#heroesandvillains

That feeling when you nearly die saving someone only to have them handed over to what you were protecting them from while you're unconscious. -- RecklessPrudence "Go," I said, my voice barely

Who comes to the aid of someone marked as "bad"? Where is the villain's hero? -- Anon Guest Morality is not a binary switch. One does not flip from 'good' to 'evil' or vice versa. There's a sliding

Almost everyone remembers where they were the week the Sun turned Green. Scientists the world over confirmed it was an interstellar dust wave caused by an ancient supernova that had interacted with our

You are a therapist who insists that all are welcome. This is why you now know the identities of both heroes and villains. -- Anon Guest Y'know, for a therapist, I'm... kind of unobservant. I mean, sure,

"What happened to the scarf of invulnerability?" "Uh... my cat ate it." The cat in question growled from its position under the ottoman. Yellow eyes glowed out from the shadows. "The

Supervillian grad student, just trying to get by: (Details) [AN: This tale harkens back to story 1 in this thing ] I tried to tell her it wouldn't work. Convincing a superhero Aunty to finance a neophyte

Superman (or another super-hearing entity) and the child who has them as an imaginary friend Parent thinks child has imaginary friend. It's not imaginary. -- Anon Guest "...mom puts shredded pizza

Villains visiting their fans, or visiting hospitals for non-nefarious reasons Lori was writing a new cipher. It was something to do while she was guarding the door. She had made so many that it was a

The glory days when superhero du jour would nick into the nearest phone booth. It's all cell/mobiles today and most of them are smart phones. Nobody had seen Magnificent Man since the early eighties, when

The super-villain who is an absolutely great parent It began small, as it always does. A few disappearances. A few strangers with the wrong ID, turning up as suicides or deaths by cop. But it wasn't until

Sometimes, some people are born with a kind of "blessing". It makes them totally unable to understand the concept of "evil". And it could create people, children most of the time, that

[Person 1]: “How did I survive that?! Do I have some kind of plot armour?” [Person 2]: “Nah, that’s ridiculous.” (Glances towards hidden camera) -- TheDragonsFlame Sorrin Tael, master of Ohnono-jitsu,

Grad student is a villain for extra credit and/or money Wander over Yonder - adventures of The Hat when Wander first gets it (haven't seen it? episodes The Hat and Bad Hatter are the relevant ones, or

Because I am here... ...I can protect my friends. but Because I am here... ... my friends must fight. -- Anon Guest There's usually two reasons why the prophecy only names the Chosen One. Neither of them

"Maybe we all have little magics, the kind that you don’t realize you have. Just tiny things that make your life slightly better but are completely unnoticed on the outside." -- Anon Guest They

A truly well-meaning superhero with middling-high durability, but apparently no other power. However, at their darkest moment, when they are at their enemy's mercy, they find they have a subtle,

As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero. - Vaarsuvius [AN: "And that would be wrong." :D ] One would think that the ability

I don’t want my obituary to read ‘saved the world and was then eaten by a small dog.’ Life’s fun when your entire life runs on pure mutant bullshittium. Hi. My name’s Minnie and I have the power to shrink.

More of the Unexpectables please. Find a need, the expression went, fill a need. And there were people, Munashe well knew, who needed a fairy godmother. She and Corinna came up with the idea over wine

Beauty, brains and brawn. The traditional makeup for any team. Have fun. There’s hundreds of ways to be a hero. And more than one way to be a heroic team… Munashe finished the delivery forms for her auction