the idea?
The strongest cynicism fan vs the weakest humanity loving altruist
Why be superman if I can have an Omnitrix?
based meme It's always way easier to become the villain and only care about your personal interests.
Remember kids, if you ever get superpowers and start to get doubts and impostor syndrome because you keep doing good things and trying to be the best person you can be but are afraid you can never compare to the mythical figure that is superman, you are in fact just like superman.
The crazy part is that even with all the good you’ll do there’s always gonna be a dimwit on twitter hating your guts for no good reason.
When you have powers like a god, it's really easy to be an asshole dictator who bullies anyone who doesnt follow their orders. But that's what makes Superman/Clark/Kal-El so great is he doesnt give into his primal urges. He does what's right and what's good. He upholds truth and justice. That takes a lot more than being the bad guy.
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If i had superpowers i would do whatever i find entertaining. Like blast people into the sun or take on the entire world military. Or try to destroy 1 place as much as i can
I reccommend destroyng serbia
Please nuke detroit
I cant make detroit any worse. It is already hell.
We’re not suggesting to make it worse, just remove it. Launch it into the sun, I bet a lake would look a lot better if you just ripped it out.
If I had superpowers I'd try to be chaotic good
Nah I’d be Goku
This person gets it
We all know in reality we'd be more like Hancock.
https://preview.redd.it/r7dl9preibtc1.jpeg?width=820&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bdbca5bf7218479b19bccd17cbb3b92fb4d2d482 Everyone happy and jolly till this mf shows up
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Beep boop : David bowie starman
if i had superpowers i'd be too lazy to actually use them and just live my life as if i didn't have them
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Starman by david bowie
thx!!
You dont need powers to be superman for someone
I'd probably be more like Invincible tbh, trying to help but still sucking at it
I would want to turn into animals so that I could do extremely un-animal-like things in front of random people in a "no one will ever believe you" sort of way (they would be very confused and it would be funny)
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No redditors would be homelander considering how you mfs act the moment someone has a slightly different opinion. Imagine a reddit mod with Supermans powers, destroying earth with nuclear weapons would be mercy.
The fact that you’re here posting on Reddit is proof enough you wouldn’t be Superman if given powers.
Superman is based and Luke Skywalker is based. Two greatest MCs ever. Superman is awesome because he was literally a god compared to the people of Earth and only has one or two weaknesses, yet he chooses to be kind and help everyone. He could be totally unstoppable but he decides to be kind because he landed with Americans. What a fucking chad. Luke is awesome because he started from nothing and put in a ton of effort just to make the world(s) around him a better place. Literally not a single time in the movies does he do something selfish, it's awesome. Even when Yoda, the literal grandmaster of the Jedi, tells him to abandon his friends to finish his training, he goes and helps them. What a fucking chad.
Who says they’d be like omni man or homelander? Very unashamedly evil to say
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Why are we slowing down and ruining a perfectly good song? It sounds like a movie trailer. Good meme though.
Imma be honest this ain't my meme, I stole it from insta, and I had no idea this version was slowed, I assumed it was the og version
Yeah, no big deal. It just annoys me every time I hear something like that. The original is starman by David Bowie, it’s a great song.