Are you the supervillain?
- By: Qwaider
- On:Tuesday, August 29, 2006 9:31:19 AM
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Throughout my life, i lived a double life, a secret life. One that is known and public. And another one, that's hidden and secret ... The work of a super hero is never done
Sometimes, I stand and think to myself. Am I the super hero of my story? Do I always stand for Right, Good and the weak? What do I stand against? Who do I protect? Who are my friends, and Who are my enemies?
At times, my vision gets blurred. I can't see straight or clear anymore. Even my super vision isn't helping. There must be some think kind of evil in the air. Is this another attack against my beloved planet?
I might decide to stand and fight, but doubt sneaks in, and makes me feel there is something wrong. Am I really standing by what's right and true. Or am I just a deluded supervillain. Something is not right. Have I been poisoned by a mind altering drug. Is it an enemy?
It certainly feels like I'm being closely watched. Call me paranoid, but what is that dark think following me everywhere? Don't say it's my shadow. Who's that nagging me, and turning the sweetness into bitterness in my mouth? I need to know.
I fly around, seeking answers. I use my super hearing, x-ray vision and all my speed and agility to get to the bottom of this problem. Something doesn't seem right.
Frustrated, I fly over a lake, a beautiful calm lake. The water is so calm that you can see the reflection of the stars shimmering through the tranquil waters. I can even see my own reflection hovering. And then it dawns on me
I fly back at light speed to my bathroom mirror to look at myself. And there I see myself. Is that really me? It looks lighter, having no emotions, feelings, thoughts and ideas ... and one more thing .... Conscious!
Could that be it? My biggest Nemesis? My own conscious? Is this another riddle from the Riddler? Is he trying to admit me into Arkham's asylum?
But, if I'm fighting against my conscious. Or more precisely, my conscious is fighting against me, wouldn't this mean that .... Oh my god ... one of us is actually on the right side! Is it me or my conscious?
I always knew my conscious to be my moral compass, I always knew it full of integrity, honesty, vigilance, and valor. Would it turn against me, the servant of light and truth? I doubt that!
Does this mean.... what I think it means? When did I U-turn to become my own worst enemy? When did things change in a way that cause me to lose my compass! What happened?
This is one fight that all my super powers can't assist me in .... there has to be an answer ... the answer is out there... and I'm going to find it
There must be some good left in me ... Or why would I try to make it better. I need me to get back to the super hero I once was, the destiny of the universe might be depending on it ... I just refuse to be a supervillain. I am not, I will never join the dark side...
Memories....
Very nice, extremely well written the style is great and so are the expressions.
As for the subject you said it " This is one fight that all my super powers can't assist me in .... there has to be an answer ... the answer is out there... and I'm going to find it"
This is a quest -more or less- we all at one time have to take, and no supper powers will help.
The answer is in side us,we put too much layers of desires and human mistaken explanations and blurry thoughts,that cover the truth up.
What differentiates good and bad people is that the first party are never comfortable on the secret side of life,good people may become vellians at one point but they can never survive it for ever.
They have the feeling you described now,and it would nag and nag and hurt untill they break the shell and find the answer buried inside their hearts.
Jano said "its normal" , yes maybe part of it but I believe that when you look at yourself in the mirror and find that there is something wrong inside you, that you are not the same guy you used to bed, you dont like yourself now , and that you feel you should or you need to change or recover or what ever its name is then this is not the normal normal , its another level of norml, the level where you should take a step to get back to the real you , or let me say the "you" that you prefer to live with.