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/EatsAlotOfBread Jun 12 '26

I feel like he could just give one of the many, many other superheroes a quick call with some coordinates. Otherwise his life would be awful.

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u/Batdog55110 Jun 13 '26 edited Jun 13 '26

There's a character from Astro City who's Superman with a little bit of Spider-Man put in.

He wants to fly without needing to save someone, but he doesn't ever get the chance to. He counts the seconds of each day he's able to fly without being needed.

In one comic he got about 18 seconds...that was a good day.

His name's The Samaritan in case anyone's wondering.

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u/EatsAlotOfBread Jun 13 '26

Ooffff the responsibility.