jq37:
jq37:
You know who did the teen hero thing right? Kim Possible, that’s who. She never messed around with that secret identity thing or with not letting her parents or friends know what she was doing so she never had to deal with, “Oh, I’m gonna miss this important family event to save the world” or, “What’ll happen in my friends find out my secret identity?” bullcrap. It was like, “Mom, Dad. I gotta go deal with this Drakken sitch,” and they’d just be like, “Have fun. Tell Ron we said hi.” She had that hero/personal life balance thing on lock. I aspire to have my life as in balance as Kim Possible.
Her villains were also not super competent, but this is an excellent point! If anyone has opinions on secret identities vs not having them, hit me up! I’m doing a deep dive into this for a fic I’m writing.
I understand keeping a secret ID from the world at large despite the way I wrote that post (I would have written it more carefully if I knew it was going to blow up) but what I really don’t get is not telling your family/close friends/significant other to “protect them”. Whether MJ knows Pete is Spidey or not, she’s still getting kidnapped if a bad guy finds out. Wouldn’t it be better for her to know why she’s constantly getting kidnapped so she can prepare/fight back/help protect your ID/help you cover when you need to duck out an be super/not get mad when you miss a date because you were saving the city etc? A support system is important and leaving trustworthy people in the dark just because is dumb.
Whoa, thanks for the response! That makes a lot of sense—hadn’t considered the difference between just telling friends and family and telling everyone. Yeah the real bad guys often find out anyway so might as well have a secret identity as one method of protection, or protection from most of that stuff, and make sure your loved ones are prepared for the worst anyway.
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