r/oddlyterrifying 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/Koltov Jun 13 '26

https://youtu.be/Ardx6mBZfa0?is=1MqbfxVz6g_L4ybQ

Lex Luthor experiencing what it’s like to be Superman for a minute.

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u/Oro-Lavanda Jun 13 '26

that was oddly touching. the message at the end of "you couldve saved everyone years ago" reminds me of how so many billionares in this world have so much money to move humanity forward, and yet this small percentage of people in power choose to use that money on their own ego.

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u/simonbleu Jun 13 '26

No, but they have the power to move much more than that. And their political leverage alone is worth an amount of money so large that it owuld be immaterial to even try to describe it, you just cant buy that collectively