zakueins Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 Re: (best ever...) reasons for becoming a superhero "Because I believe in monsters, and that they should all ROT in HELL, along with their lawyers. And, my job is to arrange the trip there."-Ghost Sniper "If I don't do this, I can't live with the memory of my wife."-The Hammer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maelstrom Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 Re: (best ever...) reasons for becoming a superhero Because I can't stop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 Re: (best ever...) reasons for becoming a superhero The Demoness had a good motivation. Her grandfather arranged things so that she was born at a propititous time and he also enchanted her to be able to use magic. Her parents fled with her when they discovered what was intended. And they stayed on the run for years before the parents were caught and killed during a satannic orgy. The Demoness (who did not have that name at the time) was then looked after by the Magician as a mentor and the Protectors (Britih version) as a new family. When the team went off to fight the Destroyer who was out to destroy all life, the Demoness tried to reach the Magician's mentor but was caught by the Pentacle the campaign's magical nasties. They took her soul and bonded it with a demon's creating two half human and half demon souls, one in a human body the other in the demon's body. The demon's body died. The soul went to Hell. As will the other soul went the human body dies. The Demoness knows this. It's part of what the Pentacle did to try and destroy her spirit and tempt her over as her command of magic would grow. She can see a spell and then cast it. * The Pentacle also did it to ensure she never became the Arch Mage of the dimension because someone evil can't get the job. The Demoness knows when she dies she goes to Hell. So she fights on the side of the angels because she knows what awaits her and she ain't giving up without a fight. The team also know as she told them. * I know Ed Greenwood did this with the Symbul in the Forgotten Realms. My idea came independent of his. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCoy Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 Re: (best ever...) reasons for becoming a superhero With great power comes great responsibility! That's it. There is no better reason, and all the lesser ones are variations and riffs on this. There are as many reasons to be a villian as their are villians. There is only the one reason to be a hero. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQuestionMan Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 Re: (best ever...) reasons for becoming a superhero The superheroines are hottties Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebon Posted December 8, 2006 Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 Re: (best ever...) reasons for becoming a superhero If not me, then who? So that I can atone for all the evil my family has done. Because it's the last thing she asked me to do before she died. Family tradition. The legacy of the mask will never die. They took everything from me. So now I get to return the favor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FenrisUlf Posted December 9, 2006 Report Share Posted December 9, 2006 Re: (best ever...) reasons for becoming a superhero The superheroines are hottties They sure are. BTW, who's that gal on the end supposed to be, anyway? Tigra? Oh, and for my reason: "Because if I help people in trouble and it's know that I do this, then when I walk down the street people won't scream, hide their kids, and grab some torches and pitchforks. Life ain't easy when you're a monster." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weldun Posted December 9, 2006 Report Share Posted December 9, 2006 Re: (best ever...) reasons for becoming a superhero Because it's what Wong Fei Hung would do, and he wasn't half the martial artist I am. - Deng Lu (Green Lantern). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddHat Posted December 9, 2006 Report Share Posted December 9, 2006 Re: (best ever...) reasons for becoming a superhero We're on a mission from G-d. - Ellwood Blues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haven Walkur Posted December 9, 2006 Report Share Posted December 9, 2006 Re: (best ever...) reasons for becoming a superhero Because I can't not do it. I'd do it even if the penalty were death; I'd do it even if it meant I'd die in the next instant. I didn't choose to be a superhero...I'm driven to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FenrisUlf Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 Re: (best ever...) reasons for becoming a superhero I didn't choose to be a superhero...I'm driven to it. You're lucky. My team makes me use mass transit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdamnhero Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 Re: (best ever...) reasons for becoming a superhero Average COM score of superhero wives/girlfriends/etc. according to Everyman: 14. Average COM score of supervillain wives/girlfriends/etc. according to Everyman: 11. `Nuff said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Schultz Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 Re: (best ever...) reasons for becoming a superhero You're lucky. My team makes me use mass transit. Ah. From Paragon City, are you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddHat Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 Re: (best ever...) reasons for becoming a superhero To serve and protect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimble Posted December 16, 2006 Report Share Posted December 16, 2006 Re: (best ever...) reasons for becoming a superhero Because a future version of myself came to me and said I had to or everything will be lost...and...I really like capes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proditor Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 Re: (best ever...) reasons for becoming a superhero "My parents died in 9/11, and I mean to do everything in my power to keep anyone from ever having to suffer a loss like that." -Epoch Aeon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 Re: (best ever...) reasons for becoming a superhero Five great reasons to Be A Hero: 5. Because I can! (I figure the villains use this one all the time, why not us heroes, too?) 4. "Well, it's partly the curiosity, partly a sense of adventure, but mostly I think it's the fame and the money ..." 3. To make the world a better place. 2. To be in the company of other heroes. 1. "Because I choose to." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 Re: (best ever...) reasons for becoming a superhero To Atone for the evil I did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddHat Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 Re: (best ever...) reasons for becoming a superhero Because I live on this Earth, and I'd rather it remain reasonably intact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdamnhero Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 Re: (best ever...) reasons for becoming a superhero Because gosh darn it, sometimes a man* really does gotta do what a man's** gotta do. * Or woman, or alien, or robot, or anthropomorphic animal or whatever. ** Ditto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrestlinggeek Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 Re: (best ever...) reasons for becoming a superhero Because there is a Right and a Wrong in this universe, and, believe it or not, that distinction is not difficult to make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimble Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 Re: (best ever...) reasons for becoming a superhero Well I was an EMT who gained the power to heal with a touch...Supervilliany was out, so... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkwleisemann Posted April 11, 2007 Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 Re: (best ever...) reasons for becoming a superhero A bit of threadcromancy, since the reasons *not* to be one are getting ballyhooed about.... "You don't need a *good* reason. All you need is a reason worth dying for... and I think I've found one, thanks to you." Prometheus, formerly known as Titan, speaking with a group of young superheroes fighting against the Lupine Federation shortly before flying into space to take on the flagship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigereye Posted April 11, 2007 Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 Re: (best ever...) reasons for becoming a superhero Because evil is banal and humourless, except delighting in the suffering of others. Look at the lineup at Nuremburg...it's where the banality of evil was presented in the flesh to the entire world. Anyone can be evil. Think of all the stupid criminals on Earth. Being good requires more thought, more application, more skill, because it's harder to do. It brings great satisfaction, especially when you bring evil to heel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted April 11, 2007 Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 Re: (best ever...) reasons for becoming a superhero Because evil is banal and humourless, except delighting in the suffering of others. Look at the lineup at Nuremburg...it's where the banality of evil was presented in the flesh to the entire world. Anyone can be evil. Think of all the stupid criminals on Earth. Being good requires more thought, more application, more skill, because it's harder to do. It brings great satisfaction, especially when you bring evil to heel. You know, I could see Doctor Doom being swayed by this arguement. But him as a good guy, is still scary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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