(07-09-2013, 03:55 AM)Shuck Wrote: I will. I will come at you, bro.
This image here raises another issue I've got with Superman. He's incapable of truly understanding our plights and issues. His situation is so far removed from ours, that he's never going to get a real grip on what it means to be human.
Look at this. Look at this dismissal. Look at this disregard for us. Look at how disposable we must seem to this Sun God from distant stars.
Fills me with dread.
But. You know who handles his shit exceptionally well, and doesn't pretend to be one of us, or have any real idea what that entails?
Namor. Namor is a joy to read about, not only because he's unrepentant in any of his pursuits, but because he is utterly alien to us. He has an entirely separate set of morals, comes from a culture we know jack about, and still looks at us and says "They deserve a shot."
He pitches himself into our fights, time and again, when he typically has no real reason to invest in us. On one exceptionally notable occasion, he comes to the aid of the X-Men simply out of respect. Scott Summers leaves an impression on him. Scott Summers means nothing to Namor in the long run, but he was willing to stand for his "species", as Namor put it, against the Avengers, and frankly the entirety of the U.S. Government.
In Summers, who is a human being, Namor found something worth saving, and threw in his lot.
![[Image: namor1.jpg]](http://www.comicbookmovie.com/images/users/uploads/14859/namor1.jpg)
We both interpreted that the same way, only I find it an interesting plot point instead of a problem.
I think it's cool to see a side of Superman that isn't 100% understanding and right all the time. Sometimes he accepts his place as an outsider. Sometimes even the Man of Steel runs away from his problems, despite how godly and powerful he looks from a human perspective. I think, ironically, by being that outsider alien he is more human.
He's lived here among us his entire life, but at the end of the day, no matter how much he tries he knows in his heart that he'll never be one of us.
Namor, on the other hand, doesn't give two shits about being one of us. I like Namor, but only in small doses. His arrogance and his condescension aren't as endearing to me as they are for some fans. Whenever he shows up at the X-Mansion and tries to boss people around, I just kind of "ugh" at my comic. The X-Men have enough problems without this high school jock of a super hero trying to tell them what to do, even though he's been underwater pretty much since he found the Capsicle. He definitely has his moments were he admits that he respects the humans and let's them take the reigns, but those moments are few and far between.
Also, no one acknowledged Dr. Fate? He's dark and Lovecraftian and obscure! ...I seriously think I'm the only Fate fan left on Earth.
