>> YES. This is exactly the same mindset as "abstinence-only" sex ed. <<
Absolutely.
>> SPOON probably thinks of it as "not giving new soups bad ideas", but IRL that trick never works. <<
Nailed it. SPOON does provide some support for supervillains, but that's typically stuff like how to stop being one, how to make amends, mediation and meeting services for mixed-cape groups, etc. It's damage control. For how to be a healthier supervillain, you need something like Kraken's priceless The Care and Feeding of Supervillains.
>> At the very least, blue-plates should be presented as a valid path. <<
Blue plates are the future of superpowers. It's simple math, really: most people don't want to be heroes or villains, they just want to go about their business. Thus far, crickets are the majority because so many people are afraid to come out of the fuse box. But most people could find a way to incorporate their superpowers into a job or a hobby, except in the rare cases where they don't like what they got because it doesn't match their personality, so they just don't use it. Even Faramundo, if he would get his head out of his ass, has a fantastic application for his: he's an insurance claims adjustor, he could take more cases in hazardous areas like disaster relief, because if a tree starts to fall he can just blip out of the way.
Right now, SPOON's official policy is that they serve everyone with superpowers, and in some ways they do stand by that. They connect mentors and novices across cape lines when necessary. But when it comes to blue plates, SPOON tends to take them for granted or forget about them entirely. It's not disdain, they're respected well enough, they just aren't flashy enough to attract attention. This is not a great thing.
>> Also, Terramagne desperately needs a better descriptor than just "supervillain" for soups in the Batman range (which is to say, having a set of personal ethics, and preferring not to engage in out-and-out criminal behavior, but more interested in Justice than Law). I rather like the term "dark superher@" as at least a first approximation for this.<<
Well, I tend to think of those as "vigilantes." I'm not keen on the "antihero" thing because most of them are assholes. I think the closest that Terramagne comes is recognizing that some people are "gray capes" rather than black or white.
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dancing_serpent
Yes...
Date: 2016-09-04 07:38 pm (UTC)Absolutely.
>> SPOON probably thinks of it as "not giving new soups bad ideas", but IRL that trick never works. <<
Nailed it. SPOON does provide some support for supervillains, but that's typically stuff like how to stop being one, how to make amends, mediation and meeting services for mixed-cape groups, etc. It's damage control. For how to be a healthier supervillain, you need something like Kraken's priceless The Care and Feeding of Supervillains.
>> At the very least, blue-plates should be presented as a valid path. <<
Blue plates are the future of superpowers. It's simple math, really: most people don't want to be heroes or villains, they just want to go about their business. Thus far, crickets are the majority because so many people are afraid to come out of the fuse box. But most people could find a way to incorporate their superpowers into a job or a hobby, except in the rare cases where they don't like what they got because it doesn't match their personality, so they just don't use it. Even Faramundo, if he would get his head out of his ass, has a fantastic application for his: he's an insurance claims adjustor, he could take more cases in hazardous areas like disaster relief, because if a tree starts to fall he can just blip out of the way.
Right now, SPOON's official policy is that they serve everyone with superpowers, and in some ways they do stand by that. They connect mentors and novices across cape lines when necessary. But when it comes to blue plates, SPOON tends to take them for granted or forget about them entirely. It's not disdain, they're respected well enough, they just aren't flashy enough to attract attention. This is not a great thing.
>> Also, Terramagne desperately needs a better descriptor than just "supervillain" for soups in the Batman range (which is to say, having a set of personal ethics, and preferring not to engage in out-and-out criminal behavior, but more interested in Justice than Law). I rather like the term "dark superher@" as at least a first approximation for this.<<
Well, I tend to think of those as "vigilantes." I'm not keen on the "antihero" thing because most of them are assholes. I think the closest that Terramagne comes is recognizing that some people are "gray capes" rather than black or white.