Silver Surfer: In Thy Name #1

[laughing_tree]

I sometimes have a hard time empathizing with the motives of superheroes, but show me a cosmic guru-philosopher who’s just plain decent – despite being frustrated by the idiocy he sees wherever he goes – and that’s a headspace I’m happy to occupy. The Surfer is a perpetual idealist: he can spot the potential for great things in the people around him, but can’t understand why, in spite of it all, they’re so petty, small-minded and intent on self-destruction. He lacks the ability to just shrug and say ‘that’s life’, so he wanders about trying to make things better whilst constantly being reminded of how little success he’s having. It’s a really weird combination of depression and optimism that I love. -- Si Spurrier

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[starwolf_oakley]

The Surfer is a perpetual idealist: he can spot the potential for great things in the people around him, but can’t understand why, in spite of it all, they’re so petty, small-minded and intent on self-destruction.

Usually, it ties into the Surfer thinking, "Wow, this is what Zenn-La was like before we got our act together." Even the "Were we so different?" line in the first Bay Transformers movie reminded me of that.