Another Creed

Avatar Author: cthulhuburger I have a picture on my desk of Toph (from Avatar: the Last Airbender) with Wolverine's claws emerging from her hands. It's there to remind me that I can always make my writing more awesome. Read Bio

I got into this business for all the right reasons: fighting crime, protecting the city, stopping injustice. As it turns out, ideals don’t make a thug’s fists any softer, or make my body ache any less in the morning. Ideals also don’t make a good news story. It turns out that dressing up in a costume and hanging around on rooftops gets you branded a pervert and a psychopath. I guess that’s what brings the ratings.

Still, sometimes this job is worth it. Running into a sexy fellow crimefighter is nice, and a flirty supervillain is even better. There’s the sense of accomplishment from cleaning up the streets and stopping criminals. Some of the cops get it, even if the media doesn’t. Then there’s the fans. It’s nice to know people care, though I’ve learned to stay away from DeviantArt.

And sometimes, when I’m perched on a rooftop on a moonlit night, I’ll catch a glimpse of myself in the windows of a nearby building and think, “Damn, I look fucking badass.”

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  1. Avatar DoItForScience

    hahaha, it’s a bit off color compared to the original, but still good for a few laughs.

  2. Avatar bluefish

    Sweet.

  3. Ahfl_icon THX 0477

    Hilarious and silly but at the same time managing to have a biting feel of reality to it. Nice take on the superhero genre and some of the mentality that could reasonably lie behind it. Love the last line too, cause you know we’ve all thought it once or twice.

  4. Avatar Fyora Cartagan

    Great last line. It makes it.

  5. Avatar Ridcully Calvert

    My personal favourite bit is “It turns out that dressing up in a costume and hanging around on rooftops gets you branded a pervert and a psychopath”

    That is just amazingly awesome, with the feel of reality and slight sarcasm at the same time

  6. Avatar Violet Turner

    Agreed with all of the above.

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