@cosmo111687 said:
@tim2081: I don't mean to be rude, but I really don't understand what you're saying. Avengers has Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Iron Man, Black Widow, Hawkeye, and Nick Fury. So that's 1 God, 1 God-like Monster, 1 Man in a Super-Powered Suit, 1 Man with Super Soldier Serum, 1 Unpowered but Unreasonably Skilled Assassin, 1 Unpowered but Unreasonably Skilled Archer, and 1 Man who commands S. H. I. E. L. D. from his helicarrier. At what point do these characters start being average or normal? They're, to use Stan Lee's words, Invincible, Incredible, and Earth's Mightiest Super Heroes! But that doesn't keep us from relating to them because, like all characters including Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman, they have characteristics which we can see in ourselves (though, probably because of my DC bias, I can relate to Superman's heart, Batman's mind, and Wonder Woman's determination more than Iron Man's narcissism, Captain America's jingoism, and Hulk's anger.)
Batman being unreasonably skilled means achieving a level that is not possible by human means, no matter how exaggerated. Batman masters the most complex skills in a fraction of the time it takes other people. Some people dedicate their lives to studying martial arts and still aren't perfect, Batman mastered all of them in what? A few years, while simultaneously learning everything there is to know about science and technology. That's unreasonable. Black Widow and Hawkeye are exaggerated, Iron Man and Captain America also, to a slightly greater degree. I posted this earlier in response to someone else, but take these real life people, amplify their stories and skills a bit, and you'll get 4 of the 6 Avengers. It's impossible to do anything close to this with the Justice League.
Captain America - Navy Seals
Iron Man - Bill Gates, Larry Ellison, Elon Musk
Hawkeye - CIA agents, marksmen
Black Widow - Anna Chapman
Nick Fury - Colin Powell, David Patraeus (4-star General, current Director of the CIA)
Secondly, I've met more narcissists, and people who have been to anger management, and people with drinking problems, than I have people who try to live up to some ideal. If I had powers, I would use them to my benefit first, and to help people when it's convenient for me. That's the way the world works.
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