Diary Of The Unappreciated

Weakness

Superman. Hercules. Achilles. All great heroes who had something in common; invulnerability. I mean there are more heroes I could name who all possess this same affinity but personally I like those specific three and I'm going to leave it to you to guess why.
I have revised the stories of these men since I was a child because I had always imagined that through some fortunately unfortunate event I would be involved in an accident which – after hours and hours of pain – would give me the affinity that these men possess. But now as I grow older I start to actually think more rationally about their whole situation and I came to the realisation that being these people would not be a blessing but a very horrible curse.

Now I know Hercules wasn't actually invulnerable but for the sake of him being a Demi I'll put him under the category of invulnerable, plus he became invulnerable at the end of his adventures any so...

Back to the point: Why being these people equals being cursed.

The presence of these beings with these kinds of abilities is very inspiring to not only 'good' but to 'bad' people too. – Personally I don't really believe in the whole good-bad factions cause I figure that it all depends on the moral view of the perceiver who and what is good or bad -. They inspires 'good' people by doing what they are doing, kicking butt and saving lives, and give people the mind-set of helping. People start to see that the world is actually messed up and needs to be saved and since they cannot save it the way these heroes do, they try to save it in other ways. Now some ways are incredibly stupid namely the art of copycats or 'GroundSupport' as they refer to themselves. All they are doing is subjecting themselves to a world of hurt. But then there are other methods that actually work. Like communities coming together and looking out for one another and helping out the local PD when needed. It becomes the beginning of unity, something that the world is in dire need of.

But then they inspire the 'bad guys' too, because these people feel that the cliché of every hero needs an opposite and equal villain should be lived out to the fullest. I mean sure the telly always shows us how these villains become with their sad backstories and troubled pasts. But in reality it's always a villain that arises to take on the hero, never a hero to take on the villain because that would just be preposterous right? Don't answer that...

My point is that the presence of these heroes is also the reason for the villains. Funny isn't it? How the saviour of it all is the reason for the one who brings the terror being there. And then there is also the little issue of how these heroes die. I mean Superman gets killed with a kryptonite coated knife and Achilles gets murdered by a poison coated arrow that land in his heel. Such simple deaths for these godlike creatures. Praised by humanity only to have to see them fall. Literally giving the phrase; 'how the mighty have fallen' meaning.

Personally the only one who lost his human life sorta heroically was Hercules when he jumped into the river of souls to save his dearly backstabbing beloved. But even that death was meaningless and pitiful because in the end he emerged only to become a god. Weak plot if you ask me but who am I to argue the makings of a hero.

Do I still yearn to be like these immortal beings?? No, not anymore. Only feeling that I now feel for these kings of glory is pity. I mean they lived such big lives only to be killed by such mundane objects?? That is not how a hero's story is supposed to end. But maybe it's a sign, a message telling us that even the highest of might is – in the end – just as weak and mundane as a normal everyday mortal. But then I guess we'll never truly know now will we...?

---Wolf