I don't think this person understands the motivation behind superheroes AT ALL. The point is, they have no choice because they have a conscience, because they're not emotionally dead. They are more powerful than pretty much everyone they know, and if they stood by and didn't save the innocents, they would feel immense guilt because they didn't use their powers/abilities to help when they could have. That feeling would eat them alive because, deep down, they'd feel like it was their fault those people were hurt or killed.
It doesn't make sense to compare Buffy or the Charmed Ones to cops. Cops have the same abilities as civilians, aside from the ability to bust people and shoot at them and all that. Superheroes rise above normal humanity. That's the whole reason why they're plights are so interesting.
And if you look at the first season of Charmed, a lot of their adventures weren't about saving innocents. It was about them being attacked and trying to defend themselves. Or discovering new supernatural pitfalls. Jeremy, Dream Sorcerer, Nick -- came looking for them. Javna, Woogie, Wendigo -- they accidentally stumble onto. But once they got their magical footing and demons realized it was foolish to attack them directly, they couldn't just stand by and not help others. They tried at the end of Season 7 and they couldn't stay out of it. Even when they had Billie.
The point that this person isn't getting is that people with superpowers, or the ones who are focused on in TV/comics/movies, can't sit idly by because it is not in their nature. That's why they are heroes and not just people-with-powers. That is why they get their own show and we're not watching "Witches Who Sit" or "Buffy the Bed Layer Onner."
I agree with you. Clearly this poster is in the wrooooong genre.
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Date: 2008-01-23 04:18 pm (UTC)It doesn't make sense to compare Buffy or the Charmed Ones to cops. Cops have the same abilities as civilians, aside from the ability to bust people and shoot at them and all that. Superheroes rise above normal humanity. That's the whole reason why they're plights are so interesting.
And if you look at the first season of Charmed, a lot of their adventures weren't about saving innocents. It was about them being attacked and trying to defend themselves. Or discovering new supernatural pitfalls. Jeremy, Dream Sorcerer, Nick -- came looking for them. Javna, Woogie, Wendigo -- they accidentally stumble onto. But once they got their magical footing and demons realized it was foolish to attack them directly, they couldn't just stand by and not help others. They tried at the end of Season 7 and they couldn't stay out of it. Even when they had Billie.
The point that this person isn't getting is that people with superpowers, or the ones who are focused on in TV/comics/movies, can't sit idly by because it is not in their nature. That's why they are heroes and not just people-with-powers. That is why they get their own show and we're not watching "Witches Who Sit" or "Buffy the Bed Layer Onner."
I agree with you. Clearly this poster is in the wrooooong genre.