Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25266931-20161112032800/@comment-25266931-20161112040515

Highcastle it's an in general thing. It's a trope used everywhere. In a way it's in RWBY too since Ruby said the "Normal girl, with normal knees" thing.

Phantomlink, I'm not trying to sound stuck up. I'm just talking about how I was raised when I say this next part, so please bare with me. My parent always told me "whatever you do reflects on this family, for good or ill" and also "life is problematic in and of itself". I've have never forgotten those words and I never will. I get depressed and scared and do selfish stuff like everyone. But I've never wanted to be normal. I'm not a hero, but if I had the chance, I'd rather die trying to do some real good then live and spend my final moments apologizing to everyone because I gave up and ran. Even if they understood and forgave me, that's not enough. People deserve to live. If you back out of doing something only you can do and you let them all down how is that humane? In my eyes, it's not.

It seem like if ever there was a time to not be selfish, it's when families and friends are depending on you. When my mama is struggling to lug a bunch of food home from the grocery store, I stop what I'm doing and go bike up there and help her. If a friend needs help moving and all his other friends said no, I stop what I'm doing and go help. All you have to do is give at shit about other people. And if that's not enough to motivate you, then the heroes should consider the endgame IF YOU DON'T EVEN TRY WE ALL DIE. That's the ultimate motivator. If you want to be selfish, then save yourself by saving us all.

Being "normal" is overrated. The world is full of eccentrics of all kinds. There's no point is hiding from being different and there's no point running from hardship so someone else can do it for you.