tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464382918796251124.post5941345008337638431..comments2021-05-16T13:41:12.015-04:00Comments on The Chaos Beast: Subject 13 #11 - CommentaryScott Delahunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06735796666483741699noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464382918796251124.post-49202677263311963882013-08-19T21:03:58.477-04:002013-08-19T21:03:58.477-04:00The "too similar" part is part of the an...The "too similar" part is part of the anti-mutant feelings in Marveldom. If your neighbour can shoot lightning from his fingertips and looks normal, then anyone you meet could be one of *them*. The obvious mutants, though, are too scary looking for normal society and are far easily shunned.<br /><br />The costume becomes a form of uniform, too. Captain America, with his red, white, and blue costume, is as much in uniform as a police officer or a soldier. He and his costume are well known enough that if he tells people to evacuate, there is authority behind his words. If Cap, who doesn't quite have a secret ID, but isn't well known to the public as Steve Rogers, tried that in civilian clothes, people might not take him as seriously. Plus, well, your point holds, too. Steve Rogers can get a loft apartment and his neighbours don't have to worry about his job following him home because he's not in costume all the time. Costumes have a purpose in a superhero comic beyond just looking good and hiding IDs. (And, yes, some of Marvel's heroes don't have secret IDs or don't bother maintaining one.)<br /><br />Thanks. I used another trick as well to shift things.Scott Delahunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06735796666483741699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464382918796251124.post-29829426695607032352013-08-19T18:11:52.547-04:002013-08-19T18:11:52.547-04:00I think you've hit on something interesting th...I think you've hit on something interesting there - the costumes. Maybe part of the issue with the "X-Men" is that they're either way too different (like the Beast) or way too SIMILAR, such that we can't distinguish them from us unless they're in costume.<br /><br />The costume adds a layer of professionalism, on top of making them "just different enough" from us. It also explains why there's a need for a secret identity - I don't want to think that the person who lives next door has the power to invade my privacy. That said, I think there are some in the Marvel universe who aren't secrets... again, could be a degree of professionalism, or that the mob mentality is that they're okay, so I'm not going to disagree with the crowd.<br /><br />By the way, clever trick, the nearly blacking out to shift things back to reality.Gregory Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06547180132612659893noreply@blogger.com