Can't have kids entering adulthood with any ideas about changing or helping the world. Much better for business if they give up all those hopes and just get a job.
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They'd better get a job, caring for a walrus isn't cheap.
The smiles are priceless, but the wall repair bill for tusk marks is higher than you’d expect.
Even if they did have ideas, there's a good chance they'd still get pushed into a confined and dehumanizing existence.
Still better to try than not imo
Yeah, but I can kind of get why some fiction might want to frame adulthood more in the direction of tapering expectations with a "sordid lament over losing the parts of yourself you like" since that's totally realistic
The web serial "Worm" (Parahumans) is an interesting take on this. Powers tend to show up around teens, but stay forever. A lot of hero teams have a "youth" team as well. They handle low stakes stuff, to get some practice in, while the adult teams take the bigger risks.
Do the oldest parahumans take the biggest risks? Because that would be ideal.
The job of old people is to clear the way for the young! It's how humanity is supposed to move forward.
I find it interesting that this is the opposite of how finance works: When you're young you're supposed to take the most risks while the old are supposed to play it safe.
Yes, the young parahumans (wards) work in big groups and deal with smaller crime. Usually a ward will never encounter or will be told to let someone else handle a really really powerful or brutal villain but sometimes they don't have a choice like in the case of sh9
There also another exception; when fighting endbringers ever hero and villain is allowed to fight
God I fucking love worm, so glad to see people talking about it
When I was a kid I always told myself I'll never become like most of the dumb adults around me.
I'm 26 now and I think I'm on the right path.
Always relevant.
Way to brag about still living at home with your parents. Living the good life at someone else's expense 👍
I'm kidding, of course. I bet you still watch animated shows, read comics, and play video games!
…or worse yet becoming evil in some way because you grew up.
Or worthless to everyone
'Lockwood & Co." on Netflix is a good example of this idea. Only a small number of teens can fight the baddies.
'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' assumes that the Slayer won't make it past 25...
Can't think of that many more.
I was thinking about this a while ago. Back in the day, there were a lot of middle-aged superheroes. Dr. Strange, Col. Nick Fury, Reed Richards, Professor X, and The Chief of the Doom Patrol were all over 40.
Locke and Key had the premise that only kids could remember magic.
Kids Next Door is all about kids good, adults evil.
Batman is often straight up old.
I can do two hours on the Caped Crusader and still have material left over...
The Batman animated version is supposed to be him in Year One, about 25 years old. In Batman Beyond he's supposed to be over 70. According to the last DC comic's fact sheet, they are currently portraying him as having been active for about 15 years.
I've actually been watching Batman Beyond lately. I'm about 8 episodes in.
Though I was more thinking the grey-haired Batmen in the live action movies.
The Watcher Council all but treats slayers as disposable assets, until that turns out to be a bad idea that is.
...and absolutely nothing pervy about a bunch of old men secretly watching nubile teenage girls.
Lockwood and Co has a show now??? Is it true to the books?
Never read the books. I liked the show, and look forward to the next season.
If you like English fantasy novels, look up Tanith Lee. 'Night's Master' is a good place to start.
The books were solid when I was in 7th grade. No idea how they transfer to adulthood
YA novels are all this.
They're in a good mood.
I was looking for the source, but from what I see on this Reddit post, this is OC, right?
That is correct. Thanks for asking!