Nightphall

I've seen so many heavy folks, or folks out of shape, I would tell myself "there is no way I'm ever going to let that happen to me"

Joining the military helped as well.

Now I hear most folks say "I don't have time to exercise" but they somehow find time to watch a TV show.....or three.

I'd had a rather high metabolism all of my life (it runs in the family, but there are exceptions) but still.....that isn't a total free pass to binge eat. So I burn off what I eat whenever I can. (My job is exercise enough some days!)

Another motivator: We may never get super powers in real life. Being fit is a good second option though!

I am yet another person that lacks the amount of points needed.

Another exception that I just thought of: the powered heroes who happen to be geniuses.

This came from reading JLA: Act of God. I'd heard bad things about it, but had never read it myself, so I did so last night.

And then saw the storyline in the "Idiot Ball" section of TV Tropes.


Still, it made me wonder in comics, movies, and animation.....do you think heroes rely on their powers too much?

I myself would say yes, depending on the character. For example, a hero gets powers through a science experiment or some other origin, and usually decides it's enough. Regardless of the origin, most heroes stop working out (if they used to) after receiving powers, or don't train to use their powers in unique situations. The X-Men are an exception, which I will explain below.

I can think of some examples in which characters lost their powers, but it did not seem to affect them in the slightest. Storm is one of my favorites......after she lost her powers, not only did she keep leading the X-Men, but she was also able to beat opponents who still had their powers, just through martial arts training.

The X-Men have gotten used to losing their powers so many times (mutant power nullifying collars, M-Day, et al) that just about all of them decided to undertake martial arts. And each one of them is very good at it.

Going away from comics, Iori Yagami lost his violet flames, and you'd think it'd take away his will to fight. He more or less went "So?" and still participated, with techniques that make his fingernails seem like blades.

Now I can think of several characters who used their powers above anything else, and when they lost them, they weren't able to fight crime without them. I won't list them as there are so many, but Spider-Man is an example. Maybe he'd never consider that his powers might be dampened or lost in the past, but of many powered characters who would benefit from martial arts training, I would place Spider-Man at the top of the list. (I am aware that he did take some lessons from Shang Chi in the ultimate universe.)

Thoughts?

I was daydreaming today about this and came up with some examples.

Durable: Not invulnerable, but I can still take a lot of punishment before I go down.

Examples: Spider-Man, Wonder Woman, Luke Cage, Wolverine, Captain America, trained martial artists through body control (Batman, Iron Fist, Shang Chi, et al)


Invulnerable: With a few exceptions, most forms of attack can't hurt me

Examples: Superman, Thor, Doomsday, Juggernaut (here only due to psi weakness), Plastic Man, The Hulk




Invincible: Throw whatever you like at me.....I absolutely cannot be injured.

Examples: The Saint Of Killers was the only example I came up with at the moment

How does that look? Any other additions?

Trying not to be cynical, but I hope this show doesn't get cancelled with the others that will.

Which ones? Only time will tell.

Well....wow.

There was a name that I asked for ingame, as the person who has it doesn't come to the forums at all, so they never saw this thread.

I was rather polite when asking for it, but got a less than stellar response, which pretty much in a shell was telling me to have children with myself.

Intense