Superheroes!

So I was all set to write a post about how I've been packing for two weeks and about how this is my last morning home and then I was walking my dog in my new Batman T-shirt, and I thought to myself, "You know what? I really like superheroes. I'm going to go and write a blog about them instead of a relatively boring one about packing and my 21st birthday." Though my 21st birthday was pretty awesome. Anyways...

I love superheroes. I think a good percentage of the nation would agree with me at this point in time. I've only seen the Avengers three times in theaters, one of those times being midnight of that glorious day it came out. But more on that later. I have been a fan of superheroes for a very long time though. Since before the first new Batman movie came out. I still have a whole group of superheros (mostly superheroines actually) that I created myself. My middle school/Jr. High friends and I would create elaborate scenarios with all of them and there would be epic battles and daring schemes. I could still tell you far more than you would actually want to know about Nightingale, Nina, Emerald, Vivia, and Libby. And those were just a few of them.

I also shared this passion with my lil brother. My not so lil brother at this point. >< He takes great delight in calling me shorty. I'm only an inch or two shorter! Uh... sorry about that. *cough* Anyways, I think we still have books on Superman and Batman up in his room. We would pour over these books for hours. I'm pretty sure both of us read them both from cover to cover. Though I think we both prefer to Batman to Superman these days. Anyways, it was around this time that I developed my obsession with Wonder Woman. I got a book on her that was bigger than the Superman and Batman books combined. It has anything you would ever want to know about WW. It's probably a little behind at this point, but still is epic. It's also not hard for me to see why I love Wonder Woman so much either. This is a kick butt woman who can hold her own up there with Batman and Superman. She is one of two woman in the Justice League (at least the animated series that was on Cartoon Network) and unlike Black Widow of the Avengers, Wonder Woman is without a doubt one of the heavy hitters of the group. It an interesting coincidence, both my brother and my boyfriend are big fans of Flash. The final reason I have for loving Wonder Woman so much is one of the reason Thor is one of my favorite members of the Avengers. Her backstory combines two of my favorite genres if you will: superheroes and MYTHOLOGY!!!

What followed my Wonder Woman obsession was Teen Titans. Back when Cartoon Network still played good shows, Teen Titans was at the top of that list for me. This was such a huge part of my childhood (or teenagehood if you will) I'm having a hard time even deciding where to begin. My siblings and I watched it. My two best friends from school watched it. I have seen every episode and the movie they released. I have a TT gameboy game. It was just the show we always talked about. We would plan to go over and watch it at our grandparents house since we didn't have the right channel. We picked favorites and stuck to them with tenacity. I was and continue to be a huge fan of Raven. Jonathan like Cyborg I think. Olivia had a passion for and Starfire. And I'm pretty sure Daniel will always love Beast Boy.

High School came around and this passion for superheroes continued. After I finally got plugged in with the right people at high school (the awesome nerdy group of course!) the superhero theme continued. At a much more literate level than before our group would write complicated stories each with their own character. I brought back Nightingale and Nina and Emerald for these elaborate tales and managed to develop them even more. It was also around this time the current fad for superhero movies began. There was Batman Begins, Dark Knight, Ironman, and the Spiderman movies (though I have never really liked Spiderman.) This is also around when my brother and I discovered the City of Heroes video game. Which we are still playing as college kids.

And now, in 2012, The Avengers has finally been realized. This has to be one of my all time favorite movies. It has everything a good movie should have. First of all, it has JOSS WHEADON AS THE DIRECTOR! I know most people don't pay any attention to directors, and I don't usually either, but I make an exception for this man. He is brilliant. The build up through the previous five movies was so well done, and everything just tied together so well in the final movie. I will admit I have a soft spot for Thor as previously mentioned, but I am also kind of a fan of Loki. My friend Maggie said something offhand about this during a pretty in depth and nerdy discussion of the movie. She said something to the effect of, Loki is a character you sympathize with and one you want to see saved, but his nature makes him irredeemable. I thought it was a fantastic way of putting it. Anyways, the movie was dramatic, hilarious, and just almost perfect. I'm not a huge fan of the Hulk, but they did a great job with him in the movie, and despite the fact Black Widow and Hawkeye are at such a different power level than the rest of the group, they were well represented in the movie, and were two of my favorites. Secretly, most of them are my favorites, but don't tell ok?

I'm not sure why this is a passion of mine, but it undoubtedly is. It's something I've shared with my brother, almost all of my best friends through the years, and boyfriend past and boyfriend present. If I could pick any superpower, what would it be? I would have wings! And with my wings I would be able to fly. (I thought that was probably obvious but I thought it was probably still a good idea to articulate it just in case.)