Jared (![[personal profile]](http://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small} darkknightjrk) wrote in ![[community profile]](http://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small} scans_daily, |
Oh. Oh, man. I just had an idea.
What if in the New 52, after the accident Michael was sent to the hospital to tend to his wounds, gets put in a room, and his roommate is a strangely verile old man named Terry Sloane, this 80 year-old man with the body of a man in his 40s, and the two get to talking--Michael about what happened, and Terry about being in the same place and using his skills to help people as an adventurer (not super-hero) nick-named Mr. Terrific, which inspires Michael to follow in his footsteps.
Not only do you get just about the same origin with little problem, but you also do it in a way that nicely subverts the old "magical negro" troupe.
What if in the New 52, after the accident Michael was sent to the hospital to tend to his wounds, gets put in a room, and his roommate is a strangely verile old man named Terry Sloane, this 80 year-old man with the body of a man in his 40s, and the two get to talking--Michael about what happened, and Terry about being in the same place and using his skills to help people as an adventurer (not super-hero) nick-named Mr. Terrific, which inspires Michael to follow in his footsteps.
Not only do you get just about the same origin with little problem, but you also do it in a way that nicely subverts the old "magical negro" troupe.
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