>> Oh, I LIKE these people, this family-of-choice who are being all they can be* and helping each other do so. <<
:D It has been a slow process of accretion around common needs and abilities. They took what started out as a rather ridiculous luxury home and turned it into a local gathering spot for soups, people with disabilities, and their friends.
SPOON in general seems pretty receptive to accepting superheroes based on what they can do, rather than what they can't do. There is a quietly growing "aftermarket" for people injured in the line of duty to find alternative jobs. Often the replacement job is based not on using their superpower, but capitalizing on their familiarity with soups and/or their crisis-related work experience. So Rayman went from fighter to teacher, and Cheersquad from ambulance driver to dispatcher.
>> I also like this, as I've said before about your soups' not always being pure black or white vapor: «Thumper, who was appalled by the carnage, paid for his medical care and set up a support fund that dispenses a monthly stipend.» <<
Sooth. It is a prevailing, though not universal, trend in Terramagne that most soup fights are dominance fights. Permanent injuries are rare, and deaths even more so. Even the supervillains tend to look down on the people who deliberately inflict lasting damage.
*chuckle* I really need to write that scene with Jack Union in New Zealand, where the customs evolved from haka and entail shouting, dancing, and firing your powers into the air to see who's stronger. Not actually hitting each other or ripping up the scenery. You can imagine how badly Jack handles this.
>> * and I don't care if the US Army uses that expression, it's a great slogan for anyone <<
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Thank you!
Date: 2015-07-15 07:52 pm (UTC):D It has been a slow process of accretion around common needs and abilities. They took what started out as a rather ridiculous luxury home and turned it into a local gathering spot for soups, people with disabilities, and their friends.
SPOON in general seems pretty receptive to accepting superheroes based on what they can do, rather than what they can't do. There is a quietly growing "aftermarket" for people injured in the line of duty to find alternative jobs. Often the replacement job is based not on using their superpower, but capitalizing on their familiarity with soups and/or their crisis-related work experience. So Rayman went from fighter to teacher, and Cheersquad from ambulance driver to dispatcher.
>> I also like this, as I've said before about your soups' not always being pure black or white vapor: «Thumper, who was appalled by the carnage, paid for his medical care and set up a support fund that dispenses a monthly stipend.» <<
Sooth. It is a prevailing, though not universal, trend in Terramagne that most soup fights are dominance fights. Permanent injuries are rare, and deaths even more so. Even the supervillains tend to look down on the people who deliberately inflict lasting damage.
*chuckle* I really need to write that scene with Jack Union in New Zealand, where the customs evolved from haka and entail shouting, dancing, and firing your powers into the air to see who's stronger. Not actually hitting each other or ripping up the scenery. You can imagine how badly Jack handles this.
>> * and I don't care if the US Army uses that expression, it's a great slogan for anyone <<
Agreed.