How would the worlds media real handle Superheroes

Originally Posted by BBQ_Pork

My wife and I had that conversation once. She would use teleportation to not have to leave for work so early and sleep in a little later, then decided it would be good to go on vacations at will. (No airfare charges, no hotel charges as you can sleep in your own bed every night.)
I thought about that and the TP'ing into banks as well, then decided that TP Foe would be a better villianous power. (Or heroic if you count TP'ing hostages out of a standoff or TPing robbers directly into an armored paddy wagon.)

Originally Posted by Unassuming Gentleman

to respond to the thread's title in an honest and realistic manner, i am going to have to get intensely cynical here:

people fear that which they don't understand or which is different in general. it's no coincidence that stories which tear down celebrities are more popular than stories which praise some good being done in the world.

in real life there would be no such thing as super man's shining example of the selfless hero. the closest thing you could get would be a batman style anti-hero. to be totally realistic, i think it's unlikely you would see much of a polarization between super heroes and super villains at all. in reality, a person with a "lawful good" alignment is so rare, in much the same way as people with "chaotic evil" are not very common. most people are in the middle, and would most likely try and find a productive way to use their powers for some practical purpose to feed themselves and make a good life for their loved ones or possibly try and hide their powers and either not use them at all, or use them very discretely to avoid drawing attention to themselves. those who can not hide their powers due to physical abnormalities would probably have to live in hiding.

the truth is that regular humans, the media, governments, etc. all have something to lose by accepting the major paradigm shift that would come from integrating super powered beings into society. countless groups would have interest in reverse-engineering super powers and that could become an all consuming industry in and of itself...