[ Maintaining a secret identity does have its downsides. Krouse isn't at liberty to tell Riz that he doesn't know the half of how complicated it is, or how much heroes skate by on those unwritten rules and the collusion of government and media - let alone how much 'justice' and 'keeping the peace' are buzzwords slapped over the real mission of 'maintaining the status quo'.
Not that he's bitter, or anything. ]
If working for the justice system isn't fighting for justice, then I guess that doesn't say much good about the justice system. It is complex, but things have mostly shaken out to be workable, as far as I know.
They do, yeah. A few resist the label here and there, but most of them don't fight it. It doesn't necessary mean you're cackling over an orphan grinding machine. Plenty of villains are just gangsters with costumes and powers. It's not in their best interests to make themselves into enough of a threat to the public that the Protectorate decides to devote resources to taking them off the streets permanently.
Which usually means prison, not a kill order. For the record. My point is, 'villain' doesn't have the connotations it sounds like it does.
Then there are rogues, who are just people who have powers but aren't heroes or villains. Mostly, they're trying to make money off their powers or stay off the radar altogether.
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[ Maintaining a secret identity does have its downsides. Krouse isn't at liberty to tell Riz that he doesn't know the half of how complicated it is, or how much heroes skate by on those unwritten rules and the collusion of government and media - let alone how much 'justice' and 'keeping the peace' are buzzwords slapped over the real mission of 'maintaining the status quo'.
Not that he's bitter, or anything. ]
If working for the justice system isn't fighting for justice, then I guess that doesn't say much good about the justice system. It is complex, but things have mostly shaken out to be workable, as far as I know.
They do, yeah. A few resist the label here and there, but most of them don't fight it. It doesn't necessary mean you're cackling over an orphan grinding machine. Plenty of villains are just gangsters with costumes and powers. It's not in their best interests to make themselves into enough of a threat to the public that the Protectorate decides to devote resources to taking them off the streets permanently.
Which usually means prison, not a kill order. For the record. My point is, 'villain' doesn't have the connotations it sounds like it does.
Then there are rogues, who are just people who have powers but aren't heroes or villains. Mostly, they're trying to make money off their powers or stay off the radar altogether.