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As a kid, I loved Superman. But now he's so boring to me. Maybe it's that he can do everything. Maybe it's that he acts like "the ring is so heavy" Elijah Wood whenever fake green rocks show up. Or it might just be that in order to balance out all his power, writers seem to love making him unsure of himself. Uncertainty doesn't make a character compelling. It just makes you frustrated with him, like you always are with Hamlet.

And don't get me started with Hamlet.
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~StarbyStars May 10, 2013
man I never care if he's old news or to op or anything, Superman is always my number 1 ;D
he is the classic hero. Also I looooove how Alex Ross draws Superman...its like golden no... diamond tears of angels on those drawings!!
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~jdavidson6 May 2, 2013
Maybe they'll address this in Man of Steel.
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*Artsammich May 2, 2013
I hope so. The trailers make it look like it's going to be good.
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~ryro-fanfiction-x3 Mar 25, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
I felt that way watching smallville. It because really frustrating to Watch clark do anything but become superman, but it was good non the less.
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~JayBay15 Feb 20, 2013
He's mishandled alot. It's a shame because since he potentially can do anything he should have the best stories...but writers are lazy and Supes suffers for it. Nice pic, something DC should see.
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~JesusNazarenuz Feb 16, 2013
very good..
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Mood: Love ~brookierulestheworld Sep 30, 2012
OHGODOHGODOHGODOHGODOHGOD I love this. There are no words for me to describe how much I love this. (But watch me trip over myself trying anyway.) I think my reaction is the exact opposite you were going for, but...gah...let me just try. So I know what you mean about the uncertainty, and I think that wouldn't get my goat so much if they didn't ALWAYS clothe it with so much goddamn self-righteous "good guy" bullshit.

My favorite Superman of all time is and will forever be Dean Cain because he embodied this cock-sure, all-powerful guy that KNEW he was the hottest thing since Harrison Ford. And yet, there was this vulnerability to him...not in his uncertainty, but his inability to actually be ALL POWERFUL. Which is just the feeling I get with from this picture.

'Cause the thing with Clark/Superman/whatever is that he has the best powers. He should be able to do anything, but the catch is that he can't do EVERYTHING and so he's caught in this place where everyone expects everything from him and sometimes he listens and starts expecting that of himself. Which, you know, would kill anyone...much less a guy already struggling with abandonment issues, isolation anxiety, and identity crises up the the wahzoo.

So...idk...I probably just made an idiot of myself but oh well. xD I think this painting is really powerful and I love it. *SLAMS DOWN HARD ON FAVORITES BUTTON*
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*Artsammich Sep 30, 2012
Yeah, I think I like the sound of that Superman better. Let the vulnerability be a real thing rather than "I have to fill in the 'make him relatable' box" type of answer.
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~brookierulestheworld Sep 30, 2012
Totally. xD The show itself was pretty cheesy and filled with 90's campy goodness, but I think I love it so much because, unlike lots of Superhero shows, what grounds the universe are the characters because they're just really well written. It takes a lot of skill to create larger-than-life people and still manage to make them real. The difference is fictional truth versus real truth which is where SO MANY WRITERS go wrong, I think. I would totally be a whiny bitch if I was in Superman's shoes, no doubt. But I don't want read/watch/hear about a whiny bitch who has awesome powers of epicness. I wanna hear about someone that kicks ass when he has to, but at the end of the day reminds me of the people I love. Sorry /babbling and fangirling all over the place

This pic just gives me so much feels. D8 (fuck you, grammar!) So yeah. I really love this. xD
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*Artsammich Oct 1, 2012
Yeah, I definitely agree. Fangirl all you want. :)
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