Very cool. It reads like a guide for your standard comic book hero…until you really think about it (or stop being a geek for 2 seconds), then it reads like a pretty good approach to life, whether you swing around in a unitard or not.

As I am of the opinion that these would be great rules for superheroes (or for life in general, as THX suggested), it is disheartening to realize these are very naive.

this is a good lead into a quirky superhero story, where these rules become the bane of his existence. If not then this needs an addendum.

Also, I’m off the belief that any good hero has a troubled past or personel demons they deal with…take for example Frank Castle, Bruce Banner, Bruce Wayne, Tony Stark, Hank Pym, Peter Parker, ect, all good intentioned heros that have some mental issues to work through.

To be honest, I had in mind anyone with superhuman capabilities. It came to me while I was thinking about the phrase, “With great power comes great responsibility .”
What responsibility actually does come from having great power, and how does one go about discovering it? If you think about it, having superheroes running around assuming they can do whatever they want in the name of justice and the American way is quite frightening, not only for the normal populace, but for other superhumans as well.
The prospect of suddenly being saddled with such enormous perceived responsibilities would be crushing . I’m probably not asking anything Watchmen hasn’t , but it is interesting to think on.

I agree, Krulltar, that a hero should have personal demons, but not because it is innate to being a hero. Rather, I think it is fundamental to being a person. Indeed, no one would say a villain doesn’t have personal demons as well. It is how one lets those demons define them that indicates their place as hero or villain.

really well written. I agree that it can be applicable to life in general. Creative concept. good job :)