Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20161030153351/@comment-14138255-20161104162348

BenRG wrote: One of the great fallacies of superhero story criticism is to try to separate the person from the power. In all cases, the power is an essential part of the person - who they are, their fighting style and where their fears and weaknesses lie. You cannot really understand the character or really have the character essentially unchanged if you remove the superpower from the equation. Probably with the exception of gadget heros like Batman (who's super-power is essentially his mind and cunning). If it weren't for their powers, Colossus would still be a farmboy in rural Russia, Wolverine would have died 30 or so years ago, The Flash would just be a normal forensic scientist, and Green Lantern (John Stewart, the BEST one XD) would be an average marine veteran. Bruce Wayne would still have lost his parents and be driven to hone his body and mind with whatever resources he can find, and when deprived of his gadgets he can still save the day.