I'm not following here, can someone summarize the point...
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I'm not following here, can someone summarize the point...
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Unfortunately, no...
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*Climbs into Turbo-Ski's boat, trying not to tip it over inadvertently.*
See? We're sharing.
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I'm not following here, can someone summarize the point...
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Unfortunately, no...
>.>
<.<
*Climbs into Turbo-Ski's boat, trying not to tip it over inadvertently.*
See? We're sharing.
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*Tosses Aerones a cold brew and goes back to fishing by freezing the fish in ice blocks and watching them float to the surface*
You can de-ice them for me.
Man, nobody appreciates a good in-universe op-ed column anymore. 
Nicely done, and entertainingly so. I'd like to see more like it. Being reminded that Paragon isn't the only city on Earth is always a good thing.
Small Timers
We live in a world with men who can manipulate the minds of thousands with his own, women who can lift a nuclear submarine, and species of extra-terrestrial beings who can phase through walls, scale buildings and even turn objects to stone by just touching them. Some of them are good, some of them are evil, and a few of them just live normal lives and never use their powers at all. Heroes, villains and nobodies.
Heroes are the source of an insane amount of media, cultural and moral debate. The cable news networks are all running competing perspective pieces lately on heroes of different origins, powers and methods. From what I read the, Neilson ratings are through the roof, they even beat out the 6th game of the NBA Finals with a rerun about The Statesman, a hero from the post World War 1 era who has become the biggest icon in the meta-human community. After the invasions heroes have become a much larger force in law enforcement and politics than anyone could have imagined. Hell, theyre even crediting heroes with the birth of a new sexual revolution. Though it makes sense the first time you walk down the street in Miami, New York, Teague City, San Diego and last but most and definitely not least Paragon without seeing some twenty something thing year-old in a low-cut-skin-tight-outfit.
Villains are a different story. A group which cannot be defined by anything other than their actions. They vandalize, eviscerate, terrorize, steal, kill, and every now and then help out against alien invaders. The thing about villains is that I can almost empathize with them, theyre just like the heroes in most cases, but they traded in altruism for ambition at some point and let it run them down a very dark path. Some villains I think were forced into the lifestyle they live by the nature of their abilities, its just not reasonable for a man who can turn others in to brain devouring zombies by touching them to use their power defending baseball, apple pie and NPR, but I have discovered a strange amount of villains are massive Red Sox fans.
Nobodies are mostly just regular folks with a minor power who A.) Find Pac Sun clothes to be more comfortable than flame retardant spandex, B.) Have a power that doesnt lend itself to crime fighting, like super math skills, ultra-human depth perception, above normal ceramics painting skills, etc and/or C.) enjoy the idea of a life without bullet wounds and scars from ninjas stars. Though there are nobodies with some pretty impressive powers who just see them as distractions, My buddy once dated a 31 year old soccer mom who could change the laws of physics and use her mind to control gravity, but she never used those powers for anything more than getting to work when she was late and setting the table. Nobodies are the anti-stereotype for meta-humans, proof that all of us arent either overzealous moral champions or psychopathic puppy eating monsters. Every time a Senate hearing is on TV about meta-humans the pro-powers groups point to nobodies to prove that property damage isnt always a part of the meta-human equation. Thats a bum argument though, my only ability is to see 7 seconds into the future and Ive blown up an abandoned gas station, 2 warehouses and I even sunk a yacht. None of it on purpose though, except maybe the yacht thing, the owner was a [censored] and when I found out he was using his yacht to smuggle weapons, I could have let a stray grenade slip.. subconsciously..
Fact of the matter is we live in a world where powers are a reality, portals to alternate dimensions, also reality, a Cleveland dominated American League well come on, some things are impossible. But I hear in Paragon they have a villain who has decided the best plan of action was to place his brain in a pickle jar and attach that to a rusted robot. I even heard that hes got his eyes in there too. Im never moving to Paragon, Im happy here in Freeton where our biggest villain is the local car dealership salesmen, but I do have a lead theyre trying to smuggle Superdine using cars being sent to auction, so I guess I better go on patrol now.
- Last Glance
Super Hero
Golf Course Manager
Orioles Fan