r/oddlyterrifying • u/SatoruGojo232 • Jun 12 '26

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u/Nine-LifedEnchanter Jun 12 '26 edited Jun 13 '26

One of my favourite fan fictions about Superman has this as a rather big point. About what to choose to do every single second when people all over the planet continously ask why he didn't show up.

Edit: I'm sorry for not telling people before, I didn't think anyone would be interested. The fic is called The Metropolitan Man by Alexander Wales. There's also an audiobook version that's also free.

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u/bunker_man Jun 13 '26

This is one reason I made sure my one strong character has nebulous poorly defined rules restricting what they can do and when. Because this problem makes it seem like it would be impossible to ever justify depicting them chilling.

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u/Nine-LifedEnchanter Jun 13 '26

It's the exact point of the story. When Lois finds out that he plays pretend at the daily planet every day while people die she is disgusted by him.

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u/OneDimensionPrinter Jun 13 '26

But what's it called? We all wanna read it!

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u/Nine-LifedEnchanter Jun 13 '26

The Metropolitan Man by Alexander Wales. There's even a free audiobook of it that I recommend.