Superman

[emma_in_dream]

So, is it true that Superman has renounced his American citizenship?

Tangentially, if I were Superman I would have spent a lot of time making sure that other humans didn't fear me.* Apart from anything else, I would definitely have avoided the Nazi overtones of the pseudonym Superman.

I think my plan would have been to approach the United Nations and offer to clean up after natural disasters. That's as non-political as it gets. I would swoop in and rescue people from mudslides and tsunamis and fires.

Then, after people had had a chance to get used to me, perhaps I could volunteer to interact with things caused by people. I could fly that powerplant in Japan ten thousand miles away in space, for a start.

after that perhaps I could start intervening in human affairs.

* Because this is terribly important to Clark Kent. BTW: his parents must have been the best socialisers *ever*.

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[sqbr]

I think my plan would have been to approach the United Nations and offer to clean up after natural disasters. That's as non-political as it gets. I would swoop in and rescue people from mudslides and tsunamis and fires.

Exactly! I have thought about this before :)

[emma_in_dream]

I am sure everyone thinks about what they would do if they were Superman. Or if they woke up and they were a fish.

[sqbr]

Or if they woke up and they were a fish.

Oddly enough, that I had never thought about. Wouldn't the universal answer be "Quickly die of asphyxiation", though?

[emma_in_dream]

Clearly you would need to be a sword fish lying on a waterbed.