“Take a look at the wide and glorious world. This huge planet plagued by tiny people… They are cruel and jealous and petty. Their sad little lives lived in quiet desperation. Condemned for their shortcomings by their very creator who made them so weak and flawed in the first place.” — Spawn #116 (January 1, 2002) Written by Brian Holguin Art by Angel Medina
"Well, y’know, my problem with Superman is that he’s totally unrealistic. Nobody with that kind of power would be that good, that altruistic. Nobody who could do whatever he wanted, however he wanted, whenever he wanted, would choose to do the right thing all the time. Hell, nobody would choose to do the right thing half the time."
I used to get angry when I heard people spout that line of cynicism. Used to really piss me off; not anymore. Now? Now it just makes me sad.
Think about it. Think about where you have to be, what your view of the world, of life, of humanity, of all we have accomplished, of all we’ve learned, of all we do everyday, of all we’re yet to do, of all we can become… and then think about what it means to say you can’t buy Superman because he’s "too good."
It’s fashionable to be cynical, or, as many a cynic is wont to say in his or her defense, "realistic." But realism has nothing to do with it. Superman isn’t supposed to be real; Superman is an ideal. Superman is about potential. And ultimately, Superman is about our potential.
- Greg Rucka
“Language is the foundation of civilization. It is the glue that holds a people together. It is the first weapon drawn in a conflict.”
Arrival (2016)
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American Psycho, 2000
