Really, really interesting and very well written. Its interesting, whether we look at villains or heroes, more common with heroes, there is that 'becoming' moment, the hero moment. I suppose that's why origin stories are so popular. But is it really transformation in an instant, are things ever so cut and dried? We see the same thing with characters carrying psychological trauma who, in the moment, seem to cast off their burdens and are healed. Something we know just doesn't happen. I guess that's also why we like movies and TV so much, real transformation is a journey, fraught with peril and hardship and real life doesn't supply so many hero moments (but then we don't look to closely at what those hero moments cost "...Peter Parker, trapped under rubble, panicking, crying out in terror..."). We should pay more heed to those who are on a journey of transformation, there's a lot to learn.
Really, really interesting and very well written. Its interesting, whether we look at villains or heroes, more common with heroes, there is that 'becoming' moment, the hero moment. I suppose that's why origin stories are so popular. But is it really transformation in an instant, are things ever so cut and dried? We see the same thing with characters carrying psychological trauma who, in the moment, seem to cast off their burdens and are healed. Something we know just doesn't happen. I guess that's also why we like movies and TV so much, real transformation is a journey, fraught with peril and hardship and real life doesn't supply so many hero moments (but then we don't look to closely at what those hero moments cost "...Peter Parker, trapped under rubble, panicking, crying out in terror..."). We should pay more heed to those who are on a journey of transformation, there's a lot to learn.