Caped avenger chronology
This is the sort of thing I think about as The Lady drives us back from an ultrasound appointment (which, BTW, went well: the twins are doing super-well, and everything is on track):
Why do super-heroes, when they're named after a certain time of day, seem to choose nighttime names? Captain Midnight, The Midnight Avenger, NightCat. It seems so... impractical: prancing around at night, fighting crime. You can't see much, 'cause it's dark; and a lot of times, it's cold, too.
If I was a super-hero, I think I'd be... one to strike fear into evil-doers' hearts... Yes!!! I shall become... a creature of... the mid-afternoon!!! I shall become -- The Afternoon-Tea Avenger!!!
(For you Yanks: that's like your afternoon coffee break.)
Or maybe The Mighty, Mid-Morning Marauder of Justice: Commander Brunch!!!
Either one -- much more sensible. You can see where you're going; not as cold; and you can get to bed at a reasonable hour.
Hm: Maybe this is why it's teens and college students that are bitten by radioactive spiders -- 38 year-old guys with a wife and kids just find the whole thing too inconvenient.
--GG
posted by Gye Greene @ 9:14 PM
5 Comments:
Kinda like ninjas wearing all black. During the day, ninjas wouldn't be so hard to spot.
Remember the words of the Caped Chameleon: Caaaannn'ttt...do...plaid.
I think The Tick didn't like ninjas: pesky.
"Ninjas aren't dangerous. They're more afraid of you than you are of them..."
-The Tick (The Tick #3)
(from http://www.cs.nmsu.edu/~dcook/quotes/tickquotes.html)
--GG
Yes, but that limits their choice of "cover" career to things like night watchman (too similar to crime fighting...who'd want to do that full time) or waiter in an all night diner (not very glamorous). A hero's got to make money somehow. :)
-GC
re. GC's comments:
Good point. Maybe that's why so many superheroes are independently wealthy...
--GG
I wouldn't mind being Captain Naptime.
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