Go out there and find your superpower. But, above all, remember to use it for good, not evil.
Essay: On Superpowers
We all have superpowers. They are, in all likelihood, not particularly useful, at least on the surface of things. Yet we should not deny that we have them. One of my superpowers, for example, is the ability to bleed easily via the nose. You see? It is not particularly useful; I could not fight crime this way. Nor is my power particularly glamorous or sexy; like say being able to fly. I bleed, through the nose. I am sure all of us bleed from the nose, from time to time, but I do it with such startling proficiency and regularity that how can I not deem it a superpower? It is mine. It is my responsibility and my burden to carry.
Clark Kent , he lost a part of himself. When Clark Kent is in the bar and a thug hits him he falls to the ground a weakened bleeding normal human. I certainly pity him then. I even partially hate him for abandoning his true self. If that same thug hit me after my own “normalization” I would no longer bleed. Yet it would be just as poignant a reminder of all I had lost.
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